Purpose: A key player in Product Development & Sourcing (PD&S) in driving PD&S’s vision to be the Most Agile, Most Competitive, Most Innovative & Most Sustainable PD&S in the industry. Champion data-driven insights, continuous improvement, and collaborative problem-solving to help achieve the company’s margin ambitions. Key Responsibilities: <ul style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Track, analyse, and interpret product and operational cost performance; develop strategic pricing approaches and identify opportunities to enhance profitability and business value.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Identify cost-saving opportunities and margin leakage points, proactively recommending strategies that improve financial performance and drive sustainable growth.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Design, build, and maintain impactful trackers, dashboards, and reporting tools that provide visibility into margin performance, cost variances, and actionable business insights for leadership teams.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Partner closely with Business Units and Finance teams on seasonal target setting, scenario planning, and price forecasting to support informed commercial decisions.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Facilitate and steer discussions between Headquarters, Business Units, and regional teams, bridging perspectives and driving alignment on margin-critical initiatives and actions.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 3.0pt 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Analyse margin performance across key costing milestones, identifying drivers of variance, emerging trends, risks, and opportunities for cost optimization.</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">Provide PD&S Costing Leadership with meaningful insights on margin developments, cost drivers, supplier pricing trends, and competitive benchmarking to support strategic decision-making.</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">Continuously strengthen expertise in costing, sourcing, market dynamics, and industry trends while fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous learning.</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">Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams across Liaison Offices (LOs) and Headquarters (HQ), ensuring alignment and collective execution of company objectives and priorities.</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">Challenge existing costing standards, processes, and policies by identifying opportunities to simplify, streamline, and continuously improve ways of working.</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">Ensure all PD&S operational practices comply with the company’s Responsible Sourcing & Purchasing Policies, standards, and applicable legal requirements, while effectively managing related internal and external processes.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Role model leadership to foster a culture of Diversity Equity & Inclusion that strives for an inclusive workplace.</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">Product Development & Sourcing: Sourcing Operations, Costing, Materials, Allocation & Planning, Manufacturing Excellence, Business units.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Cross-functional teams: Brand Finance, Sourcing Finance, Global Strategy & Programs, TECH</li> </ul> Knowledge Skills and Abilities: <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">Strong understanding of the sourcing industry, with expertise in product costing, financial analysis, product development, manufacturing, or supply chain operations.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Highly analytical with strong problem-solving capabilities and a solutions-oriented, customer-focused mindset.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Advanced ability to work with large and complex datasets, identify meaningful trends, and translate data into clear, actionable business recommendations.</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 (written and spoken) </li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Strong project management and change management capabilities, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and drive execution.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Strong presentation, stakeholder management, negotiation, influencing, and communication skills.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Strategic and critical thinker who can challenge the status quo, provide alternative perspectives, and influence decision-making.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Self-motivated, proactive, and able to work independently while driving measurable results in a fast-paced environment.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office applications; experience with BI platforms, data visualization tools, and advanced analytics solutions is an advantage.</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 in finance, Accounting, Economics, Data Analytics, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related field.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Minimum of 5+ years of relevant experience within a multinational environment, such as top-tier consulting, commercial finance, product costing, project management, fashion, sourcing, manufacturing, or supply chain management.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Proven experience influencing cross-functional stakeholders, driving business performance through analytics, and leading initiatives that deliver commercial impact.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Experience working across global and regional teams, with the ability to build strong partnerships and align diverse stakeholders toward common objectives.</li> </ul>

Manager, Costing Commercial Analysis (Kwun Tong, HK) @ adidas

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