Manager, Manufacturing APP

Adidas Group; Lahore; On-site; PKR 850,000 - 1,350,000; Full time

Job summary

Adidas Group in Lahore, Pakistan, is seeking an experienced professional to independently manage production, quality, and manufacturing efficiency. The role involves escalation of critical issues, applying best practices to factories, and driving continuous improvement for on-time delivery and quality targets.

The ideal candidate has a engineering degree with at least 5+ years in relevant roles, strong analytical skills, and excellent communication to influence factory leadership.

Qualifications

• University degree in engineering or related fields.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in sourcing/production environments.
• Strong understanding of production and CI processes/methods.
• Quality-first mindset with analytical problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent influencing, presentation and communication skills.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken).

Responsibilities

• Independently manage all production, quality, production availability, and manufacturing efficiency.
• Escalate critical issues and drive problem-solving discussions.
• Manage relationships with factory management to apply resources, processes, and strategies for operation excellence.
• Rollout adidas best practices and directions to the responsible factories.
• Influence factory production/quality middle management to achieve objectives.
• Make day-to-day decisions within defined scope through exception management and risk assessment.
• Validate and confirm capacity offers and monitor availability where constraints exist.
• Model leadership to foster Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in the workplace.

Skills

Production management

CI processes

Root cause analysis

Influencing/communication

English fluency

Microsoft Office

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

PURPOSE

• A 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 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
• Role model leadership to foster a culture of Diversity Equity & Inclusion that strives for an inclusive workplace.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• Global Sourcing
• Sourcing suppliers
• 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+ years of relevant experience