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. Facilitate the seasonal costing process to achieve sustainable and competitive cost for sourcing adidas products.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collect and interpret economic trends and government policy change information that impact Labour & Overhead framework. Guide Global Sourcing offices and supplier teams to optimize landed costs and ensure cross-divisional alignment.
- Prepare and own seasonal supplier negotiations for Global source base (analyze macroeconomic developments, supplier specific cost drivers and efficiency plans).
- Manage seasonal routine of a systematic product costing regime and provide key input and assist Costing teams for negotiation purposes.
- Provide costing leadership with insights on cost driver developments and supplier competitiveness using systematic costing and benchmarking methods, to enable fact-based decision making on future Sourcing Allocation.
- Maintain and update Costing related information in relevant data bases and development systems on a seasonal basis, communicate to internal and external stakeholders.
- Prepare seasonal and ad hoc reports to the Costing and Negotiation manager with key insights into cost driver developments.
- Proactively upskill on industry and costing relevant knowledge, embrace information-sharing to leverage learnings.
- Work closely with other functional areas within Liaison Offices (LOs) and in Head Offices (HQ), ensuring all departments and functional areas work together to achieve adidas' overall objectives.
- Participate in discussions with Product Operations (POPs) and Sourcing counterparts to continuously identify opportunities and synergies to standardize cross-Divisional analytics and develop new capabilities; and customize where necessary.
- Role model leadership to foster a culture of Diversity Equity & Inclusion that strives for an inclusive workplace.
Key Relationships:
- Global Sourcing: Sourcing Operations, Costing, Materials, Allocation & Planning, Manufacturing Excellence
- Global Operations: Business Unit Costing Operations, Global Strategy & Programs, TECH
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
- Strong knowledge of Sourcing industry, specializing in product costing, product development or production
- Strong analytical skills, problem-solving, solution and customer-oriented
- Strong project and change management skills
- Strong presentation, negotiation, influencing, people and communication skills
- Ability to think critically and provide different perspectives
- Ability to work independently and drive results
- Fluent in English (written and spoken)
- Strong Microsoft office skills
Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:
University degree