Director Technology Consultancy jobs at Adidas in United Arab Emirates, Dubai

Role of TECH Site Lead

• Full ownership of all the Tech activities in Hong Kong, including project delivery and day-to-day opertaions
• End-to-end delivery from demand to execution
• Partnerhip with local business stakeholders
• Partnership with Greater China Area (GCA) TECH and Global TECH teams

Specialist advice

• Actively maintains knowledge in one or more identifiable specialisms.
• Provides detailed and specific advice regarding the application of their specialism(s) to the organization’s planning and operations.
• Recognizes and identifies the boundaries of their own specialist knowledge.
• Collaborates with other specialists, where appropriate, to ensure advice given is appropriate to the needs of the organization.

Business analysis

• Investigates operational requirements, problems, and opportunities, seeking effective business solutions through improvements in automated and non-automated components of new or changed processes.
• Assists in the analysis of stakeholder objectives, and the underlying issues arising from investigations into business requirements and problems and identifies options for consideration.
• Works with stakeholders, to identify potential benefits and available options for consideration, and in defining acceptance tests.
• Contributes to selection of the business analysis methods, tools, and techniques for projects, selecting appropriately from predictive (plan-driven) approaches or adaptive (iterative/agile) approaches.

Requirements definition and management

• Contributes to selection of the requirements approach for projects, selecting appropriately from predictive (plan-driven) approaches or adaptive (iterative/agile) approaches.
• Defines and manages scoping, requirements definition and prioritization activities for initiatives of medium size and complexity.
• Facilitates input from stakeholders, provides constructive challenge and enables effective prioritization of requirements.
• Reviews requirements for errors and omissions.
• Establishes the requirements base-lines, obtains formal agreement to requirements, and ensures traceability to source.
• Investigates, manages, and applies authorized requests for changes to base-lined requirements, in line with change management policy.

Porting/software configuration

• Assists in the configuration of software and equipment and the systems testing of platform-specific versions of one or more software products.
• Documents faults, implements resolutions and retests to agreed standards.

Application support

• Identifies and resolves issues with applications, following agreed procedures.
• Uses application management software and tools to collect agreed performance statistics.
• Carries out agreed applications maintenance tasks.

People Management / Resource Management:

• Is involved in recruiting process and proposes support for hiring decision and pre-selection of candidates
• Allocates the different work to the respective employees considering experience, complexity, workload, and organizational efficiency
• Continuously monitors and evaluates team workload and organizational efficiency with the support of IT systems, data and analysis and team feedback and makes appropriate changes to meet business needs.

• Provides team members/direct reports with clear direction and targets that are aligned with business needs and GIT objectives

Key Relationships:

• Global IT
• Respective business function (GOPS, Finance, HR, Brand Marketing, Wholesale/Retail)
• HR Management

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Four-year college or university degree with focus on Business Administration or IT or related areas, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Proficient spoken and written command of English
• At least 7-year experience in IT
• 5 years of experience in relevant area
• 2 years of experience in team management
• Strong understanding & knowledge of regional and global market landscape and the respective customer
• Managed critical elements and cross functional and regional projects

Specialist advice

• Actively maintains recognized expert level knowledge in one or more identifiable specialisms.
• Provides definitive and expert advice in their specialist area(s).
• Oversees the provision of specialist advice by others, consolidates expertise from multiple sources, including third party experts, to provide coherent advice to further organizational objectives.
• Supports and promotes the development and sharing of specialist knowledge within the organization

Business analysis

• Takes responsibility for investigative work to determine business requirements and specify effective business processes, through improvements in information systems, information management, practices, procedures, and organization change.
• Selects, adopts and adapts appropriate business analysis methods, tools and techniques; selecting appropriately from predictive (plan-driven) approaches or adaptive (iterative/agile) approaches.
• Collaborates with stakeholders at all levels, in the conduct of investigations for strategy studies, business requirements specifications and feasibility studies.
• Prepares business cases which define potential benefits, options for achieving these benefits through development of new or changed processes, and associated business risks.

Requirements definition and management

• Plans and drives scoping, requirements definition and prioritization activities for large, complex initiatives.
• Selects, adopts and adapts appropriate requirements definition and management methods, tools and techniques selecting appropriately from predictive (plan-driven) approaches or adaptive (iterative/agile) approaches.
• Obtains input from, and formal agreement to, requirements from a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Negotiates with stakeholders to manage competing priorities and conflicts.
• Establishes requirements baselines.
• Ensures changes to requirements are investigated and managed.
• Contributes to the development of organizational methods and standards.

Systems integration and build

• Defines the software modules needed for an integration build and produces a build definition for each generation of the software.
• Accepts completed software modules, ensuring that they meet defined criteria.
• Produces software builds from software source code for loading onto target hardware.
• Configures the hardware and software environment as required by the system being integrated.
• Produces integration test specifications, conducts tests and records and reports on outcomes.
• Diagnoses faults and records and reports on the results of tests.
• Produces system integration reports.

Porting/software configuration

• Configures software and equipment and tests platform-specific versions of one or more software products.
• Reports the outcome of testing and identifies potential improvements to the process and to the software products according to agreed designs and standards.

Application support

• Maintains application support processes, and checks that all requests for support are dealt with according to agreed procedures.
• Uses application management software and tools to investigate issues, collect performance statistics and create reports.

People Management / Resource Management:

• Supports resource planning and may have full responsibility in recruiting process.
• Implements resource plans, including conducting recruitment interviews.
• Facilitates selection, assessment and on-boarding processes, and internal resource allocation.
• Contributes to transitioning of resources, complying with relevant statutory or external regulations and codes of good practice.
• Ensures appropriate leadership skills are present at every level through creating a motivational and supportive work environment in which employees are coached, trained and provided with career opportunities through development
• Allocates the different work to the respective employees considering experience, complexity, workload and organizational efficiency
• Continuously monitors and evaluates team workload and organizational efficiency with the support of IT systems, data and analysis and team feedback and makes appropriate changes to meet business needs.

• Provides team members/direct reports with clear direction and targets that are aligned with business needs and GIT objectives

Key Relationships:

• Global IT
• Respective business function (GOPS, Finance, HR, Brand Marketing, Wholesale/Retail)
• HR Management

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Four-year college or university degree with focus on Business Administration or IT or related areas, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Proficient spoken and written command of English
• At least 10 -year experience in IT
• 7 years of experience in relevant area
• 5 years of experience in team management including professional
• International Experience - ideally working abroad and mobile in leadership roles for multiple years and has functional/market experience in projects with a local/global perspective
• Participated in a global project execution/ significant contribution to local/functional project

Key Responsibilities:

As e-Commerce and Partner Program channel lead for Türkiye:

• Drive and implement the eCommerce Strategy (Own eCom and Partner Program) on cluster level to achieve ambitious net sales and profitability targets
• Partner with VP eCom & DPC, EM to ensure localizing overall EM eCom strategy and key priorities are functioning optimally to drive best in class experience
• Lead the eCommerce channels in Türkiye by partnering with and driving best in class standards across functional hub eCom teams and areas (Consumer Experience, Digital Analyitcs, Digital Operations, Strategy & Programs and Planning & Analytics)
• Lead Partner Program channel in Türkiye by managing partner program team, ensuring best in class adidas in-store experience and end to end operations, establishing strong relationship with partners to drive sustainable growth. Align with EM DPC hub team for localizing partner program strategy and exploring development opportunities
• Lead eCom merchandising team to ensure developing efficient buy plan, driving right channel segmentation strategy and effective trading to maximize sustainable growth. Align with demand planning, CTC and DTC merchandising and eCom hub merchandising teams for seasonal buy plans
• Deliver annual e-Com P&L targets by:
• Ensuring target alignment with local (finance, marketing, SCM) and EM eCom hub teams
• Align with marketing team for Own eCom and Partner Program MAEX budgets
• Ensure operational costs are in live with target
• Responsible for commercial decisions at cluster level by analysing the eCommerce KPI’s and local trends and needs
• Ensure end-to-end operations of eCommerce capabilities through the defined operating model with EM eCom hub, global digital teams and internal key stakeholders
• Manage and control operational expenses in line with the cluster eCommerce budget
• Operationally manage cluster level special projects geared towards enhancing the consumer experience (to become more Premium, Connected, Personalized)
• Coordinate respective teams to accomplish the tasks associated with running adidas eCommerce online stores ensuring best and accurate presentation of product online, on Retail Intro Date and supporting product negotiations done by the merchandising team.
• Develop business plan for Türkiye including IBP and RFC, ensuring alignment with cluster strategy and key stake holders (GM Türkiye, eCom Hub, Finance).
• Develop deep consumer insights to support the decision-making process especially among target segments
• Liaise with DTC to deliver more seamless omnichannel experience for consumers.
• Align with other Cluster channels on campaign launches, mega commercial moments, end of season sales and discounting standards (key trade meetings)
• Align and support Digital Brand Activation with a specific focus on Membership and Performance Marketing. Agreeing seasonal marketing and digital activation plan to ensure appropriate representation of the brands on respective channels
• Ensure high employee engagement through effective motivation, coaching, training and development of respective teams
• Ensure compliance with global policies, procedures and regulatory guidelines.

Key Relationships:

• EM eCom Hub, Global Digital Teams
• Türkiye Senior Leadership Team
• Türkiye adidas Brand & Digital Activation teams
• Türkiye SCM Senior Director and team
• DTC Buying team
• eCommerce Hub Teams (Digital Operations, Consumer Experience, Planning & Analytics, Merchandising, Strategy Programs)
• External technology solution providers
• Partners (Trendyol, Hepsiburda, Amazon, Boyner...)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Minimum of 12 years’ experience in the eCommerce and trade marketing Industry, ideally in apparel/fashion/shoes or FMCG, with an operational background
• Strong leadership skills, with experience of leading eCommerce teams
• Strong understanding of consumer base and purchasing behavior
• Experience in P&L management and accountability
• Excellent communication skills including impactful presentation skills, influencing and negotiation skills
• Ability to lead and drive change
• Experience managing large and diverse teams
• Experience driving an optimization strategy in an eCommerce business
• An inert ability to see opportunities to improve. Whilst focused on the front-end consumer experience, you should see this across all facets of the business
• You are an expert level skillset in Branded Commerce best practices and operations.
• Excellent English language skills

Purpose

• 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.
• Manage relations and drive innovation centers effectiveness on projects & resources allocation.
• Research & develop sourcing solutions for new product concepts and commercial competitiveness – Focus on FTW physical foams & bottom technologies
• Drive definition, readiness & validation of innovation & commercially ready technology solutions.
• Secure for adidas best in class bottom technologies (Material, process, machinery, tools & suppliers)
• Senior point of contact with industry & academic partners to remain on forefront of technology & FTW evolution

Key Responsibilities

• Drive innovative bottom solutions & validation towards specifications, compliance & integrity.
• Provide commercial tangible guidance throughout the readiness levels, ROI, timelines, and scalability.
• Work closely with supplier innovation teams & centers to ensure performance, competitiveness & advantage for adidas.
• Encourage suppliers to continuously upgrade their expertise, technical applications, new materials innovation, and manufacturing technologies.
• Scouting & Research in sporting goods and other industries to benchmark and identify potential opportunities for application of innovative technology, processes, and materials.
• Provide regular update and valuable input to project teams, key stakeholders & escalation to leadership team when needed.
• Challenge the team, stakeholders & suppliers to ensure feasibility, commercial readiness, impact & progress of projects.
• Project base allocation of resources
• Ensure project deliverables on time, in full & within budget.
• Lead & staff a cross divisional team
• 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 the team to ensure the best standards of performance, appropriate skill set, and strong succession plans are in place.
• Role model leadership to foster a culture of Diversity Equity & Inclusion that strives for an inclusive workplace.

Key Relationships

• Product Development & Sourcing
• Sourcing Materials team
• HQ Innovation Teams
• Testing & quality
• adiLab, Innovation Management
• Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3 Supply Partners Innovation departments, machine & tooling suppliers

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Innovative & Visionary
• Strong people management skills and proven ability in leading multidimensional teams
• Have depth and breadth of experience in Materials and Methods of Make, but also sports product creation and engineering.
• Strong influencing, people, presentation, communication, and articulation skills
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)

Requisite Education and Experience

• University Degree, in Materials/Polymers/Process/Textile/Chemical/ Mechanical Engineering or related areas – Expert in physical foam technologies
• Minimum of 10+ years of relevant experience and 3 years of people management experience
• Fluent in English & ability to communicate with technical teams & SLT
• International experience in both HQ & Sourcing
• Product and material experience is an advantage.

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

• Visual communication of the brand values of our products. Your goal is to secure and further develop the brand’s industry leading position. You will lead a design department within the Design area in Herzogenaurach.

Key Responsibilities:

• Close cooperation with Marketing and Development to implement main strategies, concepts and projects for vertical areas and horizontal collections
• You will work together with Development and Tech Services on resolving issues with our main products, from Tech Packs to the point of marketing
• Maintain an open dialogue and collaboration with the Human Resource department
• Criticize and improve the design and create a new platform for direct reporting lines
• Represent the design team in collaborations with other departments
• Secure a proper and appropriate use of brand technology across the different areas
• Furthermore secure the appropriate compliance of attributes of our brand identity and their application
• Maintain communication with the line manager and the department
• Be up to date on consumers, cultural trends, sports culture and athletic findings
• Alignment with the close-by design departments to develop best product opportunities between the departments
• Represent a strong design team when in contact with other departments

Authorities:

• Budget responsibility
• Signature authority “i.V.”

Key contacts:

• Product marketing and development
• Ait
• Different departments within Design

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Bachelor’s degree (4 years) from a college/university in the field of Industrial Design or Art / minimum of 10 years of experience in the respective field or an equivalent combination out of education and experience
• At least 5 years experience of leading Design teams
• Practical experience in the field of Design, including management experience
• Comprehensive knowledge in product design with a clear understanding of the athletics market and its culture
• Practical knowledge in the field of computer design software/systems and MS Office
• Fluency in English
• EU passport is preferred