Director, Manufacturing FTW

adidas; Jakarta Pusat; On-site; IDR 1,610,882,000 - 2,684,804,000; Full time

Job summary

adidas Indonesia seeks a senior sourcing leader responsible for delivering quality, production efficiency, and social and environmental targets across designated factories and operations centers. You will manage senior factory relationships, drive equipment investments, and ensure standards compliance while coaching teams to high performance and robust succession planning.

With a background in engineering and 10+ years in manufacturing and sourcing, you will lead cross-functional initiatives,

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of manufacturing and continuous improvement processes.
• Experience leading projects and applying project management skills.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken).

Responsibilities

• Make day-to-day and long-term decisions for production quality, ME, SEA across factories.
• Build relationships with factory management to enable high-performing factories.
• Collaborate with General Managers on operator skills evaluation and equipment investment.
• Ensure adidas standards and policies are implemented consistently across factories.
• Coach and develop team members and establish succession plans.

Skills

Manufacturing

Continuous improvement

Project leadership

Analytical skills

Communication skills

People management

Microsoft Office

English fluency

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

MS Office

Job description

• Drive Sourcing’s vision to be the Most Agile, Most Competitive, Most Digitalized & Cleanest Supply Base in the industry.
• Fully accountable for quality, production, manufacturing efficiency (ME) targets, and Social & Environmental Affairs (SEA) of the designated group(s) of factories/Operations Centers.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Make day-to-day and long-term impactful decisions to achieve best-possible results for the defined scope of factories/Operations Centers on all production-related topics including quality, production availability, ME, SEA, and adidas-related standards implementation.
• Build and manage strong relationships with senior members of factory management teams to establish high-performing factories.
• Work with factory General Manager(s) and senior management team members on key topics including but not limited to operator skills evaluation, operator skill training/development, and production equipment investment.
• Ensure best practices, cohesive messages, projects are shared and/or implemented consistently across factories on key focus areas (e.g., quality, production, Engineering & Manufacturing Innovation, etc.)
• Use expertise in manufacturing concepts and topics to help coach, train, and upskill adidas personnel.
• 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.
• Develop and coach team members to ensure the best standards of performance, appropriate skill sets, and strong succession plans are in place.
• Role model leadership to foster a culture of Diversity Equity & Inclusion that strives for an inclusive workplace.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• Global Sourcing
• Sourcing Suppliers (especially, General Manager, Functional Team Leads such as quality, engineering, etc.)
• Third party / external auditing firms (Quality, Lab, SEA, Sustainability, Security, etc.)
• Other GOPS functions (Brand Operations, Quality, Costing, Planning, SEA, Materials, etc.)
• External stakeholders: Sourcing Suppliers

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Deep understanding of manufacturing and continuous improvement processes
• Able to lead projects and has experience applying project management skill
• Well-developed and regularly used analytical and problem solving skills
• Strong influencing, people, presentation, and written/spoken communication skills
• Proven ability to lead teams across various business units and/or functions
• Strong Microsoft office skills
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)

REQUISITE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• University degree in engineering or related areas.
• Minimum 10+ years of relevant experience including 4+ years combined experience in at least 2 functions/areas
• 3+ years of people management 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.

At adidas, we strongly believe that embedding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into our culture and talent processes gives our employees a sense of belonging and our brand a real competitive advantage.
– Culture Starts With People, It Starts With You –
By recruiting talent and developing our people to reflect the rich diversity of our consumers and communities, we foster a culture of inclusion that engages our employees and authentically connects our brand with our consumers.