**ABOUT THE ROLE** As a Senior Specialist in Responsible Sourcing Advancement, you will play a key role in ensuring factories comply with VF’s standards, supporting safety and worker rights initiatives, driving environmental sustainability, and contributing to worker and community development efforts. You will collaborate with VF factories, regional offices, cross-functional teams, NGO partners, and other stakeholders to enhance responsible sourcing practices across the supply chain. Your responsibilities will include preparing factories for audits, addressing safety and labor concerns, promoting environmental management systems, and supporting community needs assessments. This role is critical to advancing VF’s commitment to comprehensive and sustainable sourcing practices. **KEY RESPONSIBILITIES** **Factory Compliance** + Support factories in meeting VF’s compliance standards, including local and international regulations + Collaborate with sourcing and compliance teams to improve audit outcomes and remediate corrective actions + Communicate new or existing requirements in Facility Guidelines and provide tools and knowledge to suppliers **Safety** + Work with VF Safety Team and program providers to address safety concerns through on-site and remote visits + Coordinate third-party assessments, training, and remediation efforts + Support implementation of VF’s critical life safety program, including training and awareness initiatives **Worker Rights** + Collaborate with the Worker Rights Team and external stakeholders to investigate and remediate labor issues + Identify opportunities to pilot Worker Rights programs at factories + Work with Better Work on compliance and industrial relations programs + Respond to critical concerns in countries of responsibility **Environmental Sustainability** + Partner with the Environmental Sustainability Team to build Environmental Management Systems at factories + Promote participation in energy efficiency and renewable energy programs + Provide localized insights to support environmental strategy (e.g., HIGG implementation, wastewater standards) **Worker and Community Development (WCD)** + Support factory participation in basic needs assessments + Help identify factories for WCD program implementation based on assessment results + Collaborate with partners to implement and monitor WCD programs, ensuring alignment with objectives **KEY COMPETENCIES** + High personal and professional integrity and ethics + Strong knowledge of labor, health & safety, and environmental laws + Experience in factory compliance audits and auditing processes + Excellent report writing and communication skills in English + Strong stakeholder engagement and partnership-building skills + Independent, problem-solving mindset with urgency and prioritization skills + Open-minded and collaborative approach **QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE** + 6+ years of experience in Corporate Social Responsibility or Social Auditing, or equivalent combination of experience and education + Post-graduate education in labor laws, environmental engineering, safety engineering, or chemical engineering is a plus + Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and web-based tools + Subject matter expertise in: + Labor, health, safety, and environmental auditing + Regional laws and industry standards + Labor and employment regulations + Human and labor rights R-20250519-0002 VF Diversity Vision Statement VF is committed to creating an inclusive environment that welcomes and values the differences among all of our associates, customers, suppliers and the communities in which we live and conduct business. The continued success and growth of VF is enhanced through initiatives that promote diversity throughout VF around the world.VF is an equal employment opportunity/ affirmative action employer of minorities, females, protected veterans and the disabled. VF is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment, and treating our VF associates and VF applicants without discrimination on the basis of their race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, HIV/AIDS status, or any other legally protected factor.