Senior Director Non-Trade Procurement, NAM (Indirect Procurement)

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization

Lead the Non-Trade Procurement and Travel organization for North America, enabling adidas to create measurable enterprise value through strategic sourcing, supplier innovation, disciplined governance, AI-enabled insights, and future-ready procurement capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate the global Procurement strategy into clear North America priorities, actionable roadmaps, and measurable outcomes.
• Deliver savings, value creation, risk mitigation, and productivity targets for the market.
• Lead, drive, and develop market teams and specialized talent.
• Embed AI, automation, advanced analytics, and data-driven decision-making into source-to-pay activities.
• Develop and oversee market travel category strategies and supplier portfolios.
• Drive optimization of travel and meetings programs to improve efficiency, employee experience, compliance, and financial performance.
• Manage the Procurement organization, budget, governance, source-to-pay processes, and annual action plan.
• Provide strategic leadership for North America Travel Management, including policy, compliance, traveler communications, risk management, and supplier performance.
• Build stakeholder and supplier relationships and provide executive oversight of strategic sourcing, contract negotiations, and supplier relationship management.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Expertise in sourcing, procurement methodologies, supplier management, procurement transformation, procure-to-pay tools, risk, and compliance.
• Strong understanding of corporate travel management, strategic sourcing across indirect spend and travel categories, and large-scale travel programs.
• Strong financial acumen, analytical, communication, presentation, influencing, and change management skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office, e-sourcing such as Ariba, and P2P tools.
• Fluency in spoken and written English.
• Ability to travel up to 30%.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Procurement, Legal, or a related field, or comparable professional education.
• At least 12–15 years of experience in equivalent procurement leadership roles within international organizations.
• Experience leading large indirect spend categories, strategic supplier relationships, enterprise-wide sourcing initiatives, and corporate travel programs.
• Strong people leadership experience within global matrix organizations.

adidas offers a hybrid work policy requiring office attendance Monday through Thursday, with flexibility to work remotely on Friday. The working location is Portland, Oregon.

adidas is an Equal Opportunity Employer that celebrates diversity, supports inclusion, and provides reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process.