Values & Innovation
At Under Armour, we are committed to empowering those who strive for more, and the company's values - Act Sustainably, Celebrate the Wins, Fight on Together, Love Athletes and Stand for Equality - serve as both a roadmap for our teams and the qualities expected of every teammate.
Our Values define and unite us, the beliefs that are the red thread that connects everyone at Under Armour. Our values are rallying cries, reminding us why we're here, and fueling everything we do.
Our pursuit of better begins with innovation and with our team's mission of being the best. With us, you get the freedom to go further - no matter your role. That means developing, delivering, and selling the state-of-the-art products and digital tools that make top performers even better.
If you are a current Under Armour teammate, apply to this position on the Internal Career Site Here.
Purpose of Role
The Senior Professional Sourcing Engineer Footwear is responsible for the timely delivery and quality of Under Armour product by overseeing all aspects of development, commercialization (MST), costing, production, and quality assurance within a particular partner factory. Provide process and manufacturing oversight at facilities producing key cleated and high visibility product in our manufacturing locations.
Your Impact
- Facilitate product engineering during development, model size trial, and commercialization activities for the footwear category in collaboration with the Tier 1 factory, development, manufacturing, engineering and Quality teams.
- Collaborate with factory direct teams; development and engineering to achieve category development and design specifications emphasizing product performance and integrity.
- Provide expert coaching and mentor to Factory teams on Category and Under Armour Best Practices, including Under Armour cross functional teams.
- Elevate any potential risks that may affect product quality or delivery timelines to the manager and category leader.
- Ensure all development and model size trials are executed according to policies and procedures, following the UA commercialization (MST/EST/FST) calendar to allow for on time production start, while not compromising on product quality, cost and delivery.
- Provide technical support to different functional departments with regards to development, planning, costing, tooling, chemical, last, pattern.
- Lead the new last development & validation at style level and work with Asia engineering, HQ counterpart.
- Drive the Commercialization Tracking System (CTS) with T1 factories, ensure the commercialization process is tracked systematically. Monitor the data & report accuracy and timely upload to Centric: shell pattern, 2D drawing, phase report, product flow chart, etc.
- Understand and implement all transfer policies ensuring product integrity is maintained with minimal or no delay in production timing.
- Attend/Support Commercialization trial for new projects, review & confirm best practice flow chart to make sure that chemical/adhesive used in production line is exact.
- Support chemical engineering to check/validate/confirm new compounds.
- Audit/manage new T2 bottom Vendors.
- Support production team for production issues related with chemical/Primer/Adhesive.
- Support Cleated Products/Promo in Country and work with T1 factories to ship great quality Cleated Products as per customer’s expectation/satisfaction.
- Oversee “Halo” projects to make sure that the quality as per customer’s expectation/satisfaction.
- Supports/Work closely with Asia engineering & technology team to consolidate UA technical standards among different factories, different teams, setting up and updating MBP (Manufacturing Best Practice) to enhance the standards.
- Use good judgment in all situations in determining when to be principle centered vs. policy driven following the spirit of the UA Standards
- Lead the transition from innovation to inline development and production. Provide feedback with option and suggestion to ensure highest level of product functionality and manufacturability are met.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 5 years of related experience
- Or 10 years of related work experience with no degree
- Understand of footwear manufacturing – Pattern engineer, mold making, material processing etc.
- Ability to write report and business correspondence in English
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from their counterparts at UA HQ, their teammates, factory partners, various group of vendor representatives etc.
- Strong problem solver and ability to define problem, collect data for improvement.
- Good communication skills
- Ability to work independently and good teamwork.
- IT knowledge
Our Commitment to Equal Opportunity
At Under Armour, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, family or paternal status and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Under Armour seeks to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people representing a wide variety of backgrounds and perspectives. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact our Human Resources team via candidateaccommodations@underarmour.com.
