Manager, Sourcing Operations - Footwear (OA1)

PURPOSE 

• Key player in Sourcing in driving Sourcing’s vision to be the Most Agile, Most Competitive, Most Digitalized & Cleanest Supply Base in the industry. 

• Drive day-to-day together with functional counterparts on Planning, Development, Production Management, Engineering & Manufacturing Innovation, Costing, SEA, Materials (End-To-End) for specific country or assignment.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Independently manage all production, quality, production availability and manufacturing efficiency and escalate critical issues and drive discussion to mitigate impact and achieve resolution. 

• Manage relationship with factory management in applying the right resources, processes, tools, strategy to achieve operation excellence. 

• Rollout and implement adidas best practices and directions to the responsible factories. 

• Influence factory production/ quality middle management and drive change to achieve production objectives. 

• Make day to day decisions within defined scope through exceptional management by balancing risks, and with support on complex issues. 

• Validate and confirm T1 capacity offer and follow up on availability performance when there is a constrain. 

• Support sampling process for product development as prescribed by current process (i.e., Proto Sample to Size Set Sample). 

• Collaborate with Tier1s on quality of virtual & physical sample meets adidas standards and reflect design intent. 

• Carry out Direct Development audits at key milestones together with Development Manager. 

• Collaborate on identifying Create to Value (CTV) opportunities. 

• Drive feedback loop from production to development - sharing improvement areas/best practices/risks to improve future development. 

• Provide input on development to production digitalized handover package to ensure complete and smooth transition to bulk production. 
• 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 
• Headquarter (HQ) laboratory – factory laboratories. 
• Product Operations 
• Other Global Functions Teams: Social and Environmental Affairs / Government Affairs 
• External stakeholders: Sourcing Suppliers 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 

• Independently ability to identify issues, analyse facts and make correct decisions regarding complex production issues without undermining any required standards. 
• Strong presentation, negotiation, influencing, interpersonal and communication skills. 
• Strong leadership skills and ability to work in multidimensional teams. 
• Fluent in English (written and spoken) 
• Strong MS Office Skills 

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications: 

• University degree in product creation or related areas 
• Minimum 5+ years of work experience in similar positions.