About this role
<p style="text-align:justify;background-color:white;margin:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif;color:black">Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <p style="margin:2.0pt 0.0in;text-align:justify;background-color:white;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif;color:black">At adidas, we have a clear purpose: “Through sport, we have the power to change lives.” This guiding principle shapes how we operate as a company, how we collaborate with our partners, how we create our products, and how we connect with our consumers. Our values represent essential behaviors and mindsets, reflecting the “You Got This” attitude we strive to see in every team member.</span></p> <p style="margin:2.0pt 0.0in;text-align:justify;background-color:white;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <p style="margin:2.0pt 0.0in;text-align:justify;background-color:white;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif;color:black">This same purpose and mindset are at the heart of Global Business Services (GBS) the team that delivers consistent, end-to-end business solutions across adidas. By driving process excellence and operational efficiency, GBS enables our partners to focus on what matters most: creating impact.</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;background-color:white;margin:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;background-color:white;margin:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'adidasFG Compressed', sans-serif;color:black">Key Responsibilities:</span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in" type="disc"> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif">Perform Quality Checks on all Purchase requests on a adhoc basis</span></li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif">Support Roll-out of ARIBA Guided Buying & Fieldglass </span></li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif">Support and/or drive testing activities of new functionalities in SAP systems, participate in the implementation of new tools and processes (e.g. Ariba, Fieldglass)</span></li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif">Support Business and team on Process and technical-related questions. </span></li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif">Solve escalations and work on problem-solving for the future</span></li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif">Support Team Leads in reporting and data analysis.</span></li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif">Ensure policy compliance and KPIs throughout the entire operations.</span></li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif">Identify, drive and manage implementation improvements along the operational D2PO processes</span></li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif">Work on process, standardization, automation and simplification activities</span></li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif">Responsible to ensure up-to-date process GBS.NTP documentation.</span></li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif">Provide onboarding support and training to new joiners.</span></li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif">Align with NTP Category Managers on category-specific policy and documentation updates. </span></li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif">Provide Helpdesk support in ARIBA for Americas markets, ensuring cross-functional collaboration and operational support across different stakeholders and business units.</span></li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif">Support compliance monitoring activities by identifying risks, gaps and process deviations, while proposing corrective and preventive actions.</span></li> </ul> <p style="text-align:justify;background-color:white;margin:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif;color:black"> </span></strong></p> <p style="text-align:justify;background-color:white;margin:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'adidasFG Compressed', sans-serif;color:black">Key Relationships:</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align:justify;background-color:white;margin:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'adidasFG Compressed', sans-serif;color:black"> </span></strong></p> <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in" type="disc"> <li style="color:black;text-align:justify;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif">Global Business Requestors </span></li> <li style="color:black;text-align:justify;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif">Global/Local Procurement Teams </span></li> <li style="color:black;text-align:justify;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif">GBS Buyers</span></li> <li style="color:black;text-align:justify;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif">GBS Procurement Teams</span></li> <li style="color:black;text-align:justify;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif">GBS Accounts Payable</span></li> </ul> <p style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif;color:black"> </span></strong></p> <p style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'adidasFG Compressed', sans-serif;color:black">Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:</span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in" type="disc"> <li style="color:black;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif">A bachelor’s degree with emphasis on the areas of business, economics, finance, procurement or legal, or comparable professional education.</span></li> <li style="color:black;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif">2+ years business experience, preferably in Procurement area & Customer Service, Administrative functions experience.</span></li> <li style="color:black;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif">Excellent understanding of Ariba purchasing systems.</span></li> <li style="color:black;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif">Advanced knowledge of Procurement and/or Operations.</span></li> <li style="color:black;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif">Eagerness to learn and an analytical mindset.</span></li> <li style="color:black;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif">Excellent communication skills and the capability to independently interact with different stakeholders.</span></li> <li style="color:black;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif">Action oriented and solution minded team player with a process-oriented mindset.</span></li> <li style="color:black;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif">Advanced literacy in MS Office tools.</span></li> <li style="color:black;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif">Fluent in Portugues (spoken and written); proficiency in English is required. </span></li> </ul>