**The role of the Senior Responsible Sourcing Advancement associate encompasses diverse responsibilities, including ensuring factories comply with VF standards, supporting safety and worker rights initiatives, driving environmental sustainability, and contributing to worker and community development efforts. In this capacity, the Advancement associate collaborates with VF factories, regional offices, cross-functional teams (including the factory compliance team), NGO partners, and various stakeholders to facilitate enhancements across all responsible sourcing domains. This involves tasks such as preparing factories for audits, addressing safety issues, investigating labor concerns, promoting environmental management systems, providing trainings, and participating in community needs assessments. The position plays a crucial role in advancing VF's commitment to comprehensive and sustainable practices across the sourced factory base.**