Manufacturing Excellence & Sourcing Manager

Laceless Design; Manage; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

adidas is seeking a seasoned sourcing operations professional in Belgium to drive production efficiency, quality, and CI improvements across partner factories. You will manage factory relationships, implement best practices, and influence mid-management to meet targets while ensuring compliance with Responsible Sourcing policies.

The role emphasizes a quality-first mindset, strong analytical skills, and Fluent English, with a focus on diverse and inclusive leadership in a global supply base.

Qualifications

• University degree in engineering or related field.
• Minimum 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Quality-first mindset with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Independently manage all production, quality, production availability, and manufacturing efficiency.
• Escalate critical issues and drive problem-solving discussions to mitigate impacts.
• Manage relationships with factory management to achieve operation excellence.
• Roll out adidas best practices to responsible factories.
• Influence factory production/quality middle management to achieve objectives.
• Make day-to-day decisions within defined scope via exception-management.
• Validate T1 capacity offers and monitor availability when constraints exist.
• Ensure sourcing operations comply with adidas Responsible Sourcing & Purchasing Policy and standards.
• Role model leadership to foster Diversity Equity & Inclusion.

Skills

Production & CI

Problem solving

Influencing & communication

Quality-first mindset

English fluency

Education

University degree in engineering or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

adidas is seeking a seasoned sourcing operations professional in Belgium to drive production efficiency, quality, and CI improvements across partner factories. You will manage factory relationships, implement best practices, and influence mid-management to meet targets while ensuring compliance with Responsible Sourcing policies.

The role emphasizes a quality-first mindset, strong analytical skills, and Fluent English, with a focus on diverse and inclusive leadership in a global supply base.