Adidas DIRECTOR QUALITY 

Portugal, Porto 

837438537

Key Responsibilities:
• Work cross-divisionally and cross-functionally with respective counterparts to drive and implement one aligned adidas quality direction.
• Lead and manage all quality related themes in development, commercialization, and production.
• Ensure quality performance targets are achieved and objectives accomplished.
• Manage a lean and effective quality organization. Ensure adequate guidance, training and development is in place to meet the needs of the organization.
• Build and maintain strong relationship with internal and external stakeholders and business partners.
• Role model leadership to foster a culture of Diversity Equity & Inclusion that strives for an inclusive workplace.
• Develop and coach team to ensure the best standards of performance, appropriate skillsets and strong succession plans are in place.
• Lead Product Integrity related activities. Single point of contact to product teams (creation and manufacturing) and cross-functional counterparts on product integrity inquiries.
• Own product risk assessment and decisions on exceptional management (FD/LR, EVS), address and follow through specific quality assurance measures on product level.
• Consistent execution of brand, sourcing and customer priority products with elevated service level provided.
• Secure the right testing execution and validation on laboratory and perception testing as per product intended use, performed at Tier 1 (T1), Tier 2 (T2) or 3rd parties.
• Manage test level allocation for products created under Asia Operating Model
• Monitor product integrity, including A-01, CMA risky articles, buy-ready compliance, flag any potential risk on and escalate non-compliance.

Track warehouse claims and defective returns to coordinate analysis in collaboration with LO Operational Management and Claim Management Team. Ensure that root cause is identified, corrective action plans are established and executed.
• In collaboration with Director Quality Testing & Compliance, ensure flawless knowledge transfer with implementation of testing related knowledge on new or critical technologies (QA-Plans, functional testing, etc.)
• Lead Process Implementation on adidas Quality systems, programs & processes.
• Upskill LO and supplier teams on Quality documentation and manage implementation of related quality policies, manuals, and standards.
• Manage and conduct factory audits, within the region/country/assigned operations area(s) through consistent application of available evaluation tools. Ensure factory audits are conducted on production and testing processes; quality management systems to verify the performance level.
• Onboarding of new suppliers to enable supplier teams to manage daily quality activities independently according to adidas quality standards.
• Certification of T1 AQL inspectors, in collaboration with T1 Quality and LO Manufacturing teams.
• Implementation of 3rd party inspection programs at T1.
• Support quality related projects, trials, and initiatives at T1 and T2 suppliers.

• Global Sourcing
• Global Operations: Product Operations
• Sourcing suppliers

• Have a wide experience of quality management concepts in manufacturing of consumer goods.
• Strong conceptual thinking
• Strong influencing and communication skills
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)
• Strong Microsoft office Skills
• Strong leadership skills and ability to lead multidimensional teams

• University degree in engineering/materials or related areas
• Minimum 10+ years of experience of which ideally 5 years were in quality concepts and managerial positions.