Senior Manager SCM Performance EM

adidas; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sports brand based in Dubai seeks a skilled Supply Chain Analyst to drive performance management and provide data-driven insights across e2e Supply Chain management. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of relevant experience, strong analytical skills, and expertise in tools like Power BI and SQL. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, ensuring efficient execution of KPIs and fostering data-driven decision-making for optimal consumer experience. Join us to lead innovations in Supply Chain performance!

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant work experience in supply chain or data analytics.
• Proven experience with reporting and data analysis.
• Advanced spoken and written English.

Responsibilities

• Identify performance gaps and provide actionable insights.
• Develop automated reports and dashboards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on KPIs.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Fast learner

Consumer orientation

Out-of-the-box thinking

Communication skills

Change management

Team player

Education

Master’s degree in supply chain management or relevant fields

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Advanced MS Office

Job description

PURPOSE :

Team is a part of Supply Chain Development EM and lead e2e SCM performance management (operational and efficiency KPIs) through providing business insights and accelerating data driven decision making. Our goal is to reach performance excellence in e2e consumer experience in the most efficient way. We set performance objectives, lead execution of KPI’s, analyse performance, provide insights, prevent risks, build roadmaps and improvements strategy, support new initiatives, provide scenario-based simulations and projections to drive improvements across the entire supply chain organization and wide range of adjacent functions.

YOU IN THE NEW ROLE :

You’ll be a strong contributor in developing and standardizing best in class (cross-functional) tools to support e2e EM SCM across all channels (eCom; Retail; Wholesale; Omnichannel) resolving tough business problems. You will act through driving deep analyses, providing insights, creating / automating reporting capabilities and scenario-based simulations, identifying performance gaps, challenging status quo, defining KPIs and actions to improve performance, ensuring data driven decision making. All this goes with strong collaboration and stakeholder management across numerous market and global teams.

IDEAL CANDIDATE NEEDS TO BE A :

• Mixture of “can do” and target oriented approach with strong analytical mind set
• fast learner with unstoppable curiosity, ability and desire to think e2e and beyond
• consumer oriented with understanding of commercial and SCM worlds
• out of the box thinker to create / lead / manage data / people / processes to achieve results in the unknown

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Explore insights and trends with the goal of identifying improvements to drive business and customer value.
• Pro-actively review and identify reporting requirements, needs and automation opportunities to support EM SCM market teams, manage demand pipeline
• Support in definition, design, validation of the KPI’s and RCA’s reports and dashboards in alignment with the different stakeholders
• Support reporting automation and enhancements to gain efficiencies in daily usage, perform testing of the new reports / functionalities
• Provide actionable insights with associated root causes, resulting in clear trade-offs, enabling decision making to drive performance improvement.
• Translate gathered insights into engaging, measurable and clear presentations.
• Initiate and drive discussions with x-functional stakeholders to collect and consolidate feedback, prepare, and align on actions / gameplan
• Ensuring with key stakeholders of flawless, timely execution of defined actions, system enhancements, new services implementation etc. escalate where needed
• Provide expertise on existing reporting solutions, create documentation and provide trainings to EM SCM functions
• Drive reporting / analytics processes standardization
• Continually consider and leverage additional dataset sources to improve the quality of findings and insights
• Review, validate and identify appropriate targets by KPIs
• Manage effective and timely communication on demand pipeline, performance etc. based on an agreed drumbeat
• Develop new reports, dashboards, models, deep dives, ad-hoc analyses
• Work with global teams (Strategy and Innovation; Advanced Analytics etc.) to enable new reporting leavers, capabilities, ensure data quality, consistency and reliability

KEY RELATIONSHIPS :

• EM SCM (all Clusters & functions)
• EM Market (commercial functions)
• Supply Chain Global Strategy and Innovation
• SCM Finance
• D&A

SOFT SKILLS :

• “Can-do” attitude
• Self-starter with an ability to work under tight deadlines
• Extremely organized and stay cool in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• End-to-end mindset, big picture view of problems on hand
• A star in prioritizing based on business and operational impact
• Strong team player with strong stakeholder management skills
• Ability to effectively communicate (both written and verbal) at different levels of the organization and to lead discussions in small and larger groups.
• Change management skills of influencing network of stakeholders
• Engaging, open and react to feedbacks and improve

HARD SKILLS :

• Excellent analytical skills, managing data from multiple sources and synthesize the complex data, convert into data story, present on a senior leadership level.
• Hands on experience on Power BI, skills to create / modify Front-End BI visualization
• SQL advanced knowledge,
• Advanced MS office (usage of Power query, ability to build complex models)
• Good understanding of supply chain processes
• Solid presentation and storytelling skills

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS :

• Master’s degree or equivalent in supply chain management or in the areas of business administration, logistics, planning, information systems from an accredited college or university
• Experience with data analytics – operational, financial
• Good understanding of supply chain principles and operating practices, logistics terminology, basic finance, and management of cross functional interdependencies
• Advanced spoken and written knowledge of English
• 5+ years of relevant work experience