Senior Specialist Solution Development (Bogota, Distrito Capital de Bogota, CO) @ adidas

<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 &amp; 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="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">At adidas, we have a clear purpose: “Through sport, we have the power to change lives.” This mindset also drives Global Business Services (GBS), enabling scalable, efficient, and innovative business operations.</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;background-color:white;margin:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </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">The Senior Specialist Solution Development plays a critical role in accelerating digital transformation across GBS by designing and developing scalable solutions using Power Platform and AI technologies.</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;background-color:white;margin:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </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">This role focuses on translating business needs into automated, data-driven, and intelligent solutions, reducing manual effort, improving process efficiency, and enabling better decision-making.</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="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">Key Responsibilities:</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> <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">Solution Development &amp; Automation</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:10.5pt;font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif"> </span></strong></p> <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in" type="disc"> <li style="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;color:black">Design, develop, and deploy end-to-end solutions using Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI). </span></li> <li style="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;color:black">Build scalable applications to digitize operational processes and eliminate manual work. </span></li> <li style="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;color:black">Develop workflows and automations to improve productivity and reduce cycle times. </span></li> <li style="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;color:black">Ensure solutions follow best practices in performance, scalability, and governance.</span></li> <li style="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;color:black">Implement a documentation framework to ensure solution maintainability over time </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"> </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:10.5pt;font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif;color:black">AI &amp; Advanced Capabilities</span></strong></p> <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in" type="disc"> <li style="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;color:black">Integrate AI capabilities (e.g., AI Builder, Azure AI, Copilot Studio, Machine Learning models) into business solutions. </span></li> <li style="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;color:black">Identify use cases where AI can drive value (e.g., prediction, classification, document processing). </span></li> <li style="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;color:black">Develop intelligent automations that enhance decision-making and reduce operational risks. </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"> </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:10.5pt;font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif;color:black">Data &amp; Integration</span></strong></p> <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in" type="disc"> <li style="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;color:black">Design and implement integrations between systems (e.g., SharePoint, Dataverse, SAP, APIs, Smartsheet). </span></li> <li style="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;color:black">Structure and transform data to enable efficient reporting and analytics. </span></li> <li style="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;color:black">Collaborate with data teams to ensure consistency, quality, and accessibility of data. </span></li> </ul> <p style="text-align:justify;background-color:white;margin:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </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:10.5pt;font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif;color:black">Business Partnering</span></strong></p> <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in" type="disc"> <li style="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;color:black">Work closely with Operations, CI, and Functional teams to understand business requirements. </span></li> <li style="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;color:black">Translate business needs into technical solutions with clear value cases (hours saved, efficiency gains, quality improvement). </span></li> <li style="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;color:black">Provide recommendations on solution design and digital opportunities. </span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.5in;text-align:justify;background-color:white;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </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:10.5pt;font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif;color:black">Continuous Improvement &amp; Innovation</span></strong></p> <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in" type="disc"> <li style="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;color:black">Identify automation and digitalization opportunities across processes. </span></li> <li style="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;color:black">Contribute to building reusable components and scalable solutions for global deployment. </span></li> <li style="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;color:black">Stay up to date with emerging technologies and continuously improve technical capabilities.</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: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: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, 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:10.5pt;font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif;color:black"> </span></strong></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif;color:black">Delivery Excellence (CI, Automation, Performance Management, Process Management) </span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif;color:black">GBS Operations (Finance, HR, Procurement) </span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif;color:black">Global Process Owners (GPOs) and SMEs </span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 10.0pt 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif;color:black">Tech &amp; Digital teams</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, sans-serif;color:black">Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:</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:10.5pt;font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif;color:black"> </span></strong></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif;color:black">Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related fields. </span></li> <li style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 10.0pt 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif;color:black">3–5 years of experience in <strong>solution development, automation, or digital transformation roles</strong>.</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">Technical Skills (Core Focus of the Role)</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:10.5pt;font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif;color:black"> </span></strong></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">Advanced expertise in <strong>Power Platform</strong>: </span></li> <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in" type="circle"> <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">Power Apps (Canvas &amp; Model-driven apps) </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">Power Automate (cloud flows, RPA)</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">Copilot Studio</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">Dataverse </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">Power BI (data modeling, DAX, dashboards) </span></li> </ul> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 1.0in;background-color:white;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">Experience with <strong>SharePoint, OneDrive, and related Microsoft 365 tools</strong>. </span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.5in;background-color:white;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">Strong knowledge of <strong>API integrations and connectors</strong>. </span></li> </ul> <p style="background-color:white;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">Experience with <strong>AI tools and capabilities</strong>: </span></li> <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in" type="circle"> <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">AI Builder, Copilot Studio, Azure AI, or similar </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">Basic understanding of Machine Learning and LLM concepts </span></li> </ul> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 1.0in;background-color:white;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">Strong skills in <strong>data transformation and analysis</strong> (Excel, Power Query, SQL preferred). </span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.5in;background-color:white;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <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">Additional Skills</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:10.5pt;font-family:adidasFG, sans-serif;color:black"> </span></strong></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">Understanding of <strong>process improvement (Lean, Six Sigma) is a plus</strong>. </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">Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking. </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">Ability to translate business needs into technical solutions. </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">Strong communication skills in English and Spanish.</span></li> </ul> <p style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </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, 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, 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, sans-serif;color:black">Key Success Factors</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, sans-serif;color:black"> </span></strong></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">Ability to deliver <strong>scalable and high-impact solutions</strong> (not just tactical automations). </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;color:black">Strong balance between <strong>technical expertise and business understanding</strong>. </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">Focus on <strong>value creation</strong> (efficiency, cost savings, service improvement). </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">Proactive mindset to identify and implement innovation opportunities.</span></li> </ul>