Adidas MANAGER PRODUCT CREATION OA1 SPORTSWEAR APPAREL 

Netherlands, North Holland, Amsterdam 

645026147

• 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. Support the Creation team to create and execute against the designated areas of responsibility.
• Manage the development process aspects related to product creation. This role requires strong management, alignment and collaboration with the Product Team in Asia, to fulfill product requirements.
• Drive for development, product integrity, manufacturability, and Speed for the category.

KEYRESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage the development process of assigned products in collaboration with Tier1 factory personnel and technical teams.
• Ensure all product milestones are achieved in a fast-paced creationprocess.
• Seek continual improvement in processes with a goal to drive leading product process with speed and efficiency.
• Provide specific technical expertise to ensure effective transition of design into samples and production while ensuring the manufacturability, material selection, material standards, development timeline and cost to target are met.
• Manage in a continuous upgrade of technical applications and processes and implementation ofnewtechnologyindevelopmentandengineering.
• Supervise the direct development process between Headquarter /Creation Center and Tier 1 factory ensuring that Create to Value approach and product integrity is at the paramount priority and focus.
• Influence HQ (Design, Marketing, Brand Operations, Quality) and external parties (factory Development & Production) and drive change using principle centered vspolicydrivenwithadidasstandardsasthecenteroffocusinmanaging/solvingconflicts.
• Make day to day decisions within defined scope. Escalate to higher level(s) when facing the complex issues or seeing the potential impacts on business / manufacturing.
• Executedefineddirectives.
• Maintain all related productsystems
• Ensure all sourcing operations and practices fully comply with adidas’ Responsible Sourcing &PurchasingPolicy,adidasstandardsandlegalrequirements,whilemanagingtherelevantprocesses internally and externally.
• Role model leadership to foster a culture of Diversity Equity & Inclusion that strives for an inclusive workplace.

KEYRELATIONSHIPS

• Internal stakeholders: Manufacturing, Costing, Material, Planning, Product Quality, Product Testing & Compliance, E&MI, Brand Marketing & Design
• External stakeholders: Sourcing Suppliers (Tier1 factory development, sample room supervisors; Tier2 / Tier3 suppliers)

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS ANDABILITIES

• Have knowledge and expertise in product engineering, development timelines.
• Able to identify problems and provide solutions to developmentissues.
• Good knowledge of manufacturing process, product testing process / evaluation, materialtypes.
• Good understanding of costing principles and process; ability to decipher cost breakdown related to products.
• Creativemindset
• Strong influencing, presentation and communicationskills
• Fluent in English (written andspoken)
• Strong Microsoft officeskills