Job Description

Principal Accountabilities:Role Overview: Oversee quality, compliance, and regulatory aspects between the company and third-party manufacturers. This includes managing relationships, addressing technical issues, resolving schedule conflicts, ensuring quality standards, and evaluating vendors.Key Responsibilities:

• Quality and Compliance: Ensure all products are manufactured following Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) and meet quality standards.
• Vendor Management: Select and evaluate vendors, ensuring their financial stability and capability to meet company standards.
• Liaison Duties: Act as the primary contact between the company and contractors, providing necessary information and support.
• Site Visits: Conduct site visits to contract manufacturing facilities to observe production and testing processes for compliance.
• Documentation: Coordinate the development of contractor manuals and respond to cost and feasibility requests.
• Issue Resolution: Address technical issues, schedule conflicts, and quality concerns with contract suppliers.

Knowledge & Skill Requirements:

• Education: Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree in Supply Chain or a related field. Equivalent experience in a similar industry may be considered.
• Experience: 3-5 years of related experience preferred.
• Communication: Strong written and oral communication skills.

Knowledge & Application:

• Professional Expertise: Apply principles and practices from a recognized professional field, likely newly qualified or with extensive experience in a complex technical area.
• Guideline Adherence: Determine actions based on guidelines, modifying processes as needed.
• Company Knowledge: Understand company policies, practices, and procedures.

Problem Solving:

• Issue Resolution: Resolve varied and non-routine issues using previous experience to identify the best options.
• Analysis: Undertake analysis and investigation to solve related problems, often requiring clarification.
• Guidance: Work under general guidance, initiating contacts to resolve mutual problems or collaborate on procedures.

Interaction:

• Communication: Convey information to diverse audiences, sometimes requiring persuasion.
• Complex Information: Communicate fairly complex information within the specialization.

Impact:

• Team Performance: Impact short-term team performance and occasionally medium-term goals through personal effort.
• Goal Achievement: Plan and assess own work, adjusting efforts to meet goals.

Accountability:

• Target Achievement: Meet own targets impacting the immediate work area, occasionally coordinating junior team members.
• Cost Management: Manage own impact on cost and profitability.

R-20241107-0002

VF Corporation