Sr. Manager, Supply Chain Environmental Responsibility
Tapestry
- Ho Chi Minh City
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Manage the implementation of Tapestry's Environmental Sustainability Framework
- Support the Framework's strategy continuous development.
- Manage the HIGG FEM Programme (cadence, supplier updates and engagement, overall coordination, verification process, etc.)
- Lead annual reporting of supplier environmental assessments (both HIGG FEM and Tapestry Performance Management)
- Collaborate across the supply chain organization (materials management, sourcing, Product Sustainability, Traceability, etc.) to create a comprehensive environmental executive dashboard showing impact reduction targets and progress in energy/CO2, water, waste, chemicals management, and supplier performance.
- Build relationships with finished goods and raw materials suppliers to communicate and support new and existing programmes and expectations, and to train and share programmatic updates.
- Lead the continuous development and the implementation of Tapestry Capability Building programme.
- Research, assess and implement industry best practices around supply chain environmental issues, trends, regulatory and certification requirements.
- Strong project management and organization skills, ability to prioritize time and tasks, and solve problems
- Clear communication skills and the ability to break complex topics into easy-to-understand and actionable pieces of information across all levels of the business
- Strong analytic skills and the ability to use data as a storytelling tool
- Experience with supply chains, product development processes and product data management
- Experience working directly with suppliers on environmental issues and performance improvement.
- In-depth knowledge of environmental impact areas (e.g. Energy, Water Use, Waste management, Chemicals)
- An understanding of product, supplier, and material sustainability issues.
- Strong comprehension and working knowledge of Higg Index - Facility Environmental Module, and other relevant environmental and chemical impact measurement schemes within the apparel, accessories, and footwear industry
- Good understanding of ZDHC is a plus
- 6-8 years of work experience in accessories, textiles, apparel, footwear or adjacent consumer goods industry
- 5+ years professional expertise in supply chain, material development & manufacturing
- Experience working with and collaborating with diverse stakeholder groups
- Experience with data visualization tools, EMS systems, and supplier environmental impact tools, a plus
- Bachelor's degree in areas of supply chain management, environmental science, or textile/apparel or engineering.
- Courage: Doesn't hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
- Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
- Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
- Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn't upset when things are up in the air; doesn't have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
- Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
- Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
- Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.
- Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
- Developing Direct Reports and Others: Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person's career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.
- Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale