Manager, Labour Costing & Frameworks

Purpose:

A key player in Global Sourcing in driving Sourcing's vision to be the Most Agile, Most Competitive, Most Digitalized & Cleanest Supply Base in the industry. Facilitate the seasonal costing process to achieve sustainable and competitive cost for sourcing adidas products.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collect and interpret economic trends and government policy change information that impact Labour & Overhead framework. Guide Global Sourcing offices and supplier teams to optimize landed costs and ensure cross-divisional alignment.
• Prepare and own seasonal supplier negotiations for Global source base (analyze macroeconomic developments, supplier specific cost drivers and efficiency plans).
• Manage seasonal routine of a systematic product costing regime and provide key input and assist Costing teams for negotiation purposes.
• Provide costing leadership with insights on cost driver developments and supplier competitiveness using systematic costing and benchmarking methods, to enable fact-based decision making on future Sourcing Allocation.
• Maintain and update Costing related information in relevant data bases and development systems on a seasonal basis, communicate to internal and external stakeholders.
• Prepare seasonal and ad hoc reports to the Costing and Negotiation manager with key insights into cost driver developments.
• Proactively upskill on industry and costing relevant knowledge, embrace information-sharing to leverage learnings.
• Work closely with other functional areas within Liaison Offices (LOs) and in Head Offices (HQ), ensuring all departments and functional areas work together to achieve adidas' overall objectives.

• Participate in discussions with Product Operations (POPs) and Sourcing counterparts to continuously identify opportunities and synergies to standardize cross-Divisional analytics and develop new capabilities; and customize where necessary.
• Ensures adidas standards and legal requirements are fully applied and maintained while managing the relevant processes internally and externally including but not limited to suppliers.
• Ensure all sourcing operations and practices fully comply with adidas' Responsible Sourcing & Purchasing Policy, adidas standards and legal requirements, while managing the relevant processes internally and externally.
• Role model leadership to foster a culture of Diversity Equity & Inclusion that strives for an inclusive workplace.

Key Relationships:

• Global Sourcing: Sourcing Operations, Costing, Materials, Allocation & Planning, Manufacturing Excellence
• Global Operations: Business Unit Costing Operations, Global Strategy & Programs, TECH

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Strong knowledge of Sourcing industry, specializing in product costing, product development or production
• Strong analytical skills, problem-solving, solution and customer-oriented
• Strong project and change management skills
• Strong presentation, negotiation, influencing, people and communication skills
• Ability to think critically and provide different perspectives
• Ability to work independently and drive results
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)
• Strong Microsoft office skills

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in Multinational Company environment e.g. top tier consulting, project management, fashion, supply chain management background

AT ADIDAS WE HAVE A WINNING CULTURE. BUT TO WIN, PHYSICAL POWER IS NOT ENOUGH. JUST LIKE ATHLETES OUR EMPLOYEES NEED MENTAL STRENGTH IN THEIR GAME. WE FOSTER THE ATHLETE'S MINDSET THROUGH A SET OF BEHAVIORS THAT WE WANT TO ENABLE AND DEVELOP IN OUR PEOPLE AND THAT ARE AT THE CORE OF OUR UNIQUE COMPANY CULTURE: THIS IS HOW WE WIN WHILE PLAYING FAIR.

• COURAGE: Speak up when you see an opportunity; step up when you see a need..
• OWNERSHIP: Pick up the ball. Be proactive, take responsibility and follow-through.
• INNOVATION: Elevate to win. Be curious, test and learn new and better ways of doing things.
• TEAMPLAY: Win together. Work collaboratively and cultivate a shared mindset.
• INTEGRITY: Play by the rules. Hold yourself and others accountable to our company's standards.
• RESPECT: Value all players. Display empathy, be inclusive and show dignity to all.

adidas celebrates diversity, supports inclusiveness and encourages individual expression in our workplace. We do not tolerate the harassment or discrimination toward any of our applicants or employees. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.