Footwear Sourcing Operations - Senior Manager

[PURPOSE]• A key player in Global Sourcing in driving Sourcing’s vision to be the Most Agile, MostCompetitive, Most Digitalized & Cleanest Supply Base in the industry.• Lead the overall business of the Operation Centers/designated factories or factory groups and manage the relationships between adidas group and Tier1 to ensure that adidas' sourcing objectives are met.[KEY RESPONSIBILITIES]• Lead the overall sourcing business, operations, and functions in designated groups offactories/operations centers, to execute the global sourcing strategies.• Accountable for leadership of the Development & Commercialization and Production teamsin the supplier groups/OCs ensuring that they fully carry out their expected JD/R&R and thatall company standards are met with support from relevant functional heads when needed(including development, material, costing, quality, SEA & ME)• Own all KPI performance of the managed vendors within assigned “Country of Origin (“CoO”)and own the relationship at Supplier Group level where relevant.• Drive company key initiatives, such as Quality, ME/CI, SPIKE, and Tier1/Tier2 alignmentprograms and projects to ensure overall and supplier capabilities are the industry leading/ world-class.• Build and maintain close working relationships with the factory senior management and internal functional leads to ensure a quick resolution of issues as well as engage them in the overall company strategies.• Represent operations both internally & externally and foster strategic partnership and relationship with our customers.• Provide input and regular update of information necessary to support the allocation process.• Ensure all operations comply with relevant local laws respecting human rights, health and safety of all employees and environment.Invest in people skills through Development and Training, provide ongoing coaching to theteam members and take an active role in driving engagement.• Enhance work environment considering infrastructure, SEA & labor and security.Page 2 of 2• Streamline processes through continuous improvement techniques and tools and challengeexisting standards and procedures.• Own Direct Development (“DD”) audits to ensure Virtual & Physical sample meet adidasstandards and reflect design intent.• Ensure all sourcing operations and practices fully comply with adidas’ Responsible Sourcing& Purchasing Policy, adidas standards and legal requirements, while managing the relevantprocesses internally and externally.• Role model leadership to foster a culture of Diversity Equity & Inclusion that strives for aninclusive workplace.[KEY RELATIONSHIPS]• Global Sourcing• Headquarters (HQ) laboratory – factory laboratories.• Product Operations• Other Global Function Team: Social and Environmental Affairs / Government Affairs• External stakeholders: Sourcing Suppliers, Transport, Logistics, and Customs