Footwear Development & Commercialization Manager

[PURPOSES]

- A key player in Global Sourcing in driving Sourcing’s vision to be the industry's Most Agile, Most Competitive, Most Digitalized & Cleanest Supply Base. Support the Originals Creation team to create and execute against the designated areas of responsibility.

- Manage the development process aspects related to product creation. This role requires strong management, alignment and collaboration with the Originals Product Team in Asia, to fulfill product requirements.

- Drive for development, commercialization, product integrity, manufacturability, and Speed for the Originals category.

[KEY RESPONSIBILITIES]

- Manage assigned product development and commercialization process in collaboration with Tier1 factory personnel and technical teams.

- Ensure all product milestones are achieved in a fast-paced creation process.

- Seek continual improvement in processes with a goal to drive leading product process with speed and efficiency.

- 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.

- Manage in a continuous upgrade of technical applications and processes and implementation of new technology in development and engineering.

- Supervise the direct development process between Headquarter /Creation Center and Tier 1 factory, ensuring that the Create to Value approach and product integrity are the priority and focus.

- 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.

- Make day-to-day decisions within defined scope. Escalate to a higher level(s) when facing complex issues or seeing the potential impacts on business/manufacturing.

- Execute defined directives.

- Maintain all related product systems

- 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 that strives for an inclusive workplace.

[KEY RELATIONSHIPS]

- Internal stakeholders: Manufacturing, Costing, Material, Planning, Product Quality, Product Testing & Compliance, E&MI

- External stakeholders: Sourcing Suppliers (Tier1 factory development/ commercialization heads & teams, sample room supervisors; Tier2 / Tier3 suppliers)

[KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES]

- Have knowledge and expertise in product engineering, development / commercialization processes / timelines.

- Able to identify problems and provide solutions to development/ commercialization issues.

- Good knowledge of manufacturing process, product testing process / evaluation, material types.

- Ability to read shell patterns, 2D and 3D blueprints, BOM / CBD, FCT, etc.

- Good understanding of costing principles and processes; ability to decipher cost breakdown related to products.

- Creative mindset

- Strong influencing, presentation, and communication skills

- Fluent in English (written and spoken)

- Strong Microsoft office skills

[REQUISITE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE]

- University degree in engineering or related areas

- Minimum 5+ year years of relevant business experience

- Experience in pattern engineering, product creation, mold making, grading, materials processing etc.