Purpose: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Lead material scouting & adopting initiatives across Asia. </li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Drive validation of new material concepts, managing pilot programs. </li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Bridging materials capability gaps cross region, while effectively balancing opportunities and risks to align with the strategic objectives of the Material Sourcing team.</li> </ul> Key Responsibilities: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Lead material technology scouting initiatives to identify and validate innovative technology concepts that significantly enhance product development capabilities.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Strengthen material scouting capabilities in assigned region across the industry, enhancing the potential of multi-sourcing flexibility and resilience supply chain.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Lead the validation of new material concepts and generate advanced material technologies through research and implementation, ensuring alignment with current market trends and evolving consumer demands.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Drive material scouting pilot programs at selected Tier 2/3/4 suppliers, facilitating effective testing and scaling of new material concepts to ensure successful integration into production processes.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Drive strategic benchmarking of industry standards to pinpoint key areas for improvement, while analysing existing products and market trends to inform high-level decisions regarding material sourcing and development.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Lead cross-functional initiatives and drive assigned projects as necessary to ensure alignment and successful execution of brand strategic objectives.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including material suppliers, industry partners, and internal counterparts, to foster material development collaboration.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">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. </li> </ul> Key Relationships: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">HQ material teams</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">T2/3/4 suppliers</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Material planning </li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Material operations</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Material innovation scaling </li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Sustainability </li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Manufacturing Innovation</li> </ul> Knowledge, Transferrable Skills and Abilities: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Apparel/ materials industry expertise</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Strong project management, problem solving knowledge and skills</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Strong communication, problem solving and presentation skills</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Strong ability to network and collaborate with multiple stakeholders </li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Fluent in English both written and spoken </li> </ul> Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Bachelor's degree, preferred study of Textile Engineering, or other material related field</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">7+ years of apparel materials development related experience and/or an equivalent combination education and experience</li> </ul>

Senior Manager, Materials Scouting (Taipei, TW) @ adidas

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