Senior Manager, Sourcing Operations Footwear (OA3)

Purpose

A key player in Global Sourcing, driving sourcing’s vision to be the most agile, competitive, digitalized, and cleanest supply base in the industry. Lead the overall business of designated operation centers, factories, or factory groups and manage relationships between adidas Group and Tier 1 suppliers to ensure sourcing objectives are met.

Key responsibilities

• Lead sourcing business, operations, and functions in designated factory groups or operation centers to execute global sourcing strategies.
• Lead Development & Commercialization and Production teams, ensuring expected responsibilities are carried out and company standards are met.
• Own KPI performance of 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.
• Build relationships with factory senior management and internal functional leads to resolve issues and support company strategies.
• Represent operations internally and externally and foster strategic partnerships with customers.
• Ensure compliance with local laws, human rights, health and safety requirements, environmental standards, and adidas policies.
• Coach and develop team members, drive engagement, and improve the work environment.
• Streamline processes through continuous improvement techniques and tools.
• Own Direct Development audits to ensure virtual and physical samples meet adidas standards.
• Foster diversity, equity, and inclusion through role-model leadership.

Key relationships

Global Sourcing Headquarters, laboratories, factory laboratories, Product Operations, Social and Environmental Affairs, Government Affairs, sourcing suppliers, transport, logistics, and customs.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities

• Extensive experience with sourcing management concepts in consumer goods.
• Strong presentation, negotiation, influencing, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Fluent English, written and spoken.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to work with multidimensional teams.

Required education and experience

• University degree in engineering, product creation, or a related area.
• At least 7 years of work experience, ideally including 5 years in product creation or manufacturing and managerial positions.

Company culture

adidas fosters an athlete’s mindset through courage, ownership, innovation, teamplay, integrity, and respect, with a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.