Jobs at Adidas in Indonesia

A key player in Global Sourcing driving Sourcing’s vision to be the Most Agile, Most Competitive, Most Digitalized & Cleanest Supply Base in the industry.

Translate brand needs and future trends into supplier-facing capability requirements. Develop, evolve, and implement supplier management tools, including identifying and executing continuous improvement opportunities to enhance the performance of the supply base.

Key Sourcing lead for adidas Originals FTW Co-Creation Team, across a broad portfolio of silhouettes, on topics related to technical, product constructions, materials, process-oriented, speed to market, driving efficiency, and delivering margin expectations.

Drives the process and is responsible for initiating and managing projects. The role requires strong cross-functional managing abilities and collaboration, including interactions with Marketing, Design, Planning, and Supplier base.

• Lead development and commercialization for adidas Originals, ensuring products exceed customer expectations in fit, comfort, design integrity, performance, perceived value, manufacturability, and quality.
• Enhance the development process between Originals Co-Creation Team and Tier 1 factories. Support continuous improvement of our Product Creation system & processes to ensure optimal and efficient operations, with a focus on change management.
• Influence and drive speed programs to bring products faster to market.
• Manage and develop relations with T2 suppliers to support localization, speed to market, meet material pricing targets, and ensure material quality.
• Generate and provide technical support and training for junior members within the organization.
• Devise and drive the product process, leveraging category sourcing strategy to deliver new material and design innovation while meeting gross margin/profitability objectives.
• Ensure all product milestones are achieved in a fast-paced creation process and establish better working practices to advance processes.
• Develop and improve processes with the goal to drive leading product process speed and efficiency, always innovating with speed and flexibility.
• Lead & drive the Product Creation system and process training activities for Sourcing regional locations, including new/enhanced developments, performance monitoring, and collecting user feedback.
• Lead the account management of adidas Product Creation systems for sourcing regional internal & external users, supporting enhancements and escalations to ensure consistent access.
• Conduct regular organizational performance analysis, proactively assessing and suggesting improvement opportunities across sourcing functions.
• Act as support for all policies and procedures relevant to Sourcing, including process optimization, updates, and implementation.
• Proactively collaborate across functions to identify and resolve issues obstructing Product Creation.
• Ensure all sourcing operations and practices fully comply with adidas’ Responsible Sourcing & Purchasing Policy, adidas standards, and legal requirements, managing relevant processes internally and externally.
• Manage relationships with factory development team leaders to continually upgrade sports category competence, development innovation capability, and technical expertise.
• Role model leadership to foster a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion culture that strives for an inclusive workplace.

• Internal stakeholders: Manufacturing, Costing, Material, Planning, Product Quality, Product Testing & Compliance, E&MI
• External stakeholders: Sourcing Suppliers (Factory heads of development / commercialization, factory development/commercialization teams, factory sample room heads, T2/T3 suppliers)

• Strong business acumen and understanding of process and system landscape relevant to Sourcing.
• Thrives in a fast-paced product creation environment.
• Seeks to define processes and find new and innovative angles to product creation with an emphasis on speed.
• Ability to travel internationally for consumer trend research and internal meetings and presentations.
• Comprehensive knowledge of shoe building from design sketch phase to ex-factory.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills and ability to connect dots.
• Relevant knowledge and expertise to drive LO/regional-based projects within the scope of development & commercialization.
• Strong influencing, presentation, and communication skills.
• Proven ability to lead multidimensional teams.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken).
• Strong Microsoft Office skills.