Adidas Jobs November 2024

Adidas Jobs November 2024

Organization: Adidas

Position: Manager, Planning

Purpose: A key player in Sourcing in driving Sourcing’s vision to be the Most Agile, Most Competitive, Most Digitalized & Cleanest Supply Base in the industry. Develop analytic tools to optimize planning & allocation decisions, collect and build data structures for standardized reporting & analysis. Act as subject matter expert for assigned sourcing allocation and planning processes; lead or participate in data, analytics, or system projects as assigned.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain thorough understanding of the factors influencing the dynamics of the supply and demand data within the various system infrastructures.
• Manage & execute standardized reporting, dashboards, and ad-hoc analysis.
• Enhance reporting and analytical capabilities through automation of data collection.
• Identify improvement potential through various analyses, derive solutions and facilitate related decisions.
• Develop and implement adequate and aligned communication packages to present results, recommendations and solutions.
• Develop and implement department related state of the art analytic tools. Apply the tools to provide analytical support within the assigned area and/or cross divisional when appropriate.
• Be an expert and function as a knowledge base of data, analyses, and systems within the assigned area.
• Coach, train, and support other team members in using the analytic tools and data to make optimal planning and allocation decisions.
• Lead or participate in data, analytics, or system projects as assigned.
• Role model leadership to foster a culture of Diversity Equity & Inclusion that strives for an inclusive workplace.

Key Relationships

• Global Sourcing: Allocation & Planning, Sourcing Operations, Materials, Costing
• Global Operations: Product Operations including Business Unit Planners and Development, Global Product Supply, Supply Chain Management e.g. Logistics, Customs, S&P etc.

Knowledge Skills And Abilities

• Deep business understanding of Allocation and Planning processes and structure
• Very good analytical and critical thinking skills to manage large data quantities from multiple sources.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
• Good communication and storytelling skills for persuasion and convincing others
• Ability to adapt in a consistently changing environment and different management levels of a global organization
• Ability to operate cross-functionally and understanding of external business drivers
• Aptitude to learn new enterprise systems and have functional expertise in all MS office applications, especially with Excel, MSTR & Power BI
• Fluent in Business English [written and spoken]

Requisite Education And Experience / Minimum Qualifications

• University degree preferably in Business Administration, Finance, or Supply Chain Management
• Minimum 7+ years of experience in related fields

Location: Lahore Apply

Position: Director, Sourcing Operations

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.
• Lead the overall business of the Operation Centers/designated factories or factory groups and manage the relationships between adidas Group and T1s ensuring that adidas apparel objectives are met.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the overall sourcing business, operations, and functions in designated groups of factories/operations centers, to execute the global sourcing strategies.
• Lead the Development & Commercialization and Production teams in the partner groups/OCs ensuring that they fully carry out their expected JD/R&R and that all company standards are met with support from relevant functional heads when needed (including development, material, costing, quality, SEA & ME&I)
• Own all KPI performance and utilize SPIKE framework to drive KPI performance of the managed partners
• Build and maintain close working relationships with the partner senior leadership and functional leads to ensure quick resolution of issues as well as engage them in the overall company strategies.
• Represent operations both internally & externally and foster a strategic partnership and relationship with our customers.
• Contribute to the allocation process through regular collaboration with stakeholders.
• Ensure all operations comply with relevant local laws and adidas workplace standards and freedom of associations.
• Develop and coach team members and take an active role in driving engagement.
• Streamline processes through continuous improvement techniques and tools and challenge existing standards and procedures.
• Maintains a flexible organizational structure capable of adapting to changing business needs.
• Develop and coach team to ensure the best standards of performance, appropriate skillsets and strong succession plans are in place.
• 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 Function Team: Social and Environmental Affairs / Government Affairs
• External stakeholders: Sourcing Suppliers

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Have a wide experience of quality management concepts in manufacturing of consumer goods.
• Strong conceptual thinking
• Strong presentation, negotiation, influencing, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)
• Strong MS Office Skills
• Strong leadership skills and ability to lead multidimensional teams.

REQUISITE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• University degree in engineering/materials or related areas or relevant ‘expert’ work experience
• Minimum 15+ years of relevant business experience and 3+ years of people management experience.

Location: Lahore Apply

Position: Manager, Manufacturing

PURPOSE

• A 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 achievement of quality and production goals in supply partners’ facilities while supporting other functions to reach adidas’ goals in areas such as manufacturing efficiency targets, Social & Environmental Affairs (SEA).

Key Responsibilities

• Independently manage all production, quality, production availability, and manufacturing efficiency.
• Escalate critical issues and drive problem-solving discussions to solve or mitigate the potential impacts.
• Manage relationships with factory management in applying the right resources, processes, tools, strategies 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 exception-management by evaluating and balancing risks and seeking support on complex issues.
• Validate and confirm T1 capacity offers and follow up on availability performance when constraints exist
• Role model leadership to foster a culture of Diversity Equity & Inclusion that strives for an inclusive workplace.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• Global Sourcing
• Sourcing suppliers
• Global Operations
• Other GOPS/Sourcing functional teams

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Strong understanding of production and continuous improvement (CI) processes/methods
• Ability to provide effective input into projects
• “Quality-first” mindset, strong analytical reasoning, and problem-solving skills to help others find/solve “root cause issues”
• Strong influencing, people, presentation and communication skills
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)
• Strong Microsoft office skills

Requisite Education And Experience

• University degree in engineering or related areas.
• Minimum 5+ years of relevant experience in the relevant field

Location: Lahore Apply

Adidas Jobs November 2024