Sr Social Responsibility Specialist

This role requires onsite collaboration Tuesday through Thursday at Columbia Sportswear's headquarter office in Portland, Oregon.

ABOUT THE POSITION 

The focus of Social Responsibility team is building a program that ensures that workers in our supply chain are being treated fairly and ethically and are working in safe conditions. Our focus includes addressing factory-level issues as well as broader human rights issues in the apparel and footwear supply chain. In addition, our work goes beyond factory compliance and strives to empower workers in our supply chain specifically through women’s-focused empowerment programs. 

The Social Responsibility team is part of a broader Corporate Responsibility team (CR) drives companywide initiatives focused on empowering people, sustaining places and in enhancing responsible business practices. Our work includes climate management, sustainable and responsible manufacturing, chemicals management and global community impact. 

HOW YOU’LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE 

• Develop and manage Columbia Sportswear’s social and environmental compliance program for suppliers for Columbia Japan retail office across Asia to comply with Columbia Sportswear’s Standards of Manufacturing Practices (SMP) and relevant compliance requirements.

• Manage social responsibility assessment scheduling, report review and integration, and scorecard review of the suppliers and licensees.

• Provide training to vendors and licensees on corporate responsibility initiatives and programs at both global and regional-specific levels. Build awareness and support for corporate responsibility initiatives internally with Japan office, suppliers and licensees.

• Be the liaison for suppliers and licensees on multi-stakeholder compliance program (Better Work), social and environmental assessment tools (SLCP & Higg FEM).

• Support assessment and remediation of suppliers in in Asia for Columbia’s portfolio of brands. Work closely with home office, brands and regional CR teams to cover suppliers in the region as needed.

• Develop and manage services of third-party service providers for assessment, remediation and system services for suppliers. Regularly monitor and review quality and performance of the providers.

• Enhance Social Responsibility program for Licensees to drive better performance and licensee ownership

• Establish partnerships with external stakeholders to develop collaboration and drive industry changes.

YOU ARE 

• Someone with strong interpersonal and communication skills (good listener)

• Able to travel and work independently throughout Asia. Travel 10-15%.

• A good team player and willing to spend extra effort to support others.

YOU HAVE 

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in social sciences, business management, environmental or industrial engineering, or disciplines related to Corporate Responsibility

• 3 + years of experience in social and or environmental responsibility field required. Experience with apparel or footwear industry in social compliance monitoring, corporate responsibility program or project management strongly preferred

• Applied experience with complex, social compliance audits and remediation efforts

• Proven track record of leading projects and people to achieve goals

• Proficiency in Japanese preferred

• Computer skills to support reporting and analysis such as power BI/ Power Point

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This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities, but constitutes a general definition of the position's scope and function in the company. 

Columbia Sportswear is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. The Know Your Rights poster is available here: https://www.eeoc.gov/poster The pay transparency policy is available here: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdf Columbia Sportswear is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please notify your recruiter.

At Columbia Sportswear Company, we’re proud to offer regular full-time employees a benefits package that includes a variety of services and products to help make your life and work more rewarding. Our benefit programs contribute to overall employee well-being by aligning those programs with the fundamental elements of well-being: physical, social/emotional, financial, career and community. Benefits that can protect your family’s financial future and help you save money through our 401k plan plus a generous company match. Columbia offers medical, dental, vision, life Insurance, disability, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, and an assortment of voluntary benefit offerings (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and legal services). In addition, Columbia offers EAP + which is free and confidential 24/7/365 counseling services. We have extensive wellness benefits, employee discounts and a generous time off program available.

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