KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: The Senior Responsible Sourcing Assurance role involves coordinating and conducting factory audits in adherence to VF’s guidelines. Responsibilities include updating audit schedules, ensuring accurate data management, resolving technical issues, and staying informed on regulations. Maintaining auditor accreditation and supporting the 3rd party audit program are key tasks. Beyond compliance, the role supports Sustainability and Responsibility programs, aids in remediation activities for 3rd party audited factories, and collaborates on specific topics with the S&R program manager. **Factory Audit Management:** + Accept factory audit assignments, schedule audits, and liaise with factories, agents, and relevant parties to confirm audit appointments. + Update the planned audit schedule in the Fair Factories Clearinghouse (FFC) database to ensure accuracy and transparency. + Resolve technical problems with suppliers promptly and effectively. **Audit Execution:** + Conduct social audits on VF active factories, focusing on health and safety, worker rights, environmental issues, and CTPAT compliance. + Utilize the VF proprietary audit tool to perform comprehensive audits, encompassing worker and management interviews, documentation reviews, and visual inspections. **Documentation and Reporting:** + Ensure the accurate and timely completion of the offline audit tool, encompassing all violations and remedial actions. + Upload audit reports into FFC, generate reports, and communicate findings to factories and internal stakeholders. **Data Management:** + Timely and accurately update all factory audit and scheduling data in FFC. + Inform, update, and share any revised local labor laws, standards, and compliance issues with suppliers and key stakeholders as necessary. **Stakeholder Collaboration:** + Meet regularly with internal stakeholders on factory issues, KPIs, and support in developing action plans. + Address technical issues with suppliers promptly and effectively. **Compliance Knowledge:** + Maintain a working knowledge of labor laws and stay informed about associated updates. + Sustain auditor accreditation with SAI or other external certification bodies, if available. **Program Support:** + Engage with in-scope industry initiative programs (e.g., Better Work, SLCP) and resolve issues. + Support Manager for Global Compliance in managing the 3rd party audit program, including audit report reviews, shadow audits, auditor trainings, and feedback delivery. **Contributions to Departmental Goals:** + Contribute to achieving departmental goals, objectives, and responsibilities. + Submit travel expense reports promptly and accurately. **Beyond Compliance** In addition to your primary responsibilities, you will play a crucial role in supporting various Responsible Sourcing Programs and contributing to broader sustainability initiatives. The tasks will encompass: + Provide support, when required, to other Responsible Sourcing Programs, with a focus on areas such as Worker Rights & Safety, Environmental Sustainability, Worker & Community Development, and Product Stewardship & Traceability. + Support Sustainability and Responsibility (S&R) program managers on factories’ education and capacity building, implementation, data collection, and advisory for S&R programs that are outside VF’s audit scope. + Assist in CAP (Corrective Action Plan) remediation activities and advisory for factories that have undergone 3rd party audits. Key Competencies + Embodies the highest level of personal and professional integrity and ethics. + Experience in factory compliance audits with excellent knowledge on labor, Health &Safety, and environment local laws. + Thorough knowledgeonauditing processes and database administration. + Excellent report writing and communication skills in both oral and written English. + Ability to develop and maintainpartnerships with key stakeholders across the business. + Independent worker, strong problem-solving skill. + Ability to consider perspectives aside from their own. + Has a keen sense of urgency & able to prioritize and complete the assigned task in a tight schedule. Qualifications and Experience + 6+ years Corporate Social responsibility or Social Auditing experience or equivalent combination of relevant work experience and education. + Post-graduation in labor laws, environmental engineering, safety engineering, chemical engineering, will be advantageous + Expertise in using Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, Outlook and Web skills + Subject Matter Expert In: + Labour, Health, Safety, and Environmental auditing. + Laws, Regulations and Industry Standard of the region + Laws & Regulation of Labor & Employments; + Knowledge of human and labor rights. R-20250717-0135 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.