Adidas Manager Inbound

Adidas; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

adidas is seeking a Manager, Inbound Logistics to translate regional strategy into disciplined execution across Origin and Destination Planning. You will lead a team, drive governance, and improve inbound availability while aligning with market priorities and service commitments.

The role emphasizes transformation, analytics, and stakeholder collaboration, with fluency in English and Spanish. A strong logistics background and people leadership are highly valued.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree or equivalent qualification.
• Minimum 3+ years of experience in business execution, transformation, or logistics.
• Minimum 3+ years of experience managing people or cross-functional workstreams.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and regional/global stakeholders.
• Fluency in English and Spanish; Portuguese a plus.

Responsibilities

• Translate regional inbound strategy into priorities, routines, governance, and measurable outcomes.
• Lead Origin and Destination Planning routines to protect inbound availability and service commitments.
• Convert market priorities and forecasts into actionable plans with ownership and timelines.
• Promote standardization and governance to improve visibility and decision-making.
• Develop team capabilities in analytics, stakeholder management, and cross-functional collaboration.

Skills

Execution discipline

Transformation mindset

Analytical thinking

Power BI experience

Logistics knowledge

Stakeholder management

People leadership

English/Spanish fluency

Education

Bachelor degree or equivalent

Tools

Power BI

Databricks

Job description

Manager, Inbound LogisticsPurpose & Overall Relevance for the OrganizationSupport the Sr. Manager, Inbound Logistics in translating the regional inbound strategy into disciplined execution across LT2 Origin Planning and LT3 Destination Planning & Visibility. This role is responsible for strengthening inbound availability, execution flexibility, visibility, and accountability while helping build a high-performing, results-driven culture across LAM markets.This position is ideal for an execution-focused people leader who combines adaptability, analytical thinking, and a transformation mindset. The successful candidate may come from supply chain, consulting, transformation, or other relevant business functions. Logistics experience is preferred; however, the ability to learn quickly, translate strategy into practical execution, lead teams, and drive adoption of improved ways of working is critical.

Key Responsibilities

Operational Excellence

• Support the Sr. Manager in translating regional inbound strategy into clear priorities, execution routines, governance forums, and measurable outcomes.
• Lead LT2 Origin Planning and LT3 Destination Planning & Visibility routines to protect inbound availability, service commitments, and market readiness.
• Translate market priorities, business risks, volume forecasts, and operational constraints into actionable plans with clear ownership, timelines, escalation paths, and follow-up discipline.
• Enhance execution flexibility by aligning inbound solutions with commercial priorities, market requirements, service expectations, and evolving business needs.
• Monitor performance, risks, exceptions, and improvement opportunities, ensuring key issues are visible, prioritized, and addressed through established governance routines.

People Leadership & Continuous Improvement

• Lead and coach a team of Sr. Specialists across Origin and Destination Planning, providing clarity on priorities, responsibilities, decision rights, and expected outcomes.
• Foster ownership and accountability through effective delegation, structured follow-up, continuous coaching, and performance management practices.
• Build a results-oriented culture grounded in collaboration, trust, adaptability, accountability, learning, and continuous improvement.
• Develop team capabilities in business execution, analytics, stakeholder management, digital adoption, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Ensure alignment between day-to-day execution, the Inbound Hub strategy, regional priorities, and targeted business outcomes.

Stakeholder Collaboration & Digital Enablement

• Drive adoption and effective utilization of Lakehouse, Databricks, Power BI, dashboards, and other digital solutions to improve visibility, decision‑making, and execution discipline.
• Challenge fragmented, manual, or inconsistent processes by promoting simplification, standardization, scalable improvements, and stronger governance.
• Translate operational and business pain points into enhancement opportunities, automation initiatives, reporting improvements, and scalable use cases.
• Support data reliability, reporting accuracy, and risk visibility across critical systems, dashboards, and cross‑functional decision forums.
• Leverage analytics to identify trends, understand performance drivers, anticipate risks, and support fact‑based decision‑making with markets and senior stakeholders.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Strong execution discipline with the ability to translate strategy into actionable priorities, routines, and measurable outcomes.
• Growth and transformation mindset with the agility to learn quickly and thrive in dynamic environments.
• Strong analytical and process‑oriented thinking, with the ability to connect data insights to operational and business impact.
• Experience utilizing Power BI, dashboards, or similar analytics tools to support decision‑making and operational performance.
• Understanding of logistics, supply chain, business transformation, consulting, or operational environments; logistics experience is a strong advantage.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across functions, cultures, and markets.
• Demonstrated people leadership capabilities, including coaching, delegation, expectation setting, accountability, and performance feedback.

Qualifications

• University degree or equivalent qualification required.
• Minimum 3+ years of experience in business execution, transformation, consulting, supply chain, logistics, or other relevant operational areas.
• Minimum 3+ years of experience managing people, projects, or cross‑functional workstreams.
• Experience working with cross‑functional teams, markets, logistics partners, and regional or global stakeholders is preferred.
• Experience in logistics is an advantage; however, adaptability, execution excellence, and a transformation mindset are essential.
• Experience leveraging data analytics and visualization tools, including Power BI, is highly valued.
• Fluency in English and Spanish is required; Portuguese is a plus.

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.