Senior Manager, Sourcing Operations Oa3 (Bandung)

PURPOSE

• Lead the overall business of the Operation Centers/designated factories or factory groups and manage the relationships between adidas Group and Tier1 ensuring that adidas Sourcing objectives are met.
• 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.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Invest in people skills through Development and Training, provide ongoing coaching to the team members and take an active role in driving engagement.
• Accountable for leadership of the Development & Commercialization and Production teams in the supplier 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)
• Represent operations both internally & externally and foster a strategical partnership and relationship with our customers.
• Enhance work environment considering infrastructure, SEA & labor and security.
• Provide input and regular update of information necessary to support the allocation process.
• Build and maintain close working relationships with the factory senior management and internal functional leads to ensure quick resolution of issues as well as engage them in the overall company strategies.
• Own all KPI performance of the managed vendors within assigned “Country of Origin (“CoO”) and own the relationship at Supplier Group level where relevant.
• Drive company key initiatives, such as Quality, ME/CI, SPIKE, and Tier1/Tier2 alignment programs and projects to ensure overall and supplier capabilities are industry leading / world class.
• Lead the overall sourcing business, operations, and functions in designated groups of factories/operations centers, to execute the global sourcing strategies.
• Ensure all operations comply with relevant local laws respecting human rights, health and safety of all employees and environment.

Streamline processes through continuous improvement techniques and tools and challenge existing standards and procedures.

• Own Direct Development (“DD”) audits to ensure Virtual & Physical sample meet adidas standards and reflect design intent.
• Role model leadership to foster a culture of Diversity Equity & Inclusion that strives for an inclusive workplace.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• Product Operations
• External stakeholders: Sourcing Suppliers, Transport, Logistics and Customs
• Other Global Function Team: Social and Environmental Affairs / Government Affairs
• Global Sourcing
• Headquarter (HQ) laboratory – factory laboratories.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Fluent in English (written and spoken)
• Strong leadership skills and ability to work with multidimensional teams.
• Have a wide experience of sourcing management concept of consumer goods.
• Strong presentation, negotiation, influencing, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong MS Office Skills

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree in engineering/product creation or related areas
• Minimum 7+ years of work experience of which ideally 5 years were in production creation/ manufacturing and in managerial positions.