Sr Specialist GPS Product Supply Interface - Availability Management (Temporary)

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization

Drive business solutions within Product Supply to maximize product availability and business performance while balancing cost and operational constraints. Leverage data-driven insights, effective storytelling, and strong stakeholder management to influence decisions, drive cross-functional alignment, and deliver continuous improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

Availability Management

• Drive availability management and analysis for assigned Business Units.
• Leverage data-driven insights to support decision-making in a fast-paced, complex context.
• Support the development, maintenance, and enhancement of Power BI reporting solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to identify opportunities, mitigate risks, and maximize product availability.
• Support scenario analysis and provide fact-based recommendations to optimize business and supply chain decisions.

Business Partnering and Stakeholder Management

• Provide tailored availability insights to stakeholders.
• Translate commercial requirements into supply chain solutions and communicate supply chain constraints and opportunities.
• Identify, analyse, and address key performance drivers impacting product availability and business performance.
• Deliver clear, actionable, and business-relevant insights, translating complex supply and demand dynamics into meaningful recommendations.
• Proactively identify, escalate, and manage risks and opportunities impacting product availability.

Continuous Improvement

• Support and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across Product Supply processes.
• Support the adoption of new tools and ways of working.
• Suggest creative and resourceful solutions, translating ideas into actionable and impactful outcomes.

Key Relationships

• Demand Planning
• Business Units
• Customer Fulfillment / Order Fulfillment
• Market Supply Chain Management
• Other Global Product Supply teams

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate data into actionable business insights and recommendations.
• Strong communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders across different functions and levels.
• Service-minded and consumer/customer oriented.
• Team player and effective collaborator.
• Strong Power BI skills for data modeling, visualisation, and reporting are a plus.
• Intermediate knowledge of SQL is a plus.
• Good knowledge of MS Office, advanced MS Excel skills, 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.
• Master's degree is a plus.
• 3+ years of experience in Supply Chain Management, Planning, Operations, Business Analytics, or related fields, preferably in the Accessories, Apparel, or Footwear industries.

Culture and Inclusion

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.