Director, Sourcing Operations A&G (Jepara)

Purpose

Key player in Sourcing in driving Sourcing’s vision to be the Most Agile, Most Competitive, Most Digitalized & Cleanest Supply Base in the industry. Lead the overall business of the Operation Centers/designated factories or factory groups and manage the relationships between adidas Group and T1s ensuring that adidas objectives are met.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the overall sourcing business, operations, and functions in designated groups of factories/operations centers, to execute the global sourcing strategies.
• Lead the Development & Commercialization and Production teams in the partner groups/OCs, ensuring that they fully carry out their expected responsibilities and that all company standards are met, with support from relevant functional heads when needed.
• Own all KPI performance and utilize the SPIKE framework to drive KPI performance of managed partners.
• Build and maintain close working relationships with partner senior leadership and functional leads to ensure quick resolution of issues and engagement in overall company strategies.
• Represent operations internally and externally and foster strategic partnerships with customers.
• Contribute to the allocation process through regular collaboration with stakeholders.
• Ensure all operations comply with relevant local laws, adidas workplace standards, and freedom of association.
• Develop and coach team members and take an active role in driving engagement.
• Streamline processes through continuous improvement techniques and tools, and challenge existing standards and procedures.
• Maintain a flexible organizational structure capable of adapting to changing business needs.
• Ensure sourcing operations and practices comply with adidas’ Responsible Sourcing & Purchasing Policy, adidas standards, and legal requirements.
• Develop and coach the team to ensure high performance standards, appropriate skillsets, and strong succession plans.
• Role model leadership to foster a culture of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.

Key Relationships

Global Sourcing Headquarters, Product Operations, other global function teams, and external sourcing suppliers.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Wide experience with quality management concepts in consumer goods manufacturing.
• Strong conceptual thinking.
• Strong presentation, negotiation, influencing, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to lead multidimensional teams.

Education and Experience

• University degree in engineering, materials, or related areas, or relevant expert work experience.
• Minimum 10+ years of relevant business experience.
• Minimum 3+ years of people management experience.

Adidas Culture

Adidas fosters an athlete’s mindset through courage, ownership, innovation, teamplay, integrity, and respect. The company emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion as core elements of its culture and talent processes.