Sr Specialist Hr jobs at Adidas in Germany

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

As HR Manager within our HR Team at Rieste, you will act as a trusted advisor to the Disctribution Center Leadership Team, driving business performance through people. In this role you will also manage employee relations with a proximity approach, keep HR systems and employee documentation up to date and challenge the status quo by seeking innovative solutions in alignment with HR teams across Europe. By combining strategic partnership, operational excellence, and innovative thinking, the HRBP enables a high-performance culture and sustainable results.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor and primary contact for managers and employees, providing guidance on policies, procedures and best practices.
• Support employees with all people-related matters and team-up with leaders in employee engagement, performance management, and decision-making.
• Support leaders in all people-related areas including recognition & rewards, performance reviews, grievance handling, absence management, health & safety, workforce planning, talent acquisition, briefings, employee development, and training.
• Implement and drive the People Strategy within the assigned business area, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Contribute to change management initiatives and the implementation of new organizational structures.
• Partner with Centers of Expertise to develop solutions that build workforce capabilities and competencies; support the operationalization of workforce planning processes.
• Provide input for and monitor HR dashboards, reports, and analytical trends to identify key insights.
• Contribute to talent pipeline development within the area of responsibility.
• Ensure HR processes and employee programs are effectively executed, with communications tailored to the specific client group.

Key Stakeholders

• Employees and managers within the assigned business area
• HR colleagues (local, regional, and global)
• Works Council
• Talent and Rewards Partners and subject matter experts
• Talents within the responsibility area

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• HR Expertise:Solid understanding of individual and collective labor law; proficient in using HR metrics; maintaining an external market perspective; anticipating workforce trends; foundational employee relations knowledge.
• Business Acumen:Strong commercial awareness and customer focus; understanding of business operations, value chains, and key processes.
• Consulting Skills:Strong coaching and advisory abilities; capable of designing and implementing HR solutions and gaining buy-in from the business.
• Collaborative team player with a highly proactive and solution-oriented mindset, finding and implementing pragmatic solutions while striving for future optimisation.
• Committed to delivering high-quality HR support; skilled in listening, identifying needs, and providing tailored solutions.
• Approachable, empathetic, and equipped with strong interpersonal skills.
• Highly organized, self-motivated, and enthusiastic with a hands-on attitude; confident, creative, and cooperative.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Open-minded and adaptable, willing to explore new ideas and support organizational change.
• Strategic thinker with an understanding of how tasks align with overall business objectives.
• Able to present logical, persuasive arguments to support ideas and recommendations.
• Fluent in German and English, both spoken and written.

Education and Experience

• University degree or equivalent qualification, preferably in Human Resources Management or a related field.
• Minimum of 3–5 years of progressive HR experience in logisitics or manufacturing industries, ideally within an international organization.
• International exposure through studies or internships abroad is an advantage.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform general administration within the HR Services team for all defined processes, tools and programmes and processes on a European and partially on a European and global level
• Be a contact person for the HR community and relevant stakeholders regarding the respective HR Services issues
• Handle standard inquiries & support through ticket service or via phone (if required)
• Timely execute assigned tasks and issues according to defined processes, timetables and service levels in compliance with tariff and works agreements
• Support and administer the digitalisation within HR Services
• Administrating procurement, invoicing and financial processes and reporting incl. recharging if required
• Support in the preparation of data and system audits and execute accordingly
• Provide consistent information to employees on HR Services topics according to the process and knowledge data base
• Contribute to continuous improvement of HR Services procedures, processes and systems and respective documentation
• Ensure correct execution of laws and regulations with regards to specific employee master data and organizational data according to defined procedures
• Suggest modification of systems and processes in order to ensure correct execution of laws and compliance to company policies
• Providing input for creation of user manuals and process mappings
• Providing input for communication of standards, procedures and processes to employees, internal customers and Works Council
• Participate regularly in workshops and meetings held by subject matter experts within HR Services

Key Relationships:

• HR Services teams
• HR Experts
• HR Partners
• Employees
• External authorities, consultants and suppliers
• Works council

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Good level of affinity to and experience with Business computing solutions, ideally with SAP HR
• Very good analytical skills and detail oriented work style
• Team player mentality
• Strong customer focus and service minded
• International mind-set; first experience as part of a geographically & culturally diverse team
• Ability to work under pressure as well as prioritizes and completes tasks in order of importance
• Good understanding of legal and tariff regulations

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree or Commercial education
• 1-3 years relevant working experience in a multi-national environment, preferably within HR
• Very good command of English and German
• Experience with Business computing solutions, ideally with SAP HR
• Good knowledge of MS-Office applications

Responsibilities:

• Assist in collaboration efforts with Account and Sales Operations, Customer Fulfillment and other SCM functions to understand priorities and addressing issues, risks & opportunities
• Support process standardization solutions across teams
• Assist in enabling customer deliveries against commercial requirements according to business principles and priorities
• Explore innovations, new practices, and process improvements within the functional area under the guidance of senior team members, seeking to enhance process effectiveness and efficiency
• Identify opportunities across teams to streamline processes and efficiently work towards delivering shared goals through centralized process governance and standardization
• Execute allocation, delivery note creation and backorder/season cleanse jobs against defined rules, schedule and monitor results
• Assist in developing appropriate reporting to provide insight and support effective decisions, as well as measure KPIs and drivers, taking corrective action where necessary to improve process effectiveness
• Monitor and maintain excellent process execution to secure integrity of input to key SCM processes, ensuring adherence to centralized process standards
• Validate key system/network run as scheduled
• Responsible for creation and distribution of operational reports
• Execute mass sales order updates such as rejections for dropped articles or plant changes for migrations
• Provide reporting transparency and analytics regarding orderbook performance, both actual/historical as well as projected performance to support decision making
• Review orderbook correctness ensuring data integrity for SCM systems/processes through sales order maintenance
• Support alignment and harmonization of Order Fulfillment processes across countries, clusters, and Distribution Centers
• Proactively participate in order book management solutions, evaluating existing operational processes to adapt to changes or support the development of new processes
• Scrutinize SOPs and system infrastructure with the goal of making continuous business improvements in line with company strategy, focusing on centralizing and standardizing process
• Support projects aimed at turning ideas into actions, with a focus on improving process effectiveness and efficiency
• Act as key tester for system upgrades and regression testing, including key user responsibilities for SAP/ Power BI testing and system functionalities
• Supporting the Manager Order Fulfillment in coordinating special handling for new requests
• Day to day interaction with stakeholder base
• Service delivery by agreed SLA

Key Relationships:

• Account & Sales Operations, Sales and Finance
• Other Supply Chain Management functions (Product Supply, Inbound Planning, Customer Fulfillment, Local Customer Fulfillment, DC Ops etc.)
• IT
• Distribution Centers
• Demand Planning

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong service-oriented mindset and a focus on meeting consumer/customer needs in the supply chain context
• Team player
• Proficiency in analytical thinking and problem-solving to address complex challenges in supply chain operations
• Understanding of cost considerations and their impact on sales generation within the supply chain process
• Autonomous and independent working style
• Comfort with learning and utilizing internal systems and software applications specific to supply chain management
• Intermediate knowledge of MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint)
• Basic level of familiarity with SAP-AFS (SD module)
• Fluency in English; proficiency in an additional language is advantageous in a global supply chain environment

Requisite Education and Experience/Minimum Qualifications:

• Successful completion of mandatory education level or vocational studies. Bachelor's degree is a plus.
• 1-3 years of experience in providing supply chain management support in the field of operations, fulfillment or logistics, preferably in the Accessories, Apparel or Footwear industries

Start of the internhsip: In Jan 2026

• • Assist in HR sctivities
  • Support Administrative Tasks : Help with clerical duties, such as managing databases, preparing reports, and organizing HR materials.
  • Educational Background : Currently pursuing a degree in HR or related field.

What you will do

• Understanding of processes and organizational structure within the company, and how they are recorded in SAP and reflected in the financial statements of adidas Serbia.
• As part of Accounting and Tax team, contribute to compliance of tax requirements, local statutory and group accounting policies.
• Support preparation and issuance of intercompany invoices in line with group policies and agreed timelines.
• Collect, review, and analyse all expenses subject to intercompany recharge.
• Process and monitor all business expenses related to employee travel.
• Post different business transactions per Group and local statutory requirements.
• Act as a point of contact for the external accounting agency, tax consultants and auditors, providing required documentation and clarifications.
• Collaborate closely with the GBS team to ensure smooth financial operations and compliance with internal controls.
• Monitor accounting and tax operations & report on irregularities, to Senior Finance Manager.
• Responsible for any ad hoc accounting and tax request by Senior Finance Manager.

Skills you will need

• Local GAAP and tax legislation – Familiar with IFRS
• Strong process understanding of accounting and finance relevant processes
• SAP Knowledge
• Advanced experience with MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team and take on new tasks.
• University Degree in Accounting/Finance
• Minimum 2 years of Accounting experience preferably in a multinational environment
• Fluent in English (written and spoken).

Life at adidas

• Competitive compensation
• Annual bonus
• Private Life & health insurance
• Pension plan
• Hybrid working model
• Monthly meal allowance
• Gym allowance
• Free access to learning platform
• Employee Assistance Program (personal counselling on variety of topics)

Key Responsibilities:

• Management and development of assigned accounts mainly through the B2B platform CLICK to achieve business objective & sales targets and improve customer experience with our brand.
• Preselect range and offer for assigned accounts based on seasonal focus products, technologies and concepts. Present and promote adidas products to potential and existing clients.
• Co-ordinate and arrange seasonal showroom days for defined accounts. Ensure digital content is created to provide virtual sell-in material to the accounts (e.g. product, category, highlight and technology presentations).
• Be part of negotiation and close to sales agreements to maximize revenue.
• Build and maintain strong, long-lasting customer relationships with adidas partners.
• Prepare monthly sales forecast (IBP) for respective accounts and B2B partners on category level.
• Closely monitor the order intake and orderbook development of the assigned accounts and ensure customers place orders according to our sales timelines. Provide regular sales reports and updates to management.
• Stay up to date with industry trends and competitor activities, conduct market research to spot trends and opportunities for growth.
• Identify and acquire new business opportunities within the B2B sector.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure customer satisfaction and seamless order processing
• Secure handling of daily account requests via Click tool with Customer Service, Credit Management and others. Ensure customers are compliant to our e-com policy and following our terms and conditions.
• Communicate with customers through the CLICK platform by using the Salesforce Sales and service tools.
• Ensure customer segmentation and master data is up-to and work closely with Finance on risk management, annual review and cleanup of account database.
• As a Key user for Digital Wholesale solutions perform user acceptance test for new features on Digital Wholesale solutions and ensure end-to-end process testing (incl. SAP AFS with Customer Service and local IT support).

KPIs:

• Net Sales Sales & Sales Deduction target achievement
• Account portfolio development
• DSO targets

Key Relationships:

• Retail partners
• Zone East Digital Wholesale Solutions
• Zones East WHS teams
• Zones East Sales Development
• GTM Teams
• Account Operations
• FP&A, Credit Management

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Strong communication skills: written, verbal and presentation
• Ability to build strong relationships, both internal and external
• High customer focus, ability to sell and negotiate
• Advancedskills in: Microsoft office, Newsletter/activation tools, Salesforce, PowerBi
• Affinity to digital tools and e-processes
• Good organisational and analytical skills
• Commercially driven
• Fluent in written and spoken in English. Skills in other languages are an added plus

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Successfully completed professional training in a commercial or service orientated industry
• 2 - 3 years within a commercially driven organization, preferably with sales, customer service or marketingexperience withinadidas or comparable.
• Cross-functional experience ideally with Customer Service/ Operations/ IT/ Sales/ Finance
• Previous industry experience including sporting goods, fashion, FMCG would be a plus
• Experience in Digital Marketing, e-Commerce, B2B und B2C.