Professional Sustainability Operations

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Professional, Sustainability Operations

Date: Jun 3, 2022

Location: Baltimore, MD, US, 21230

Company: Under Armour

Under Armour has one mission: to make you better. We have a commitment to innovation that lies at the heart of everything we do, not just for our athletes but also for our teammates. As a global organization, our teams around the world push boundaries and think beyond what is expected. Together our teammates are unified by our values and are grounded in our vision to inspire you with performance solutions you never knew you needed but can’t imagine living without.

Position Summary

Under Armour needs a Professional, Sustainability Product Operations who can help execute our ambitious sustainability goals. As part of its key focal areas this role will drive strategic optimizations and seasonal execution of the sustainability product processes and workstreams. In order to achieve the mission, this teammate will need to develop a detailed knowledge of the product processes and calendars and an understanding of what metrics are available (or need to be developed) to bring visibility to execution and potential issues. This role will also work cross-functionally to ensure teams are adhering to UA’s sustainability design principles. With goals spanning a decade, this will require strengthening processes, data and reporting to ensure consistent visibility.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Assist in ensuring sustainability processes are reflected in product creation calendars for the product teams.

Constantly look for ways to refine and optimize systems and data model to align with sustainability tracking and reporting needs.

Help with seasonal tracking against sustainability product initiatives.

Drive operating rhythm with the Product, Design, Innovation, and Supply Chain teams alerting them to key upcoming sustainability calendar dates and new / updated processes.

Be the headlights. Ensure information and upcoming steps are understood and actionable by the teams. Work across the functions to coordinate detailed activity (steps between the steps)

Partner with Operations Analytics to monitor and manage the execution of the seasonal calendars bringing performance visibility in an actionable form to the product teams.

Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities)

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Strong time management, collaboration, presentation, and influencing skills.

Team Player Attitude

Creative and strategic thinker

Detail Oriented

Excellent project management skills

Strong analytical skills

Strong writing and communication skills

Action oriented player who is comfortable driving projects independently, with senior guidance

Work under pressure quickly, effectively, and efficiently

Education And / Or Experience

BA/BS required

2-3 years working in sustainability and/or apparel and accessories industry

Preferred experience in an internal or external consulting role within the apparel and accessories industry and working in an operations role

Deep understanding through lens of sustainability of product creation (materials/ color, design, development, sourcing, costing) processes, trends and strategies

Understanding of current industry trends in sustainability

Understanding of how different sustainability strategies contribute to overall business models

Understanding of how sustainability fits within the broader eco-system of an organization, particularly the intersection points with Line Planning, Merchandising, Supply & Demand Planning, Sourcing and Manufacturing

Other Requirements

Location: Global Headquarters in Baltimore, MD.

Return To Work Designation: 1-2 days a week in-office, the remainder of work week remote.

Relocation

No relocation provided

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, 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, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Under Armour believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.

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Company info

Under Armour, Inc.
Website : http://www.underarmour.com