About this role
<div> <h2><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><strong>PURPOSE</strong></span></h2> <ul> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">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.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Manage relations and drive innovation centers effectiveness on projects & resources allocation.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Research & develop sourcing solutions for new product concepts and commerical competitiveness.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Drive definition, readiness & validation of innovation & commercial ready projects.</span></li> </ul> <p style="font-size:12.0pt"> </p> <h2><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><strong>KEY RESPONSIBILITIES</strong></span></h2> <ul> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Drive innovative product concept development & validation towards specifications, compliance & integrity.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Provide commercial tangible guidance throughout the readiness levels, ROI, timelines, and scalability.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Work closely with supplier innovation centers to ensure performance, competitiveness & advantage for adidas.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Encourage suppliers to continuously upgrade their expertise, technical applications, new materials innovation, and manufacturing technologies.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Research sporting goods and other industries to benchmark and identify potential opportunities for application of innovative technology, processes, and materials.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Provide regular update and valuable input to project teams, key stakeholders & escalation to leadership team when needed.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Challenge team, stakeholder, suppliers to ensure feasibility, commerciality, impact & progress of projects.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Project base allocation of resources</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Ensure project deliverables on time, in full & within budget.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Lead & staff a cross divisional team</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">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.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Develop and coach team to ensure the best standards of performance, appropriate skill set, and strong succession plans are in place.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Role model leadership to foster a culture of Diversity Equity & Inclusion that strives for an inclusive workplace.</span></li> </ul> <h2> </h2> <h2><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><strong>KEY RELATIONSHIPS</strong></span></h2> <ul> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Global Sourcing</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">HQ Innovation Teams, adiLab, Innovation Management</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">HQ Sustainability Materials</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3 Supply Partners Innovation departments</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Global Functions Teams</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <h2><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><strong>KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES</strong></span></h2> <ul> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Innovative & Visionary</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Strong people management skills and proven ability in leading multidimensional teams</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Have depth and breadth of experience in Materials and Methods of Make, but also sports product creation and engineering.</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Strong influencing, people, presentation, communication, and articulation skills</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Fluent in English (written and spoken)</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Strong Microsoft Office skills</span></li> </ul> <h2> </h2> <h2><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><strong>REQUISITE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE</strong></span></h2> <ul> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">University Degree, in Materials/Process/Textile/Chemical/ Mechanical Engineering or related areas</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Minimum of 10+ years of relevant experience and 3 years of people management experience</span></li> <li style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Specific product, material & technology expertise is an advantage.</span></li> </ul> </div>