Purpose
A key player in Global Sourcing in driving Sourcing’s vision to be the Most Agile, Most Competitive, Most Digitalized & Cleanest Supply Base in the industry. Manage relations and drive innovation centers effectiveness on projects & resources allocation. Research & develop sourcing solutions for new product concepts and commercial competitiveness. Drive definition, readiness & validation of innovation & commercial ready projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive innovative product concept development & validation towards specifications, compliance & integrity.
- Provide commercial tangible guidance throughout the readiness levels, ROI, timelines, and scalability.
- Work closely with supplier innovation centers to ensure performance, competitiveness & advantage for adidas.
- Encourage suppliers to continuously upgrade their expertise, technical applications, new materials innovation, and manufacturing technologies.
- Research sporting goods and other industries to benchmark and identify potential opportunities for application of innovative technology, processes, and materials.
- Provide regular update and valuable input to project teams, key stakeholders & escalation to leadership team when needed.
- Challenge team, stakeholder, suppliers to ensure feasibility, commerciality, impact & progress of projects.
- Allocate resources on a project basis.
- Ensure project deliverables are on time, in full, and within budget.
- Lead and staff a cross-divisional team.
- Ensure all sourcing operations and practices fully comply with adidas’ Responsible Sourcing & Purchasing Policy, adidas standards and legal requirements.
- Develop and coach the team to ensure high performance standards, appropriate skills, and strong succession plans.
- Role model leadership to foster a culture of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.
Key Relationships
Global Sourcing HQ Innovation Teams, adiLab, Innovation Management HQ, Sustainability Materials, Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3 Supply Partners, Innovation departments, and Global Functions Teams.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Innovative and visionary.
- Strong people management skills and proven ability in leading multidimensional teams.
- Depth and breadth of experience in Materials and Methods of Make, sports product creation, and engineering.
- Strong influencing, people, presentation, communication, and articulation skills.
- Fluent in English, written and spoken.
- Strong Microsoft Office skills.
Requisite Education and Experience
- University degree in Materials, Process, Textile, Chemical, Mechanical Engineering, or related areas.
- Minimum of 10+ years of relevant experience and 3 years of people management experience.
- Specific product, material, and technology expertise is an advantage.
Adidas Culture
At adidas, employees are encouraged to demonstrate courage, ownership, innovation, teamplay, integrity, and respect. The company emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion as part of its culture and talent processes.