Purpose <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Key player in Sourcing in driving Sourcing’s vision to be the Most Agile, Most Competitive, Most Digitalized & Cleanest Supply Base in the industry.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Drive achievement of quality and production goals in supply partners’ facilities while supporting other functions to reach adidas’ goals in areas such as production availability, manufacturing efficiency (ME) targets, Social & Environmental Affairs (SEA).</li> </ul> Key Responsibilities <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Lead a production team in one or more large-scale and/or geographically dispersed factories to manage all production-related topics including quality, production availability, Manufacturing Excellence, Social & Environmental Affairs (SEA), and adidas-related standards implementation.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Build strong relationships with senior teams in factories to reach the highest levels of performance possible.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Give input to provide directives in production and related supply chain area(s) and setting proper focus on operational direction.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Provide onsite technical support to enable decisions on escalations raised by Tier1 & POPs</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Ensure Tier1s achieve goals while following the standards and directives from HQ and external parties.</li> </ul> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Validate and confirm Tier1 capacity offers and follow up on availability performance when constraints exist.</li> </ul> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Influence factory teams and drive the right quality mindset in the designated factories.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 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> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Develop and coach team members to ensure the best standards of performance, appropriate skill sets, and strong succession plans are in place.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 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:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Global Sourcing </li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Headquarter (HQ) laboratory – factory laboratories.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Product Operations </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Other GOPS/Sourcing functional teams</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">External stakeholders: Sourcing Suppliers etc.</li> </ul> Knowledge, Skills and Abilities <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 6.0pt 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Have proven depth and breadth of experience in production and quality areas.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Strong Project Management capabilities as well as analytical and problem-solving skills.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Strong influencing, people, presentation, and written/spoken communication skills.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Proven ability to lead teams across various business units and/or functions.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Strong MS Office Skills</li> <li style="margin:6.0pt 0.0in 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Fluent in English (written and spoken)</li> </ul> Requisite Education and Experience <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 6.0pt 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">University degree in engineering or related areas.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Minimum 7+ years of relevant experience, including 2+ years in one other function outside Manufacturing.</li> </ul>

Senior Manager, Manufacturing Footwear (OA1) - Thanh Hoa (Hanoi, 64, VN) @ adidas

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