Adidas SENIOR MANAGER SUPPLY CHAIN 

United Kingdom, England 

180403313

Purpose/ Mission:

• Drive Long and Short term strategic planning for country SCM team in supporting the local business growth
• Directing and controlling all aspect of SCM covering DC operations ,OB Transportation, IB transportation function by closely working with 3PLs, Transporters and Freight forwarders and Customers brokers
• Oversee the availability of goods in both inbound and outbound process to meet the business timeline in the most process efficient and cost effective manner across channels
• Collaborate with 3PL on continuos improvements projects, efficicency improvements, SOP standardization
• Deliver monthly net sales target and outbound volumes as per commercial team’s alignment.
• Deliver SCM costs as per budget
• Deliver SCM opertional KPIs such as service, inventory, DC operational KPIs
• Drive/Work/Collaborate global SCM process and system initiatives from country perspective

SCM related:

• Develop and implement short & long term SCM strategy. Lead operations processes including budgetting and forecasting activity. Deliver enhanced services with process and cost efficiency.
• Plan and improve inbound & outbound product flow to meet business requirements
• Improve overall inventory management (inventory profile, visibility and tracking of inventory availability at different points in the pipeline)
• Work on yearly supply chain cost budget by taking into DC costs, Transportation costs, Customs clearance costs, by considering of inflation, 3PL rate card, Fuel assumptions etc
• Work with commercial teams, demand planning and products supply teams on short term/med/long term forecasting and provide the necessary information to 3PL on periodic basis to plan operations accordingly
• Act as bridge between commercial teams and 3PL teams to effectively translate commercial requirements and priorities into operational execution and priorities
• Act as single point of contact for respective country intercompany transfers representing SCM and align sending country, commercial teams on timelines, billing commitments dates
• Deliver monthly and yearly SCM costs inline with budget
• Delivery SCM operational KPIs such as service levels to all channels, inventory integrity, IB KPIs, DC KPIs
• Work and drive with hub/regional/global team on SCM key initiatives, projects and system implementations, long term capacity planning
• Plans, develops, and implements new methods and procedures designed to remedy customer needs while improving compliance, minimizing operating cost, and effecting greater customer satisfaction.
• Manage all contracts related to outbound transportation ( B2B and LMD), customs brokerage, local PM supplies and work with internal and external stake holders to bring in innovation
• Drive sustainability initiatives s in SCM in line with hub/regional/global goals.

3PL /Transportation management related:

• Conduct daily/Weekly/Monthly meetings with 3PL teams
• Work and collaborate with 3PL to deliver all SCM operational KPIs acting as a bridge between internal stake holders and 3PL teams
• Ensure monthly correctness of 3PL related payment invoices, and timely payments, timely payment issue resolutions
• Collaborate with 3PLs in streamlining and standardizing processes and systems
• Coordinate and drive 3PLs on various VAS activities in DC ( Relabeling during inter company, pricing labels, if any, ORT related VAS in future, eCOM membership related VAS)

Professional background/ Experience:

• Minimum 10 years of relevant working experience
• At least 5 years of leading big teams
• Exposure in multinational companies, cross functional and multi-cultural environment