Job Description

PURPOSE

• 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.

• Represent Sourcing interface to the HQ concept teams and manage the transition of Brand Concept Innovations into the Inline development pipeline.
• Embrace innovation mindset and establish performance culture by providing most creative product execution and manufacturing solutions.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build effective relationship with Headquarters Innovation Senior leadership teams (HZ, PDX, BF) and align on project roadmap and timelines.
• Implement product engineering capability to drive project complexity in line with the desired

element of speed and acceleration. “Make mistakes faster”.

• Full ownership in driving innovation product technologies within defined timelines, in accordance with the design and technical requirements while maintaining an emphasis on performance, quality, integrity.
• Manage monthly chargeback process according to framework and provide monthly/quarterly/yearly status report to line manager.
• Lead innovation project tracking and provide regular reporting of high-level status updates to line manager and relevant internal stakeholders.
• High collaboration expected with other cross functional teams, facilitate workshops and training sessions with all internal and external stakeholder to create transparency of innovation concepts readiness.
• Highest level of intellectual property protection of all Innovations by working closely with Headquarters and HK legal team. Establish, review and foster E2E data and product security measures at all time.
• Actively drive pre-costing process by working in collaboration with LO and Tier1/Tier2 costing on evaluating applicable cost scenarios towards reaching technology cost targets and targeted margins/FOBs on all products.
• Implement adidas Group product creation principles of “simplify, standardize, modularize and enable automation” in all innovation concepts.

• Account for technical guidelines and standards for downstream stakeholders, provide comprehensive documentation such as project transfer package, QA plan, best practice for project handover.
• Prepare and lead official project onboarding/handover meeting conversation and therewith enable inline development team to successfully incubate innovation technologies.
• Establish and maintain a strong working relationship with HQ / LO and other key parties as listed below. Encourage performance culture and 3C behaviors internally and externally. Extent brand creativity and innovation mindset across the external innovation partners involved.
• 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.
• Role model leadership to foster a culture of Diversity Equity & Inclusion culture that strives for an inclusive workplace.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• Global Sourcing
• Concept Innovation counterparts at HQ Concepts
• Sourcing business and innovation partners
• External stakeholders: Souring Supplier, Material, Machinery, Chemical, Technology vendors

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Good understanding of costing, design for manufacturing/profitability principles.
• Proven ability in leading multidimensional teams
• Strong influencing, people, presentation and communication skills
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)
• Strong Microsoft office skills

REQUISITE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• University degree in Industrial Engineering or related areas
• Minimum 5+ years relevant experience and at least 2 other functions experience