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.
• 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.