Senior Manager, Tooling FTW

Adidas; Indonesia; On-site; IDR 600,000,000 - 1,200,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Adidas is seeking a Tooling Manager to lead the tooling teams in factory groups, driving tooling development, manufacturing lead time reduction, and quality improvements across T1/T2 suppliers. You will collaborate on LO costings and forecasting, while embedding lean practices and data governance in tooling operations.

The role requires strong CAD/CAM skills, mold making knowledge, and leadership across regional teams, with English fluency and experience in cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, materials or related fields is required.
• Strong knowledge of tooling design and mold making within manufacturing.
• Experience with CAD/CAM tools and lean manufacturing principles.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams across global supply bases.

Responsibilities

• Lead tooling teams in development, tooling, production and quality control.
• Collaborate on tooling costings and forecast tooling lead times.
• Develop and implement regional PCT tools and best practices in tooling.
• Ensure tooling data management is up-to-date and accurate.
• Provide training and governance for tooling staff across LO and factory groups.

Skills

Tooling design

Mold making

CAM / CAD

Lean manufacturing

Leadership

English fluency

Presentation skills

Negotiation

MS Office

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

University degree in engineering/ materials or related areas

Tools

Rhino CAD

Job description

Purpose

• 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 and manage tooling team members to drive tooling efficiency and quality in T1 factories, mold shops, and/or component suppliers, and support PCT in future technology, policy development and update.


• Manage the tooling creation & tooling manufacturing process within the assigned factory / factory groups with focus on lead time and quality. Ensure adidas innovation technologies and processes are implemented in all factory / factory groups that he / she is responsible for.

Key Responsibilities

Tooling Management

• Lead one or more tooling team in the assigned factory / factory groups for tooling related processes in tooling development, commercialization and production and ensure quality, lead times, rejection rate, productivity and price conformity.


• Consult and participate in LO Costing team in tooling costing process. Liable for submitting theoretical weight and verifying cycle time for outsole.


• Contribute to the adidas lean manufacturing program for mold suppliers from tooling side and implement forecasting & planning tools within local mold suppliers to cut tooling creation & manufacturing lead times.


• Ensure T1 tooling data is available and up-to-date in the regional tooling data management system and aiding the further development of the system.


• Manage issues related to cross-country mold transfers in terms of transfer times, quality, taxation and further concerns, and support LO, T1 and T2 teams on technical and tooling related issues.

Product Creation Technologies

• Assist manufacturing excellence initiatives from a country level.


• Lead factories and mold shops to build strong capabilities in the area of CAD creation, rapid prototyping, and mold creation.


• In collaboration with PCT team to lead assigned Tier1 factory / factory groups to publish, establish and evaluate PCT policies, best practices and procedures and identifying improvement opportunities.


• Manage biyearly production mold audit, product security, mold shop performance tracking (RFT, OTD) to maintain and enhance tooling data security and mold quality.


• Support Regional PCT & Tooling, Asia on creation of PCT documentations, implement and provide operations feedback to enhance existing best practices, policies, guidelines and other process standards.


• Provide input and update needed to support tooling allocation among adidas released mold shops.

Training and Administration

• Participate in the PCT Technical Training throughout the LO organization to ensure Brand, Tier1 & Tier2 staff meet adidas group technical competencies.


• Establish well-structured tooling trainings for development/commercialization staffs for technical skills enhancement and for other functional staffs within LO to get a general understanding of technical points.


• Creation, administration and facilitation of visitor schedules, managing the timelines and relationships with both visitors and T1s / component suppliers.

Management and General Responsibilities

• DPC / DSO during the management of the seasonal tooling allocation to ensure consistent workload and project complexity for adidas released mold suppliers.


• Act as an intermediary for escalation of mold cost template complexity issues, tooling transfer issues.


• Ensure all sourcing operations and practicesfully 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: PCT, E&MI


• Headquarter Technical Teams (Tooling), HQ PJMs


• Product Operations


• Sourcing suppliers

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Strong technical knowledge of tooling design, engineering, mold making and manufacturing, CAD, CAM and RP


• Excellent technical footwear knowledge of product construction and manufacturing methods


• Good knowledge in Lean manufacturing and process automation


• Strong presentation, negotiation, influencing, interpersonal and communication skills.


• Fluent in English (written and spoken)


• Strong MS Office Skills, CAD software (eg Rhino or similar CAD software)


• Strong leadership skills and ability to work with multidimensional teams.

Requisite Education And Experience / Minimum Qualifications

• University degree in engineering/ materials or related areas

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.