Sr. Professional, Chemical Engineering

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.

Purpose of Role

The Sr. Professional Chemical Enginnering role enhances product quality and leads strategic chemical and sustainable projects from concept to manufacturing. Applies Design of Experiment (DoE) methodology with robust data analysis to draw conclusions and provide solutions for development and manufacturing challenges. Furthermore, CE will function as the subject matter expert in bottom component technology for product creation teams during the development stage, proactively identifying and mitigate potential manufacturing hurdles. This includes validating cutting-edge technologies to ensure their readiness for manufacturing. The position requires comfort with ambiguous situations, the ability to devise solutions to complex problems, and leadership in advancing factory partners' capabilities, such as supporting the ramp-up of new chemical facilities while maintaining stringent quality standards.

Your Impact

• Implement UA standard formulas at all sole suppliers and develop new formulations as necessary
• Partner with Costing to provide the technical expertise to the UA costing program for soles
• Implement sole manufacturing best practices and Implement sole manufacturing audit system
• Improve sole program documentation as necessary
• Implement UA bonding best practices and  Implement bonding audits and assist problem solving for bonding defects
• Lead VOC reduction activities
• Publish key performance indicators for soles and bonding

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 5 years of related experience
• Proven track record of implementing formulations and bonding systems
• Excellent written and oral English
• Excellent presentation, problem solving and leadership skills
• Team Player. Loves being part of a team, both leading and serving; demonstrated deep commitment to colleagues.
• Humble & Hungry. Confidence without arrogance; driven to continually “up their game" regardless of prior successes.
• Unparalleled Integrity. In good times and bad, lives the Company Way; takes ownership for mistakes; delivers tough messages directly; doesn’t “back-channel”
• Action Oriented. "Can do" and "does do" attitude; authentically engaged with people and situations.
• Accountable. Commits to stretch goals and delivers; holds self to highest performance standards.
• Passionately embraces the challenge and effort to keep unique; committed to go the extra mile to build/protect the brand

Workplace Location

• Location: Dongguan/Guangzhou China, visit factories in different cities.
• Travel: IE- 0-5% of the year

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