Senior Vendor Management Specialist Global

Become part of the Converse Team

Converse is a place to explore potential, break barriers and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At Converse, it's about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving world to make things better as a team.

Who Converse represents is who Converse hires. If you're one-of-a-kind, you should try us on.

Senior Vendor Management Specialist Global - Converse Vietnam

MATERIALS SOURCING & MANUFACTURING

ABOUT CONVERSE

Are you interested in working for the most iconic and well-loved sneaker brand in the world? Born in sports and made for the street, Converse is a place to explore your potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. We seek people who can lead, grow, think, dream, and create. Our culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. Converse seeks achievers, leaders, and visionaries. At Converse, it's about each person bringing their authentic self, skills, and passion to serve the daring spirit of youth.

ABOUT OUR TEAM

The mission of the Converse Global Sourcing & Manufacturing team is to Deliver Product Excellence, bringing to life and to market products that blow away consumer expectations. We believe this is possible by partnering with best-in-class manufacturers and investing in the right talent to:

- Build capabilities to create innovative products that push the boundaries of our brand
- Deploy responsive supply chain solutions that improve speed and deliver meaningful commercial impact
- Advance the resilience and sustainability of our supply chain through partner, performance and risk management approaches
- Constantly improve our operational model to improve service, efficiency, cost, and quality Live our values and put people first to drive organizational effectiveness

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

WHAT WILL YOU WORK ON?

WHO WILL YOU WORK WITH?

You will report to Manager, Vendor Management Global - Converse within Material Sourcing & Manufacturing. You will work closely with material suppliers and procurement team from shoe factories, connect to internal functional teams to provide inputs in interms of supplier performance, lead on new projects with full storytelling skill to present the project, milestone and outcome etc. In your role, you will serve as material expert to manage supplier performance, capability, capacity etc. to achieve business target with material suppliers and be able to report challenges along with solutions as well as the high level summary for reporting.

WHAT YOU BRING
- Bachelor's degree or above in Industrial Engineering or engineering
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in one or more of the areas of sourcing, manufacturing, operations, or supply chain
- Knowledge of footwear material manufacturing, and supplier chain management, including traceability & compliance is preferred.
- Influences via data storytelling and comfortable transforming large sets of information into a compelling business case. Tableau expertise preferred
- Must be flexible, adaptable and resourceful and be comfortable dealing with ambiguity
- Experience investigating, capturing and maintaining data in an information management system
- Outstanding interpersonal skills and ability to navigate cross-functional needs and processes, including the ability to collaborate with and influence all levels of management
- Team player, proactive, flexible and with a desire to learn and grow
- Cultural awareness and a champion for diversity, inclusion, and belonging
- Flexibility to connect with teammates in various time zones
- Ability to travel 5%-10%

Converse is more than a company; it's a worldwide advocate for self-expression. This belief motivates our employees, permeates our working environment and inspires our products. No two of us look or think exactly alike. We are each one-of-a-kind. Individually and as a culture, we have the freedom to create and grow professionally. Generous benefits packages only sweeten the experience. From Boston to Shanghai, from Brand Design to Finance, Converse is a brand that celebrates the unique and creative people of the world. Together, we're different.

**How We Hire**
- This overview explains our hiring process for corporate roles. Note there may be different hiring steps involved for non-corporate roles.

**Benefits**

Whether it's transportation or financial health, we continually invest in our employees to help them achieve greatness - inside and outside of work. All who work here should be able to realize their full potential.