Adidas Intern Materials Team

Join adidas Internship Program!

Are you passionate about sports and eager to start your internship with a global leader in the industry? At adidas, we believe in the power of sport to change lives. Our mission is to be the best sports brand in the world, with a “You Got This” mentality to reach beyond possibilities!

The 6-month full-time Internship at adidas provides you with a unique opportunity to apply what you’ve learned at university, use your knowledge in practice, and live your passion for sports in our Global Headquarter for Product Development & Sourcing business in Hong Kong.

Why adidas?

• Dynamic Industry: With sports playing an increasingly important role in people’s lives, both on and off the field, we operate in a highly attractive industry with lots of potentials.
• Innovative Environment: We push the boundaries of products, quality, experiences, and services based on our deep understanding of our consumers and the authenticity of the adidas brand.
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: We champion DEI by fostering a culture where every individual feels valued, respected, and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work.

About the Internship:

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

• Support data analytics across Materials

Key Responsibilities and Projects:

• Support data analytics across all materials costing.
• Assist in the strategy process to identify opportunities to evolve the material source base.
• Support T2 supplier’s performance reporting capabilities optimization
• Contribute to strategic projects driven by the Materials team.
• Maintain standard operating procedures and process guidelines.
• Collect, analyze, and present data to provide facts for decision-making.
• Support T2 supplier negotiation season preparation, including macro data collection, preparing price negotiation presentations, and tracking savings opportunities.
• Connect and support portfolio managers with T2 suppliers, the global sourcing team, and the product operations team.
• Enhance current materials macro model data analytics.
• Support materials liabilities calculation and optimization.
• Coordinate and support preparation of alignment meetings for the material leadership team.
• Organize team meetings and facilitate workshops
• Support reporting and ad-hoc analysis.

Key Objectives (special tasks and learnings):

• Reporting automation
• Support materials costing/planning, cost transparency and fact-based decision making
• Process standardization

Key Relationships:

• Materials Planning /Process Management team, Materials Costing & Portfolio Management
• Materials organization team members in different locations

Required main study courses:

• Engineering, Information, and business management

Preferred university/ discipline:

N/A

Required language skills:

• English

Additional skills/ qualifications: 

• Excellent analytic skill, good presentation skill, Excel, PPT
• Nice to have skills: Power BI, Python, M, SQL and DAX