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. Build a strong production planning function for the respective region by establishing best-practice processes and driving planning-process harmonization across the region. Support CTN strategy regarding planning-related topics, manage strategic planning projects, and drive implementation across the region.
Lead the region in capacity and fill-rate management covering multiple countries of origin, KPI performance monitoring and tracking through a proactive approach to delivery and performance issues, with the objective of maximizing finished-goods availability and on-time order fulfilment.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage, develop, including succession planning, and direct a medium to large-sized team of manufacturing leads to ensure a high degree of finished-goods availability through timely resolution of production issues.
- Define and set the standard for planning-related processes for OCs in the region, in line with global guidance.
- Support the definition and drive implementation of key strategic projects supporting company strategy.
- Act as the key contact within the LO for supply-chain initiatives including Speed Models, GPS and TradeCard/GT Nexus systems.
- Drive process harmonization across the region and other LOs by establishing best-practice processes and managing regional implementation.
- Manage seasonal development and production allocation processes with POPs Ops/Strategy HKG and ensure sufficient capacity and capabilities.
- Ensure forecasts and orders follow standard system processes and reach Tier 1 suppliers in a timely manner.
- Manage order confirmation deadlines and ensure current delivery-status and delay information is accurately maintained in the system.
- Identify availability risks and improvement opportunities, and create and execute corrective action plans.
- Improve key metrics including SDP, PDP, MDP and speed share.
- Manage purchase orders and product transfers according to transfer SOPs, including system updates.
- Improve planning-related communication between Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers and between Tier 1 suppliers and 3PLs.
- Provide consolidated performance overviews for the region and factories and address performance issues.
- Create and support initiatives to level-load production and improve manufacturing efficiency.
- Manage factory start-up documentation and terminations.
- Provide training to operations teams and suppliers on policies and systems such as GPS, ILA, planning, ordering, tracking, documentation and invoicing.
- Maintain appropriate end-to-end organizational structures.
- Identify and develop future talent through motivation, coaching, training and development.
- Maintain adidas’s public image of professionalism and integrity and contribute to the community.
- Ensure sourcing operations comply with adidas’s Responsible Sourcing & Purchasing Policy, adidas standards and legal requirements.
Key Relationships
Global Sourcing Headquarters, laboratory and factory laboratories, POPs Strategy & Programs, Social and Environmental Affairs, Government Affairs and external sourcing suppliers.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Proven success in a manufacturing environment with good knowledge of the sporting-goods industry.
- Strong conceptual thinking.
- Strong influencing, people, presentation and communication skills.
- Strong leadership skills and ability to lead multidimensional teams.
- Fluent in written and spoken English.
- Strong Microsoft Office skills.
Education and Experience
- University degree in engineering, materials or a related area.
- Minimum 12+ years of relevant experience.
- Minimum 5 years of people-management experience.
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.