About this role
<div><em>Adidas is an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from people of all ages, genders (incl. gender identity), ethnic and social backgrounds, nationalities, sexual orientations, religions and beliefs, and those with apparent or non-apparent disabilities*. We do not tolerate harassment or discrimination toward any of our applicants or employees.</em></div> <div>*<em>We actively encourage individuals with disabilities to apply and will provide reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process.</em></div> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:</span></u></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif"> </span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">The selection, design, justification, implementation and operation of controls and management strategies to maintain the security, confidentiality, integrity, availability, accountability, and relevant compliance of information systems with legislation, regulation, and relevant standards.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">Key Responsibilities: </span></u></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif"> </span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">Information security</span></strong></p> <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"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">Explains the purpose of and provides advice and guidance on the application and operation of elementary physical, procedural, and technical security controls. </span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">Performs security risk, vulnerability assessments, and business impact analysis for medium complexity information systems. </span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">Investigates suspected attacks and manages security incidents. </span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">Uses forensics where appropriate.</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">Specialist advice</span></strong></p> <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"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">Actively maintains knowledge in one or more identifiable specialisms. </span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">Provides detailed and specific advice regarding the application of their specialism(s) to the organization’s planning and operations. </span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">Recognizes and identifies the boundaries of their own specialist knowledge. </span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">Collaborates with other specialists, where appropriate, to ensure advice given is appropriate to the needs of the organization.</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">Research</span></strong></p> <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"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">Within given research goals, builds on and refines appropriate outline ideas for research, including evaluation, development, demonstration, and implementation. </span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">Applies standard methods to collect and analyses quantitative and qualitative data. </span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">Creates research reports to communicate research methodology and findings and conclusions. </span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">Contributes sections of material of publication quality. </span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 18.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <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"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">Uses available resources to update knowledge of any relevant field and creates a personal collection of relevant material. </span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">Participates in research communities.</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">Emerging technology monitoring</span></strong></p> <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"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">Supports monitoring of the external environment and assessment of emerging technologies to evaluate the potential impacts, threats, and opportunities to the organization. </span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">Contributes to the creation of reports, technology road mapping and the sharing of knowledge and insights.</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><em><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">If required:</span></em></strong><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif"> <u>People Management / Resource Management: </u></span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif"> </span></u></strong></p> <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"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">May be involved and gives some input on hiring Transition decisions </span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 18.0pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <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"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">Allocates the different work to the respective employees considering experience, complexity, workload, and organizational efficiency</span></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"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">Continuously monitors and evaluates team workload and organizational efficiency with the support of IT systems, data and analysis and team feedback and makes appropriate changes to meet business needs.</span></li> </ul> <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"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">Provides team members/direct reports with clear direction and targets that are aligned with business needs and GIT objectives </span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif"> </span></u></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">Key Relationships: </span></u></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <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"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">Global IT</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">Respective business function (GOPS, Finance, HR, Brand Marketing, Wholesale/Retail)</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">HR Management</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">Controlling</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications: </span></u></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <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;text-indent:4.4px"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">Four-year college or university degree with focus on Business Administration or IT or related areas, or equivalent combination of education and experience </span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">Proficient spoken and written command of English </span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">At least 5-year experience in IT </span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">2 years of experience in relevant area</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">1 year of experience in team management</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">Understanding of different culture</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">Participated in projects with people from other functions/markets</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p>