Manufacturing Manager (Footwear)

PURPOSE

• A key player in Sourcing in driving Sourcing’s vision to be the Most Agile, Most Competitive, Most Digitalized & Cleanest Supply Base in the industry. • Drive achievement of quality and production goals in supply partners’ facilities while supporting other functions to reach adidas’ goals in areas such as manufacturing efficiency targets, Social & Environmental Affairs (SEA).

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES • Independently manage all production, quality, production availability, and manufacturing efficiency.

• Escalate critical issues and drive problem-solving discussions to solve or mitigate the potential impacts.

• Manage relationships with factory management in applying the right resources, processes, tools, strategies to achieve operation excellence.

• Rollout and implement adidas best practices and directions to the responsible factories.

• Influence factory production/quality middle management and drive change to achieve production objectives.

• Make day-to-day decisions within defined scope through exception-management by evaluating and balancing risks and seeking support on complex issues.

• Validate and confirm T1 capacity offers and follow up on availability performance when constraints exist.

• 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 • Global Sourcing

• Sourcing suppliers

• Global Operations

• Other GOPS/Sourcing functional teams

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Strong understanding of production and continuous improvement (CI) processes/methods

• Ability to provide effective input into projects

• “Quality-first” mindset, strong analytical reasoning, and problem-solving skills to help others find/solve “root cause issues”

• Strong influencing, people, 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+ years of relevant experience