דרושים Specialist Gbs Procurement Operations Italian Speaker ב-Adidas ב-United States, Denver

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure a timely collection of open receivables balance by working closely with the customer, internal stakeholders and solve any causes of non-payments.
• Ensure that all payments are received are allocated accurately and timely without any errors.
• Follow-up in case of discrepancies and ensure they are handled within a reasonable time frame.
• Be accountable and demonstrate ownership, being able to manage escalations towards management, proposing proactive feedback summary and recommended solutions in alignment with the department policy.
• Be able to back-up the Team Leader solving operational complex situations, and to guide, provide training and support to other team members by applying streamlined approaches.
• Lead short-term defined scope projects or support larger projects within finance operations also processing periodic reviews to identify, assess and take action to mitigate risks to project success.
• Manage customer relationship, which includes problem resolution and root cause analysis.
• Assess and review the credit risk on the customer on regular basis to mitigate risk for adidas according to credit policy.
• Perform review, analysis and proposal of release on credit block deliveries.
• Provide insight in the development of the accounts receivable position of the customer to the Credit & Collections leadership team and Sales / Finance stakeholders.
• Act as the point of contact for the process related issues and support on escalations.
• Track disputes, forward to the right department for their solution and follow-up until their closing.
• Identify the improvement opportunities and support their implementation.
• Provide insight into the calculation of the required provision for uncollectable balances.
• Support requests from internal and external stakeholders.
• Establish and maintain strong financial controls over the work performed.
• Ensure desktop procedures are updated in line with standards and policies.

Key Relationships

• Cash Application
• Customer Primary Data
• Account and Sales Operations
• Sales
• Market Finance

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong Finance Accumen
• Solid experience with SAP and Excel
• Experience in a Shared Service environment or similar
• Proficiency in English and any other European languages would be a plus, such as German, French and/or Spanish
• Ability to pay close attention to detail
• Solid interpersonal skills combined with a high degree of customer orientation
• Ability to navigate easily within complex organizations, connect with a variety functions, audiences, management styles, or cultures
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Highly results driven and self-motivated team player with compassion, integrity, trust and perseverance
• Curious and growth mindset; keen to learn and approach subjects outside of comfort zone, look beyond the obvious.

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications

• University degree in Accounting, Business Administration or similar field
• 5 plus years relevant work experience in the accounting / corporate finance area
• Broad and deep theoretical understanding of job function

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

This role is focused on the successful retail operations of all inventory and data management systems. This person will serve as the liaison between IT and Retail stores, driving operational efficiencies and enhancements to our tech solutions to make the day to day easier for our store fleet. They will be the primary business owner of RFID (Radio-Frequency IDentification) in North America including topics such as inbound, outbound, shrink and best practice execution. This role will assist with ensuring timelines, budgets, milestones and communication are completed appropriately, including pre & post implementation preparation/hindsight. They will be expected to drive continuous process and system improvements through interaction with business and IT partners. The individual will work with senior leaders and multiple business partners across the world to support and implement programs. This person will own and manage the ongoing operations of RFID including reporting and managing the end-to-end improvements and enhancement backlog, which includes rollout of all new solutions and integrations with other systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the development and maintenance of implementation & communication plans related to inventory management initiatives and ensure execution in coordination with senior leaders
• Serve as the business owner of RFID which includes the ongoing operations of the system and hardware solution.
• Manages the (NAM) RFID backlog of enhancements to ensure that the solution evolves to meet the day-to-day business requirements.
• Assisting/influencing/creating actionable deliverables, including implementation plans & workback schedules, impact assessments, business readiness plans, and benefits realization/ adoption measurements/success KPIs.
• Create effective and long-lasting relationships with Local, Global, vendors, customers and stakeholders
• Manage, direct, and lead the Business Solutions management teams; responsibilities include interviewing, hiring and training employees; planning, assigning and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Lead a team that is accountable for output of all retail data integrity through creating and maintaining retail store primary data.
• Be an active member of the global change community; sharing learning, expertise and coaching to develop others, especially with global teams
• Participate in global networks as it relates to the implementation programs assigned to this role.

Key Relationships:

• Store Operations
• IT
• Finance
• Store Development
• Inventory Control
• Loss prevention
• Merchandising, Buying, Planning

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Experience with retail operations including best practices, systems, and inventory management
• Experience leading multiple large-scale initiatives including change leadership strategy and implementation experience (e.g. business transformations, organizational change, systems implementations)
• Strong decision making, negotiation, and communication skills, both written and oral.
• Ability to think strategically, synthesize the most complex data and develop and implement innovative solutions. Ability to communicate with Retail Business Users and translate business needs to IT for technical requirements.
• Excellent relationship-building skills at all levels of the organization (including C level executives), and sensitivity to the effects of change
• Excellent problem-solving skills; understands how to separate and combine tasks into efficient workflow; breaks work into process steps; anticipates and adjusts for problems and roadblocks, and knows what to measure and how to measure it; can simplify complex processes.
• Ability to collect information and data, define problems, evaluate processes, and establish logical, efficient processes to streamline business processes
• Capable of working independently under little guidance on several projects simultaneously
• Sound business acumen, including familiarity with financial reporting and measurements
• Able to lead a high performing team, demonstrate managerial courage and interface with all levels of leadership including Retail Fleet.
• Familiarity with SAP, GK POS, inventory systems and analysis tools
• Advance proficiency in Excel

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year university preferred, preferably in Business or a related field of study
• 5+ years retail experience, preferably in fashion or sporting goods industry
• 3-5 years’ experience managing projects and operations, preferably related to new process/ program implementation
• Experience working in a Retail store environment is a must
• Ability to work and travel as business demands, overnight, weekends, and holidays, up to 25% travel frequency including international travel.
• Ability to alternate between sitting and standing for extended periods of time
• At adidas we offer a Hybrid work policy which requires attendance in the office Monday through Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Friday each week. For work requiring a high degree of collaboration or an in-person presentation, in-office attendance is required even on Friday

Key Responsibilities:

• Driving category business success across all KPI’s through execution category plan global-local. Developing a dynamic category GTM plan considering di­fferent consumer needs and distribution channel in the marketplace.
• Responsible for delivering a complete local range plan for the respective category (product, product communication tools, product prices, activation tools, RID, forecasts, local prices, range size, cancellation, re-phasing, ABOs and Marketing support where necessary etc.) by balancing both brand and commercial considerations and supporting the business strategy of the channels and supports the sell-in process to all stakeholders.
• Coordinates sell in process for upcoming season and make preparation for sell-in tools (Showroom preparation, sell in presentation etc)
• Manage and implement definition tools and drive conclusive competitive analysis to influence pricing considering the competition. Provide pricing inputs to the range architecture framework.
• Delivers profitability of the respective categories by managing pricing, margin efficiency, FOBs and product category mix.
• Drives the GTM for the respective categories and supports CTC function by aligning with BA/Omni team on Marketing plans, communication tools, activation tools, marketing support
• Analyses the sell-through performance of the categories and contributes to the strategic planning based on the analysis. Tracks category selling performance, and proposes action plans when necessary to drive sales and improve respective categories KPIs.
• Ensures has the proper tools to implement (and to adapt locally where necessary.) the GTM strategies successfully and to have the correct level of support during the implementation
• Assists Manager CTC adidas in preparing and analyzing reports by providing and consolidating data and by using analytical skills and know-how.

Key Relationships:

• CTC Manager and entire adidas Turkey Brand Team
• EM Turkey Channel Teams (DTC, e-Com, Wholesale)
• EM Hub Bus and CTC
• EM Turkey, SCM
• EM Turkey, Mops
• EM Turkey Demand Planning

KPIs:

• Brand Health KPIS (Brand momentum, Net Promoter Score, Spontaneous purchase intent, etc.)
• Net Sales, GIM%, Share of Category, Gender
• Orderbook Development
• Range size and efficiency (incl. overlap)
• Local Production / SMU / Early Launch efficiencies

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong analytical skills
• Strong interpersonal skills (e.g., relationship management, collaboration, creativity, confidence and facilitation)
• Strong cross functional experience, across merchandising, category management, brand and sales
• Structured, organized and process orientated
• Excellent presentation skills
• Fluent in written and spoken English is a must.

Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree in business, ideally with marketing and sales focus or equivalent professional experience
• > 3 years of Category Management/ Ranging/ Merchandising Experience ideally in sporting goods, fashion or other youth culture brands
• Strong presentation/communications and influencing skills IT skills: Outlook and Word: Basic; Excel and PowerPoint: advanced.

A key player in Global Sourcing is driving the vision to become the Most Agile, Most Competitive, Most Digitalized & Cleanest Supply Base in the industry.

Support execution of Sourcing Sustainability programs, guide facilities based on adidas sustainability policies and requirements to achieve targets.

Key reponsibilities

• Support the implementation of Sourcing Sustainability programs, focus on Environmental aspects in compliance with relevant regulations and requirements
• Guide facilities to understand and comply with adidas sustainability policies, requirements. Provide technical support and ensure facilities meet all Sourcing Sustainability program requirements and targets.
• Track, analyse facilities’ performance, and provide guidance on non-compliance case and further drive improvement.
• Ensure suppliers’ awareness and readiness on Sourcing Sustainability programs
• Identify risks and offer recommendations based on legal obligations, strategic commitments or adidas requirements.
• Provide insights on Sourcing Sustainability programs to stakeholders to refine programs and system development.
• 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.
• Role model leadership to foster a culture of Diversity Equity & Inclusion that strives for an inclusive workplace.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong business acumen, analytics , and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication skills
• Solid knowledge on environmental laws, regulations and management systems including ISO 14001, ISO 50001, ISO 9000, etc
• Good stakeholder management skills
• Strong written and verbal English, any other regional (Asia Pacific) language is a plus
• Strong Microsoft Office skills

Requisite Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree or above in BSc Environmental Science or other relateddiscipline
• Minimum 5 years of experience in managing environmental related aspects, with solid experience in apparel or footwear is preferred
• At least 3 years’ experience in environmental audit or assessment

PURPOSE & OVERALL RELEVANCE FOR THE ORGANIZATION

As Senior Manager, 3PL Distribution Centre Operations (Australia), you will have end-to-end accountability for all distribution centre operations across the Australian market.

You’ll oversee omni-channel fulfilment for B2B and B2C channels, including wholesale, retail, and e-commerce, by leading and optimising performance through multiple 3PL partners.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the execution of the 3PL strategy across all Australian distribution centres to deliver best-in-class omni-channel fulfilment

• Manage end-to-end logistics operations covering warehousing, transportation, and fulfilment across wholesale, franchise, retail, and e-commerce channels

• Develop and manage supply chain budgets including DC and transportation costs, ensuring alignment with cost targets, inflation assumptions, and 3PL rate structures

• Ensure successful go-live and ongoing management of new multi-channel distribution facilities, coordinating with local, regional, and global stakeholders (3PL, engineering, IT, project teams)

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives with 3PL partners focused on productivity, cost optimisation, and service enhancement

• Manage inventory accuracy and reconciliation across systems (WMS, AFS), ensuring transparency, timely adjustments, and proactive stock visibility for Sales and Customer Service

• Lead vendor management activities including contract negotiation, renewal, and performance management to ensure best-in-market service and cost competitiveness

• Monitor and report key performance indicators (service levels, cost-to-serve, inventory integrity, outbound delivery performance, sustainability metrics)

• Champion sustainability initiatives across distribution and transportation operations, in line with regional and global goals

• Ensure full compliance with safety, security, and risk management standards across all DC operations

• Collaborate with global teams to implement the adidas ADCE performance ecosystem, driving standardisation and achieving gold-level certification

• Develop future operational capability plans and nurture team development, fostering a culture of accountability and collaboration

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• PAC SCM Senior Director

• Director, DC & Transport Operations

• PAC Management Team (SLT)

• Brand & Commercial Teams

• EM SCM Financial Controller

• Global Distribution & Logistics

• External partners: 3PL providers, transporters, forwarders, and other suppliers

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Strong expertise in operational supply chain management, including warehousing, transportation, and omni-channel fulfilment

• Proven ability to manage structured delivery and performance of 3PL and/or warehouse operations

• Highly data- and process-driven with advanced analytical and problem-solving skills

• Strong leadership and stakeholder management capability; able to coach and motivate teams for performance excellence

• Proactive, execution-focused mindset with a track record of delivering measurable outcomes

• Excellent communication and influencing skills across all organisational levels

• Deep customer and business orientation with a focus on efficiency and profitability

• Proven experience in leading complex projects and operational transformations

• Strong MS Office skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Word); SAP experience preferred

REQUISITE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE / MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations, Logistics, or Business Administration

• Minimum 10 years’ experience in Supply Chain, Logistics, or Distribution Operations

• At least 5 years’ experience in in-house fulfilment operations and/or management of 3PL fulfilment partners

• Demonstrated success in omni-channel fulfilment management and multi-site operational leadership

• Experience in retail, FMCG, or sporting goods sectors is advantageous

• Fluent in English (both written and verbal)

Senior Specialist GBS Payroll

: GBS HRS

Direct Reporting Line: (Senior) Manager GBS HR Services / Payroll

Indirect/Second Reporting Line: N/A

: LAM

Personnel managed: No

Budget managed: No

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Receivable, Retail Accounting, eCommerce Accounting and other Finance processes as well as

Responsible for leading the end-to-end payroll process (processing, payment, and accounting) to

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the relation with the payroll vendor and timely execution of standard and complex payroll tasks according to defined processes, schedules, and service levels in accordance with regional and local guidelines)
• Review the information (hirings, terminations, vacations, car allowance, mobility, holidays worked, commissions, medical leaves, absences, etc) necessary to achieve the processing of the payroll
• Execute personnel payment accurate and timely according with the current country legislation
• Execute payment of social security, retirement saving plans and income taxes to accomplish the current labor law
• Present the required documentation in case of audits or inspections (e.g Ministry of Labor and Employment, Internal audits) in order to comply with the legislation and company guidelines
• Carrying out standard and complex audits of personnel data, programs, and processes.
• Provide consulting and service to employees and the HR community on general and more complex payroll topics.
• Processing of standard and complex inquiries & support through ticket self-service, e-mail, and telephone.
• Run payroll for the revenue appropriate group of employees.
• Support the continuous improvement of payroll processes and the use of systems.
• Support in reconciling financial accounts with payroll results
• Comparison of the monthly accounting documents in cooperation with the local data management team, the payroll accounting specialists in the areas of market, finance and controlling.
• Timely reporting and preparation of declarations and ensuring appropriate communication with tax authorities, social security, and all other state institutions.
• Monitoring incoming employee payments
• Ensuring correct account assignment of wage types in SAP HR
• Manage the change of systems and processes related to payroll management to ensure proper execution of regulations and compliance with corporate policies.
• Providing input for changes to corporate policies and regulations
• Support of projects and modifications of systems and processes to ensure the correct implementation of regulations and compliance with corporate guidelines.

Key Relationships:

• HRBPs
• HRS and Rewards team
• Tax authorities
• External payroll vendor, accounting company and tax consultant
• Finance (Controlling, Financial Shared Service Center, Taxes)
• Legal
• Internal Controls
• Finance GBS and Local

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Very good association and experience with payroll solutions, ideally with SAP HR
• Experience in a Shared Service environment or similar
• Ability to read, write and communicate in English in a business setting
• Ability to pay close attention to detail and high degree of customer orientation
• Solid interpersonal skills combined with a high degree of customer orientation; can navigate easily within complex organizations, connect with a variety functions, audiences, management styles, or cultures.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Highly results driven and self-motivated team player with compassion, integrity, trust and perseverance.
• Curious and growth mindset; keen to learn and approach subjects outside of comfort zone, look beyond the obvious
• Ability to work under pressure and to prioritize and complete tasks in order of importance
• Good understanding of legal regulations in relation to Payroll

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree or commercial education
• At least 5 years of work experience in payroll accounting or finance
• English proficiency (b2 +)
• Strong MS-Office (MS-Excel, MS-Word, MS-PowerPoint) user-knowledge
• Experience with Business computing solutions, ideally with SAP-HR (PA, PY, OM
• Broad and deep theoretical understanding of job function

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide guidance for internal customers on GBS S2P processes and policies and resolve queries for internal customers and suppliers
• Facilitate efficient use of the Source To Pay system (Ariba Guided Buying)
• Review open items and support reconciliation between supplier accounts and the supplier statements, request missing documents and potential reimbursements
• Secure timely cross-checks on regular controls, as needed
• Perform quality checks on Purchase requests, Non-Trade related
• Ensure timely analysis of Debit balance accounts by working closely with suppliers and other finance teams. Ensure they are balanced by resolving the causes of non-payment, requesting missing and complementary information and executing proper follow ups

Key Relationships:

• Internal Controls
• Other GBS departments
• Local markets
• Management

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• Strong Finance Acumen

• Solid experience with SAP
• Experience in a Shared Service environment or similar
• Ability to read, write and communicate in English and Italian in a business setting
• Ability to pay close attention to detail, strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Solid interpersonal skills, navigate easily within complex organizations, connect with a variety functions, audiences, management styles, or cultures
• Highly results driven and self-motivated team player with compassion, integrity, trust and perseverance
• Curious and growth mindset; keen to learn and approach subjects outside of comfort zone, look beyond the obvious