Administrator Lean Management jobs at Adidas in Netherlands, Amsterdam

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

A key roleresponsible for thecost management for(including outbound and return)

The purpose of the role is twofold. First is a key playerprovide insights thatachieve the transportationcost efficiency goal; second is to provide internal governance to review day-to-day transportationcost developmentfor internal control and drive transportation process (e.g. billing)/template standardisation

Key Responsibilities:

• Formulate and continuously maintain the transportation cost budget and planning in line with business strategies and goals
• Offer practical guidelines and principles to comprehensively monitor budget variances and proactively mitigate potential cost overruns
• Provide profound insights and practical recommendations based on cost analysis to optimize cost efficiency
• Deliver systematic and perceptive reports to guarantee cost transparency among key stakeholders
• Act as an owner to drive standardisation of process and template, ensuring operational consistency
• Take lead in governing the day-to-day development of transportation costs to ensure internal control

Key Relationships:

• Internal:Supply Chain Management GCA,IT, Finance,NTP, channelsand otherinternalbusiness teams
• External: 3rdparty Logistics Service Providers

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Experience in logistics or transportation management
• Data analytical and intelligent
• Proven track of strong performance in cost budget management and cost optimization experienceis a plus
• Proficient in SQL, and Power BI; Be familiar with SAP, TMS, and MS Office tools
• Good communication with external and internal partners across multiple functions
• Strong integrity of internal cost and process compliance
• Self-motivated, open-minded and ability to work independently and under pressure with minimal supervision
• English as a working language and good presentation skills

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or above
• 5+’of workingexperience in logisticstransportation field
• Experience in driving cost efficiency
• Lean 6 sigma is a plus

Skills you’ll need

Our jobs are very competitive and we’re lucky enough to be able to invite the best candidates in the industry to interview, please read below and apply only if you bring the following:

• Minimum 1 years’ experience in applying LEAN concepts in a logistics or in manufacturing operations
• Strong communication, facilitation, and presentation skills to all levels of the organization
• Demonstrated project management skills
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Computer skills: MS Office suite, MS Project, MS Visio

Additional Benefits

Leading pension scheme, performance related bonus, 25 days holiday + bank holidays, Westfield cash plan and generous employee discount.

LEAN Mission Statement:

This position will facilitate the implementation of the LEAN Management philosophy at in support of goals and objectives. The Junior LEAN Ambassador will drive own initiatives and provide support to the site leadership team in the deployment of LEAN concepts. The Junior LEAN Ambassador will help to identify improvement opportunities and the resources necessary to accomplish planned improvements. The Junior LEAN Ambassadorwill coach and mentor multiple

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Leading of all LEAN topics
• Reports to the Regional Lean Manager to align on standardized LEAN implementation (dotted line)
• Single point of contact (SPOC) for all LEAN related topics in his/her area of responsibility
• Supporting the implementation of LEAN Management methodology to help the business achieve its goals and objectives. Improvement projects are likely to focus on the cost competitiveness, product availability and lead-time reduction
• Support process owners to optimize processes and to focus on key customer requirements.
• Provide training, coaching and mentoring in LEAN concepts and techniques.
• Employ project management skills to ensure projects are completed on time and meet the objectives in the charter.
• Function as a change agent. Continuously challenge the way things are done. Promote creativity and out of the box thinking.
• Generate weekly reports from LM to drive improvements
• Regularly conduct internal Lean audits to monitor progress.

Business Partner/Contacts:

• DC Director
• Regional Lean Manager
• Warehouse Operations Management
• Supply Chain Operations Management (if applicable)
• Industrial Engineering

Experience and Skills:

• Experience in applying LEAN concepts
• Strong communication, facilitation, and presentation skills to all levels of the organization
• Demonstrated project management skills
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Computer skills: MS Office suite
• Fluent in English and local language, third language is a plus

Please note:

• 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.
• 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, and basic life and insurance, which can be supplemented with employee-paid coverage. Employees enroll in adidas’ 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match. Full-time employees are eligible for education assistance and generous Leave policies including 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, eleven paid holidays throughout the calendar year and Service Time Off during milestone years.
• We officially returned to office in a hybrid work environment, working 3 days in office and 2 days remote. The working location of this position is Portland, OR but open to candidates in Spartanburg, SC as well.
• Though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is English.

Purpose:

Support the reporting needs of North American Supply Chain Management (NAM SCM) by:

• Working with SCM and its business and operational stakeholders to create effective analytical and reporting tools that facilitate expert control of the supply chain,

• Providing data transparency in the most automated and efficient way to support decision-making within the NAM SCM operational team and its partners, and

• Developing novel approaches for analyzing and visualizing millions of records of data to communicate key actionable insights to the board, operators, and all levels in between

The role ensures NAM SCM has visibility and understanding of its supply chain via the massive amounts of data spread across multiple systems. The Senior Reporting Analyst will use advanced analytics to explain past performance, forecast future performance, and confidently recommend actions with predictable and optimal outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as a departmental analytics and reporting expert, providing support and training to ensure that skills and capabilities are transferred to others

• Provide analytical support to streamline and sustain the continuity of reports being generated within the department

• Develop new analytical tools and operational reporting for SCM functions and the department as a whole

• Validate and reconcile existing and new reporting tools against actual performance

• Challenge the current reporting structure and identify areas of improvement

• Support specific projects undertaken within the department through data gathering, analysis, report development, presentations and recommendations

• Develop understanding of interdependencies between systems, datasets, and processes

• Create simulations to evaluate different strategies and scenarios in order to optimize the supply chain for product availability, inventory, and costs

• Use analytics and reporting as tools to gain expert control of the supply chain

Key Relationships:

• US adidas Purchasing, Demand Planning, Logistics, and Customer Service teams

• North American partners (Reebok, Adidas Canada, SLD)

• Western Europe SCM Reporting team

• Group Functions Finance

• NAM IT, Global IT (BI and Big Data)

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Supply Chain / Operations Research / Management Science background

• Process thinking and excellent analytical skills

• Ability to accept and meet critical deadlines with good planning and organization skills

• Ability to manage and participate in complex global and regional projects as assigned

• Ability to anticipate problems and offer solutions within the reporting team

• Ability to challenge the way in which things are done

• Strong communication skills

• Strong team player with proven ability to work cross-functionally to achieve objectives

• Effectively communicate complex data and solutions at all levels of the organization

• Affinity for visualizing complex data in a simple and actionable manner

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Four year degree from college or university required with emphasis in supply chain management, operations research, or management science preferred

• Minimum 5+ years related progressive work experience and/or training

• Documented skills in data mining, machine learning, advanced analytics, and simulation

• Proficiency in SQL, R, Python or other programming languages

• Proficiency in Tableau, PowerBI, ThinkCell, D3, and other visualization tools

• Advanced MS Excel (pivot tables, power queries, macros) and MS Access (database creation, query design) skills

• Advanced report usage and development in MicroStrategy

• Experience with SAP AFS and Manhattan WMS

• Knowledge of Alteryx or Arena a plus

• Fluent in English (oral and in writing)

Manager Category Management, BU Sportswear Apparel

Area:

Department:

Director Reporting Line:Director Category Management S

Indirect/Secondary Reporting Line: -

Location: Shanghai

GSMS Grade: M4

Number of Personnel Managed:

Cost Center/Budget and/or Revenue Responsibility: -

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

• SPW APP Men

Key Responsibilities:

• To support Senior Director Sportswear in the execution of product strategy Category interface between Global BU(business opportunities, commercial input process, SMU’s, performance results, market trends/insights, category plans, etc.)
• Responsible for SPW Men Apparel product range plan+local creations, capability to work independently
• Drive market/consumer insights into product plan that considers end to end consumer journey
• Responsible for the business success of the category incl. setting forecasts, pricing corridor, size range, RID and Sell-through
• Build the category range by channels within guidelines by Global BU, incl. inline, promo, SMU, Local Creation
• Implement GCA channels allocation for global allocated products
• Perform Category analysis including sell-thru, forecasting, range adoption incl. brand collection, pricing corridor compliance, monthly flow, ARP, etc.
• Support BU SportswearAPPin consolidation and analysis of cross category data.
• Responsible for ordering samples sets, including inline pre-sale & SMS, plus ISC, etc.
• Leverage GTMT analysis to set price bands (standard margin based on average price)
• Actively participate in departmental level trainings and development initiatives and activities
• Team player, good communication skills

KPI’s:

• Category NS, Net Margin and Contribution across GCA
• Sell-out
• Forecast & data accuracy
• NPS
• Market share
• Achievement of key SBP initiatives

Key Relationships:

• OMB&PS
• GCA Brand Marketing
• GCA Demand Planning/Finance
• GCA MOPS
• Global Bus

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to implement strategy
• Presentation/communication, negotiation and influencing skills
• Distinct track record of success and category management knowledge
• Industry knowledgeabout sports and apparel.
• Understanding of Asian markets’ consumers, accounts, economic environment and commercial needs
• Results Oriented Mindset
• Team player with high level of integrity & attention to detail
• Data analysis skills and ability to translate and articulate data results into clear business actions.

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• 3-5 years of experience in category management/product required. Regional experience preferred.

• University degree in Business or equivalent professional experience, ideally in Sales and/or Marketing
• Sporting goods industry experience required
• Fluent in English
• Strong Computer Skills including Outlook, Word, Excel (Pivot), Powerpoint, etc
• Passion for sports and belief that through sports we have the power to change lives
• Willingness to travel up to 15-20% of time

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver business strategy and success of the category
• Develop category initiatives to meet key commercial goals
• Support the development of business mid-long term division plan in alignment with global vision
• Be the interface between Global Business Unit (BU) and market stakeholders
• Collaborate with relevant cross functional teams to develop and execute plans
• Deliver end to end (E2E) market strategy and execution from Integrated Business Planning, Commercial Input to in season trade and exit
• Deliver quality delivery toward each GTM milestones
• Deliver go to market planning excellence in compliance with targets for forecasting, pricing, profitability, range size, range flow, range adoption etc. includingsystem, catalogue and master data maintenance
• Deliver key franchise lifecycle and inventory level to ensure brand health
• Perform category insights and analytics including market/consumer/competitor insights and sales analysis and leverage for planning
• Deliver the input of local product to globalBU/local sourcing partner.
• Define sourcing strategy in collaboration with Supply Chain for local team order system/products
• Deliver best-in-class front-end user experience for Team Order System(i.e. Locker Room) by closely working with Global BU and local souring partner.
• Deliver cross category and functional specific initiatives
• Present range internally and externally with sufficient sample availability
• Participate to customer interaction in planning phase
• Drive performance and development culture
• Drive employee engagement, leading by example.

KPI’s:

• Category Net Sales (NS), Net Margin and Contribution
• Sell-out
• Forecast & data accuracy
• Net Promote Score (NPS)
• Market share

Key Relationships:

• Head Office
• Other BU category management
• Brand communications in BU
• Brand Activation
• Demand Planning/Finance
• Supply Chain
• Sales Channel leads
• Creation Center Tokyo
• Global BUs
• External partners (i.e. Accounts, Sourcing partner)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to implement strategy
• Developing presentation/communication, negotiation and influencing skills
• Distinct track record of success and high-level range management knowledge
• Cross-functional and stakeholder management experience across commercial functions (e.g. marketing, sales, etc.) and support functions (finance preferred), as well as different organizational levels (Global, Market, etc.)
• Strong industry knowledge, across divisions—footwear, apparel and accessories.
• Experience in digital/eCommerce user experience area is preferable.
• Expert understanding of markets’ consumers, accounts, economic environment and commercial needs
• Ability to Manage, Coach and Develop People
• Results Oriented Mindset
• Strong team player with high level of integrity & attention to detail
• Strong data analysis skills and ability to translate and articulate data results into clear business actions.

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• years of experience in range management/product required.
• University degree in Business or equivalent professional experience, ideally in Sales and/or Marketing, MBA preferred
• Sporting goods industry experience required
• Fluent in Japanese andBusiness level English required
• Has substantial experience working with local customers and international stakeholders
• Developing Business Acumen
• Strong PC Skills including Outlook, Word, Excel (Pivot), Powerpoint, etc
• Passion for sports and belief that through sports we have the power to change lives

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop relationships/partnerships with Internal Customers
• Understand process/procedures of the DC. Build relationships with the key points of contact and the correct escalation routes when required
• Operate the rectification process.
• Ensure Quality procedures are followed and that all Launch / Critical Products are inspected in line
• Assist in the Development of new processes / procedures
• Ensure stock is unblocked at earliest convenience
• Rectify any warehouse /container damages while keeping cost to a minimum
• Track all QC related product into the DC
• Monitor and action any other requests for QC

Key Performance Indicator:

• All procedures to be carried out within agreed SLA
• % PO qty / fail rate
• Adicomp Actual vs Budget

Requisite Education:

• Proven administration experience preferably within a Supply Chain role
• Good knowledge of product through QC experience desirable
• Ability to understand, focus on and resolve day to day issues within the agreed parameters
• IT literacy (Excel/warehouse systems)
• Good communicator at all levels
• Process driven
• Appreciation of the importance of good customer service essential

Competencies:

• Customer Focus
• Functional and Technical Skills
• Action Orientated
• Drive for Results
• Problem Solving
• Priority Setting
• Peer Relationships