Senior Manager, Tooling FTW

adidas; Jakarta Pusat; On-site; IDR 450,000,000 - 750,000,000; Full time

Job summary

adidas in Jakarta Pusat seeks a senior Tooling Manager to drive tooling development, manufacturing, and optimization across Tier1 factories and mold shops. You will lead the tooling team, implement adidas innovation technologies, and ensure lead times and quality meet regional standards.

The role requires university engineering/related degree, strong CAD skills, lean manufacturing knowledge, and excellent communication. Global collaboration and a pro-inclusion mindset are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong engineering knowledge related to tooling design and mold making.
• Lean manufacturing and process automation—experience.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken).
• Strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead tooling team in tooling development, production, and cost control.
• Collaborate with LO Costing for tooling cost estimates and cycle verification.
• Ensure tooling data is up-to-date in regional systems and support cross-country transfers.
• Support PCT policies, best practices, and tooling process standards.
• Provide training and development for LO staff on technical competencies.

Job description

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 m anage tooling team members to drive tooling efficiency and quality in T1 factories, mold shops, and/or component supplier s, 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

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

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.