Credit Management Specialist

Join adidas Europe and shape the future of the sporting goods industry!

For over 75 years, our European heritage has been a fusion of culture and innovation, driving global sports trends. Our offices, from Herzogenaurach to London, Berlin, Zaragoza, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Athens, Milan, Manchester, and Paris, are centers of creativity and collaboration. We aim to be Europe's best sports brand, seeking pioneers and visionaries to join our bold journey.

At adidas, you're not just getting a job; you're invited to make a global impact, joining a team that values creativity, courage and innovation.

Are you ready to be part of our journey?

You’ll be joining our Stockport Head office, home to 18 showrooms, our Conference Centre, staff Wellness Hub, a truly state-of-the-art gym - fully loaded with Peloton bikes & every piece of gym equipment you can imagine. An indoor astroturf pitch, chat boxes & creative corners creative spaces. Our Stockport team consists of over 350 adidas employees, working across, Brand, Sports Marketing, Marketing Activations, Visual Merchandising, Sales, Account Operations, Finance, HR & many more.

What you’ll do:

As a Credit Management Specialist you will support the Credit Director and be the link between the various teams based in our shared services in Porto (Portugal) and the local teams (Sales, Account & Sales Operations, Finance, Management). You will be involved in all aspects of Credit Management, from initial set-up, through to Customer Data, Collections, Dispute Management, Risk Management, Insolvencies and Legal Cases.

You will give project support as we upgrade our SAP system to S/4HANA ( including FSCM ) during 2025.

This role will be replicated in various European locations and you will be expected to work closely with this extended team to share knowledge and help push Credit Management Europe forwards.

Skills you’ll need:

Our jobs are very competitive and we’re lucky enough to be able to invite the best candidates in the industry to interview, please read below and apply only if you bring the following:

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in a Credit position acquired within a complex, matrix and international organisation
• Ideally ICM qualified or working towards
• Ideally proficient in SAP FSCM and ideally using S4 Hana
• You will have a passion for Credit Management and will demonstrate a desire to make things better across the end-to-end processes.

Life at adidas:

We operate a flexible hybrid model with 3 fixed days in the office and the flexibility for you to choose where you work from home on the other 2 days. Additionally, we want to accommodate candidates wherever possible with one of our many different flexible working policies, whatever your situation, working around childcare, dependants, or other life commitments.

To ensure everyone feels welcome we endeavour to accommodate everyone at all stages of the application and interview process. Should you need it, please let your recruitment partner know and they will be more than happy to help.

Leading pension scheme, performance related bonus, 25 days holiday + bank holidays, Bupa health insurance & Westfield cash plan, generous employee discount and world-class gym facilities on-site at Manchester HQ or Gym contributions for our London colleagues.