Purpose <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 3.0pt 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">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.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 3.0pt 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Drive for development, commercialization, product integrity, manufacturability, Create to Value (CTV), performance to target FOB of assigned projects / category(ies).</li> </ul> Key Responsibilities <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 3.0pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Manage the development and commercialization process of assigned products in collaboration with Tier1 factory personnel and technical teams. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 3.0pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Provide specific technical expertise to ensure effective transition of design into samples and production while ensuring the manufacturability, material selection, material standards, development timeline and cost to target are met. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 3.0pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:107%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Manage in a continuous upgrade of technical applications and processes and implementation of new technology in development and engineering. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 3.0pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Supervise the direct development process between Headquarter /Creation Center and Tier 1 factory ensuring that Create to Value approach and product integrity is at the paramount priority and focus. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 3.0pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Influence HQ (Design, Marketing, Brand Operations, Quality) and external parties (factory Development /Commercialization & Production) and drive change using principle centered vs policy driven with adidas standards as the center of focus in managing/ solving conflicts. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 3.0pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Make day to day decisions within defined scope. Escalate to higher level(s) when facing the complex issues or seeing the potential impacts on business / manufacturing.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 3.0pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:107%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Execute defined directives.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 3.0pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:107%;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 3.0pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;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: LO Manufacturing team, Costing, Material, Planning, Product Quality, Product Testing & Compliance, E&MI</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">Global Brands: HQ Product Teams (Design, Marketing, Brand Operations)</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Global Operations</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">Other Global Functions Team: Social and Environmental Affairs/ Government Affairs ect.</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">External stakeholders: Sourcing Suppliers(Tier1 factory development/ commercialization heads & teams, sample room supervisors; Tier2 / Tier3 suppliers)</li> </ul> Knowledge, Skills and Abilities <ul style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt"> <li style="margin:6.0pt 0.0in 1.0E-4pt 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Have knowledge and expertise in product engineering, development / commercialization processes / timelines.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">able to identify problems and provide solutions to development/ commercialization issues. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Good knowledge of manufacturing process, product testing process / evaluation, material types.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Ability to read shell patterns, 2D and 3D blueprints, BOM / CBD, FCT, etc….</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Good understanding of costing principles and process; ability to decipher cost breakdown related to products.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Creative mindset </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Strong influencing, presentation and communication skills</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Fluent in English (written and spoken)</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Strong Microsoft office skills</li> </ul> Requisite Education and Experience <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">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 5+ year years of relevant business experience</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">Experience in pattern engineering, product creation, mold making, grading, materials processing etc.</li> </ul>

Manager, Product Development & Commercialization - Footwear (OA1) (Ho Chi Minh City, 65, VN) @ adidas

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