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 global sourcing strategies.
- Lead Development & Commercialization and Production teams in partner groups and operation centers, ensuring company standards are met.
- Own KPI performance and utilize the SPIKE framework to drive performance of managed partners.
- Build close working relationships with partner senior leadership and functional leads to resolve issues and engage them in company strategies.
- Represent operations internally and externally and foster strategic partnerships with customers.
- Contribute to allocation processes through regular collaboration with stakeholders.
- Ensure operations comply with local laws, adidas workplace standards, and freedom of association requirements.
- Develop and coach team members, drive engagement, and establish strong succession plans.
- Streamline processes through continuous improvement techniques and challenge existing standards and procedures.
- Ensure sourcing operations comply with adidas’ Responsible Sourcing & Purchasing Policy, adidas standards, and legal requirements.
- Role-model leadership to foster diversity, equity, and 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, presentation, negotiation, influencing, interpersonal, and communication skills.
- Fluent English, written and spoken.
- Strong MS Office skills.
- Strong leadership skills and ability to lead multidimensional teams.
Required education and experience
University degree in engineering, materials, or related areas, or relevant expert work experience. Minimum 10+ years of relevant business experience and 3+ years of people management experience.
Culture
adidas fosters an athlete’s mindset through courage, ownership, innovation, teamplay, integrity, and respect, with diversity, equity, and inclusion embedded in its culture and talent processes.