Senior Manager Head Office Supply Chain - temp until April 30, 2025 (m/f/d)
Purpose
An exciting growth opportunity in the Supply Chain Strategy & Innovation team, where you can leave your fingerprints on so many fronts. We are seeking you, an experienced Senior Manager Head Office Supply Chain. Why? We recognize that by elevating how we orchestrate our business and steer our day-to-day operations, we can enhance our strategic execution and ensure the SCM leadership and the broader SCM community are set-up for success. Are you itching to roll up your sleeves and help us to create that place that connects not only the dots but also teams and the people? Then look no further but below.
The SCM Head Office team focuses on orchestrating strategy execution, managing operational rhythms, crafting vital communications (including executive board updates), and overseeing project management for critical operational issues. A significant responsibility includes providing head office support to the SVP Global Product Supply (GPS) and his senior management team. Reporting to the Senior Director of SCM Business Enablement, the Senior Manager is an integral part of the broader SCM Strategy & Innovation team.
Key Accountabilities
- Head Office operations: manage high-priority initiatives, craft key communications, and promote team engagement to bolster SCM culture and operational excellence.
- Project & Crisis Management: Drive project- and crisis management in collaboration with global and market supply chain teams, and partner functions, leading leadership updates and managing timely progress, including clear deliverables and owners.
- Strategic facilitation: Assist the SVP of GPS in SCM with orchestrating his Senior Leadership Team’s efforts in developing and tracking the annual strategic functional priorities and targets.
- Executive updates Develop and deliver clear, concise, and impactful communications for senior leadership, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
- Capability Building: Coach and mentor head office team members, fostering skill development, continuous learning, and high performance.
Key Relationships
- Stakeholders can relate to the following core functions:
- SCM – market & functions
- SCM Leadership
- Global Operations (IT, Product operations, Sourcing)
- SCM Strategy & Innovation
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Knowledge
- Project Management: Proficiency in strategic project management methodologies and tools.
- Analytical Tools: Familiarity with a range of analytical and project planning tools, with proficiency in Excel.
- Strategic Planning & Execution: Understanding of strategic planning processes, including setting objectives, risk assessment, communication and progress tracking.
Skills & Abilities
- Strategic Thinking: Ability to align projects with higher-level organizational goals and vice versa breaking down complexity to value adding impact.
- Communication: Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills. Fluent in English both verbally and written.
- Relationship Management: An engaging personality with the ability to tell motivate, network and influence across all business levels and culture.
- Influencing: Can overcome resistance, take people along with a sociable can-do attitude.
- Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate data into actionable insights.
- Time Management: Proficiency in prioritizing tasks, managing multiple projects and/or initiatives simultaneously, and meeting tight deadlines.
- Problem Solving: Aptitude for identifying challenges and proactively developing solutions.
- Team Collaboration: Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, at ease aligning & collaborating.
- Leadership: Ability to mentor and coach team members, enhancing their skills and driving team cohesiveness.
- A ‘doer’:Someone who likes to talk enough about what needs to happen but is itching to get the job done and that with a pinch of fun.
- Adaptability: Able to act & react as necessary, even if limited information is available.
- Continuous Learning: A growth mindset looking to learn & push boundaries.
- Cultural Competence: Understanding and respecting cultural differences and working effectively with a diverse global team.
Qualifications
- Minimum 5-7 years of relevant work experience in multinational environment (e.g., management consulting, project management, etc.) with regional or matrix organization exposure.
- Strong understanding of global supply chain operations and challenges.
- College or university degree, or equivalent combination of education & experience.
AT ADIDAS WE HAVE A WINNING CULTURE. BUT TO WIN, PHYSICAL POWER IS NOT ENOUGH. JUST LIKE ATHLETES OUR EMPLOYEES NEED MENTAL STRENGTH IN THEIR GAME. WE FOSTER THE ATHLETE’S MINDSET THROUGH A SET OF BEHAVIORS THAT WE WANT TO ENABLE AND DEVELOP IN OUR PEOPLE AND THAT ARE AT THE CORE OF OUR UNIQUE COMPANY CULTURE: THIS IS HOW WE WIN WHILE PLAYING FAIR.
- COURAGE:Speak up when you see an opportunity; step up when you see a need..
- OWNERSHIP:Pick up the ball. Be proactive, take responsibility and follow-through.
- INNOVATION: Elevate to win. Be curious, test and learn new and better ways of doing things.
- TEAMPLAY: Win together. Work collaboratively and cultivate a shared mindset.
- INTEGRITY: Play by the rules. Hold yourself and others accountable to our company’s standards.
- RESPECT: Value all players. Display empathy, be inclusive and show dignity to all.
adidas celebrates diversity, supports inclusiveness and encourages individual expression in our workplace. We do not tolerate the harassment or discrimination toward any of our applicants or employees. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
