Manager, Manufacturing FTW

adidas; Asia; On-site; PEN 204,000 - 306,000; Full time

Job summary

adidas Global Sourcing is seeking a knowledgeable professional to drive production, quality, and efficiency across partner facilities. You will align resources, implement best practices, and ensure compliance with adidas standards while supporting cross-functional teams to hit manufacturing targets.

The role requires a strong background in production improvement, problem solving, and influential communication in English, with a university degree in engineering and 5+ years of relevant experience.

Qualifications

• University degree in engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in sourcing/production.

Responsibilities

• Manage production, quality, availability, and manufacturing efficiency.
• Escalate critical issues and drive problem-solving discussions.
• Manage relationships with factory management to achieve operation excellence.
• Rollout Adidas best practices and directions to factories.
• Influence factory production/quality middle management to meet production objectives.
• Make day-to-day decisions within defined scope through risk evaluation.

Skills

Production CI

Problem solving

Influencing & communication

English fluency

MS Office

Education

University degree in engineering

Tools

MS Office

Job description

A key player in Global Sourcing in driving Sourcing’s vision to be the Most Agile, Most Competitive, Most Digitalized & Cleanest Supply Base in the industry. Drive achievement of quality and production goals in supply partners’ facilities while supporting other functions to reach adidas’ goals in areas such as manufacturing efficiency targets, Social & Environmental Affairs (SEA).

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Independently manage all production, quality, production availability, and manufacturing efficiency.
• Escalate critical issues and drive problem-solving discussions to solve or mitigate the potential impacts.
• Manage relationships with factory management in applying the right resources, processes, tools, strategies to achieve operation excellence.
• Rollout and implement adidas best practices and directions to the responsible factories.
• Influence factory production/quality middle management and drive change to achieve production objectives.
• Make day-to-day decisions within defined scope through exception-management by evaluating and balancing risks and seeking support on complex issues.
• Validate and confirm T1 capacity offers and follow up on availability performance when constraints exist.
• 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.
• Role model leadership to foster a culture of Diversity Equity & Inclusion that strives for an inclusive workplace.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• Global Sourcing
• Global Operations
• Other GOPS/Sourcing functional teams

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Strong understanding of production and continuous improvement (CI) processes/methods
• Ability to provide effective input into projects“Quality-first” mindset, strong analytical reasoning, and problem-solving skills to help others find/solve “root cause issues”
• Strong influencing, people, presentation and communication skills
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)
• Strong Microsoft office skills

REQUISITE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• University degree in engineering or related areas.
• Minimum 5+ year years of relevant 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.