Candidates must be flexible to work across a variety of shift patterns, including providing night shift cover when required by the business.
At adidas, you're not just getting a job; you're stepping into a role where your impact is global and your individuality is celebrated. Sport never stands still and neither do we. We seek people who connect deeply with our brand and bring their passion to work every single day.
Location: Trafford Distribution Centre (TDC)
What you'll do
As an Area Manager, you'll lead a key operational area within our Distribution Centre, taking ownership of both people and performance. You'll create a high-performing environment, ensure operational excellence and play a critical role in delivering best-in-class service for our customers while driving continuous improvement across the business.
A day in the life
- Lead, coach and develop a team of warehouse colleagues, creating a positive, high-performance culture aligned to adidas values.
- Drive operational performance across your designated area, ensuring productivity, quality, safety and service targets are consistently achieved.
- Monitor area KPIs, analyse performance data and implement corrective actions where required to improve results.
- Ensure full compliance with health and safety standards, delivering training, promoting wellbeing and maintaining a safe working environment.
- Identify and implement process improvements, collaborating with stakeholders to enhance efficiency, reduce costs and support wider Supply Chain initiatives.
Do you have what it takes?
- Previous people management experience within a warehouse or distribution centre environment.
- Substantial leadership experience managing operational teams within a warehouse or logistics setting.
- Proven ability to lead, coach and develop teams while driving engagement, accountability and performance.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a continuous improvement mindset and a focus on operational excellence.
- Experience working with warehouse management systems and warehouse control systems, alongside good Microsoft Office skills.
- Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills.
- Flexible approach to working patterns, including the ability to provide night shift cover when required.
adidas is committed to ensuring everyone feels welcome throughout the application and interview process and can provide adjustments where required.
Our culture
At adidas, we foster the athlete's mindset through courage, ownership, innovation, teamplay, integrity and respect. We believe embedding diversity, equity and inclusion into our culture and talent processes gives employees a sense of belonging and strengthens our connection with consumers and communities.