adidas

Senior Manager, Manufacturing Footwear

adidas

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Ho Chi Minh City • 🇻🇳 Vietnam

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • 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 production availability, manufacturing efficiency (ME) targets, Social & Environmental Affairs (SEA).
  • Lead a production team in one or more large-scale and/or geographically dispersed factories to manage all production-related topics including quality, production availability, Manufacturing Excellence, Social & Environmental Affairs (SEA), and adidas-related standards implementation.
  • Build strong relationships with senior teams in factories to reach the highest levels of performance possible.
  • Provide onsite technical support to enable decisions on escalations raised by Tier1 & POPs.
  • Ensure Tier1s achieve goals while following the standards and directives from HQ and external parties.
  • Influence factory teams and drive the right quality mindset in the designated factories.
  • 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.
  • Develop and coach team members to ensure the best standards of performance, appropriate skill sets, and strong succession plans are in place.

Requirements

  • University degree in engineering or related areas.
  • Minimum 7+ years of relevant experience, including 2+ years in one other function outside Manufacturing.
  • Strong Project Management capabilities as well as analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Strong influencing, people, presentation, and written/spoken communication skills.
  • Proven ability to lead teams across various business units and/or functions.
  • Strong MS Office Skills.
  • Fluent in English (written and spoken).
Benefits
  • 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.

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Hard skills
project managementanalytical skillsproblem-solving skillsmanufacturing efficiencyquality managementproduction availabilitysocial and environmental affairscoachingsourcing operationsperformance standards
Soft skills
influencingpeople skillspresentation skillswritten communicationspoken communicationleadershiprelationship buildingteam developmentsuccession planningcollaboration