Director Human Resources HR Business Partner & Projects

Purpose:

The Director, Human Resources is a HR leader and trusted strategic partner to the Product Development & Sourcing organization. The role leads a HR team and enables a strong people ecosystem across key “moments that matter,” ensuring the effective execution of the People Strategy while driving business performance, leadership capability, and organizational transformation.

Key Responsibilities:

Business Partnership:

• Be a trusted advisor and coach to senior leaders, enabling them to lead and own the people agenda across engagement, performance, and culture.
• Translate business strategy into clear people priorities and lead their effective delivery.
• Lead complex organizational design, change, and transformation initiatives aligned to strategic objectives.
• Drive strategic workforce planning, capability development, and future‑ready skill building.
• Deliver succession planning and build strong leadership pipelines for critical senior roles.
• Use people data, insights, and dashboards to shape decision‑making and organizational strategy.
• Ensure consistent and compliant execution of global core HR processes, policies, and governance.
• Effectively manage complex employee relations topics and senior‑level people matters.
• Partner closely with Global HR, Talent, and Rewards to embed local business needs into global programs.
• Promote a positive employee experience and strong employee relations through targeted local initiatives.
• Anticipate people trends and ensure accurate HR reporting in close collaboration with GBS, Finance, and Global HR.

HR Projects & Transformation:

• Lead and contribute to global and cross‑functional HR initiatives, including transformation programs, process harmonization, restructuring, and large‑scale people projects.
• Support major business initiatives with effective, scalable HR solutions.

• Manage the Product Development & Sourcing HR team internal communication: plan and execute leadership team meetings, manage updates to the HR team and engagement activities for the HR team.

Leadership & Team Effectiveness:

• Build, lead, and develop a high‑performing HR team capable of driving both day‑to‑day excellence and future change.
• Role‑model adidas leadership behaviors and a culture of innovation, accountability, and collaboration.

Key Stakeholders:

• Product Development & Sourcing Leadership Team (Board‑1 / Board‑2 level)
• Global, regional, and local HR teams
• Talent, Rewards, and Talent Acquisition partners
• Finance and GBS / HR Services
• Senior talents and leaders within the scope of responsibility

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• HR Expertise: Employee relations, organizational design, workforce planning, HR analytics, change management, and people trend forecasting.
• Business Acumen: Strong commercial mindset, excellent understanding of value chains and business processes, and the ability to align people strategy with business outcomes.
• Consulting & Influence: Proven ability to diagnose business needs, broker solutions, influence senior stakeholders, and coach leaders.
• Leadership: Strong people leadership skills with a track record of building and leading high‑performing teams.
• Communication: Highly articulate and impactful communicator with strong presentation and facilitation skills across senior audiences.
• Change & Innovation: Drives transformation through structured change methodologies while fostering innovation and new ways of working.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, or a related field.
• 8–10+ years of progressive HR experience in a multinational environment; exposure to Rewards, Talent, or business roles is an advantage.
• Proven experience as a strategic HR partner in complex, global, and culturally diverse organizations.
• Hands‑on experience managing complex employee relations matters and leading large‑scale organizational change.
• International mindset with strong stakeholder management skills.
• Fluent in English; Chinese language skills are an advantage.