adidas

Purchasing Supervisor

adidas

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Spartanburg • South Carolina • United States

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Job Level

Junior

About the role

  • Lead team of direct and indirect Purchasing Administrators: Line manager for 8-10 direct reports
  • Identify and develop talent - scouting, recruiting, and developing team players
  • Shape the combined skillset of the team to cover the spectrum of business needs
  • Drive and nurture individual career paths in line with business objectives
  • Maintain integrity and tracking of all purchasing requisitions from approval through reconciliation with A/P
  • Use adidas SRM purchasing process to order parts, maintenance supplies, and other materials needed to ensure department needs are met
  • Track and maintain records to support budget controls
  • Initiate and assist in billing resolutions with Accounts Payable Department (A/P)
  • Analyze and monitor all supplies contracts for distribution facilities; the Spartanburg campus
  • Assist in negotiation and determine best price with vendors relating to any materials, operational and business supplies
  • Track vendor performance and service to determine best resources for our business
  • Make recommendations to management on new vendors or resources available

Requirements

  • Ability to manage different stakeholders
  • Basic accounting and/or inventory control experience in a distribution environment
  • Previous experience developing and maintaining spreadsheets for budget calculation purposes
  • 1-2 years of people leadership experience
Benefits
  • adidas offers robust and progressive medical, including HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer funding or FSA (Flexible Spending Account) options
  • dental, vision, prescription drug coverage
  • adoption, with surrogate and fertility support
  • short and long-term disability
  • basic life and AD&D insurance, which can be supplemented with employee-paid coverage
  • Employees are able to enroll in adidas’ 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match
  • Full-time employees are eligible for education assistance
  • generous Leave policies including 12 weeks of paid parental leave
  • Employees are eligible to earn an annual bonus based on both company and personal performance
  • Employees accrue prorated flexible time off in the amount .4388 hours per day that increases with years of service
  • twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year
  • Service Time Off during milestone years
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
budget controlinventory controlpurchasing processvendor negotiationcontract analysisbilling resolutionspreadsheet developmentdata trackingrequisition management
Soft Skills
team leadershiptalent developmentstakeholder managementcareer path developmentcommunicationanalytical skills