Job Description

• You communicate quality standards to our vendors and monitor and follow up as required to ensure standards are understood and met 
• You collaborate closely with the Quality team and other stakeholders at Arc’teryx Head Office as well as with the Amer sourcing office (ASO), their managers, and inspectors 
• You ensure that Arc’teryx standards and inspection instructions are fully understood by ASO inspectors by supporting training and auditing their inspections 
• You act as a consultant for vendors on behalf of quality issues, investigating root cause and auditing vendor facilities and processes if needed 
• You coordinate corrective actions at our APAC distribution centers (DC) and/or at distributor warehouses as required 
• You regularly report on activities, ongoing programs and investigations 
• You support the QA Manager in enforcing quality standards for finished goods and raw materials, with focus on preventative action pre-production 
• You provide training and technical expertise in Arc’teryx construction methods and quality standards for all product categories to the staff of our external factories 
• You ensure all factories observe efficient and cost effective methods, best manufacturing practices, and safety standards to support cost reduction, safety compliance, and increased quality of finished product 
• You prepare and lead regular technical Sew & Lam workshops for external specialists from designated vendors to update new developments and techniques 
• You assess and regularly report on factory progress and adherence to known Arc’teryx manufacturing principals