Purpose
A key player in Global Sourcing, driving Sourcing’s vision to be the Most Agile, Most Competitive, Most Digitalized and Cleanest Supply Base in the industry. Lead the overall business of the Operation Centers, designated factories or factory groups, and manage relationships between adidas Group and Tier 1 suppliers to ensure adidas Sourcing objectives are met.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the overall sourcing business, operations and functions in designated factory groups or operation centers to execute global sourcing strategies.
- Lead the Development & Commercialization and Production teams in supplier groups and operation centers, ensuring expected responsibilities are fulfilled and company standards are met with support from relevant functional heads.
- Own KPI performance for managed vendors within the assigned Country of Origin and supplier-group relationships where relevant.
- Drive key initiatives including Quality, ME/CI, SPIKE and Tier 1/Tier 2 alignment programs to ensure supplier capabilities are industry-leading.
- Build close relationships with factory senior management and internal functional leads to resolve issues and engage stakeholders in company strategies.
- Represent operations internally and externally, fostering strategic partnerships with customers.
- Provide information and updates to support the allocation process.
- Ensure operations comply with local laws and respect human rights, employee health and safety, and the environment.
- Develop and train people, provide coaching, and drive engagement.
- Enhance the work environment, including infrastructure, SEA, labor and security.
- Streamline processes through continuous-improvement techniques and challenge existing standards and procedures.
- Own Direct Development audits to ensure virtual and physical samples meet adidas standards and reflect design intent.
- 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 and factory laboratories; Product Operations; Social and Environmental Affairs; Government Affairs; sourcing suppliers; transport, logistics and customs stakeholders.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Wide experience with sourcing-management concepts for consumer goods.
- Strong presentation, negotiation, influencing, interpersonal and communication skills.
- Fluent English, written and spoken.
- Strong MS Office skills.
- Strong leadership skills and the ability to work with multidimensional teams.
Education and Experience
- University degree in engineering or a related area.
- Minimum 7+ years of work experience, ideally including 5 years in production creation or manufacturing and managerial positions.
Culture
adidas fosters an athlete’s mindset through courage, ownership, innovation, teamplay, integrity and respect, with a strong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.