Specialist GPS POM (Maternity Cover)

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization

Execute integrated purchasing, global supply planning and PO management activities. Ensure performance achieves availability target OTIF (On Time In Full) and OTA (On Time Allocation) and respects market SLAs (Service Level Agreements).

Work across functions to solve planning and purchasing-related issues, identify risks and opportunities, and mitigate potential delays.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute business control processes for relevant areas; translate risks and opportunities into actions following business principles.
• Monitor PO milestones, including production readiness, ex-factory, and shipment, and proactively identify delays, shortages, or ship mode changes.
• Drive recovery actions for late or at-risk POs, including expediting, partial shipment, pull-forward, split shipment, or alternate routing or ship mode, aligned with business priorities.
• Manage delivery performance root-cause analysis and corrective and preventive actions with cross-functional stakeholders; track actions to closure.
• Provide clear delivery visibility to stakeholders through weekly operational reporting, escalations, and decision-ready summaries.
• Maintain governance on priorities and escalations, ensuring fast decision-making and documented outcomes.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives, including process standardization, automation, and system enhancements, to reduce manual work and recurring delivery issues.

Key Relationships

Liaison Offices, Market SCM, Planning Services & BPM, and GPS.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Service-minded and consumer/customer oriented.
• Team player.
• Analytical thinking and ability to solve problems.
• Comfortable learning internal systems such as supply chain planning and execution software applications.
• Good knowledge of MS Office and SAP.
• Fluent in English; an additional language is a plus.

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in supply chain management, business administration, logistics, planning, or information systems. A master's degree is a plus.
• 1–3 years of experience in supply chain management, operations, or planning, preferably in the accessories, apparel, or footwear industries.

Culture

At adidas, employees are encouraged to demonstrate courage, ownership, innovation, teamplay, integrity, and respect. adidas is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.