Adidas SENIOR DIRECTOR GLOBAL NON 

Australia, Victoria, Melbourne 

870480867

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organisation:

· Responsibility for implementing, leading, best practice methods, processes and policies

· Managerial responsibility for your respective Non-Trade Procurement area

· Meeting compliance targets with company policies, strategies and processes

· Delivering towards the committed annual Non-Trade Procurement ambitions

· Driving innovative approaches and continuous improvement practices

Key Responsibilities:

· Be the representative/Single Point of Contact (e.g. escalations) of your managerial area in context of all Non-Trade Procurement related topics

· Be accountable for all NTP service delivered for selected business stakeholders

· Oversees demand intake and ensures proper workload distribution within the team

· Understand and manage business needs and address solutions incl. latest trends from the supplier markets

· Directs and coordinates business expectations in line with Category strategies and policies

· Take full responsibility to drive project pipelines to achieve negotiation success ambitions

· Lead, execute and/or oversees sourcing projects

· Develop, align and implement sourcing strategies in the framework of a sourcing project (e.g. (e-)RfX, Single Source, risk assessment, supplier base assessment, internal and external analysis) in alignment with the Category Strategy

· Engage with respective stakeholders and suppliers in context of the sourcing project

· Oversees contract implementation (local/global) and contract compliance

· Be in charge of, coordination and/or negotiation of large sized contracts up to final authorization

Category Management (if applicable)

· Drive and lead the development of global strategies to address business needs incl. risk and supplier base assessment

· Market Trends: Perform a comprehensive market research to understand the current and potential future market trends and new innovations related to service scope of the category

· Internal Requirements: Follow-up with Business Stakeholder Managers on a global level to obtain current and future needs of their stakeholders to consider in their category strategy development

· Drives category council meetings on a regular basis including upskilling of Sourcing Managers

· Ensures updates and maintenance of all category relevant information (e.g. Supplier Rostering) in the Non-Trade Procurement Database

· Benchmark category practices to identify initiatives for improvement and drive innovative approaches

· Define P2P and buying channel strategies, identify and consider automation potential

· Act as an advisor/escalation point for category related issues towards Sourcing colleagues and drive resolution in line with global Procurement policies

· Takes full responsibility of consolidation and communication of category achievements (financial or other))

People Management

· Responsible for salary reviews, recruitment, selection, performance assessment, on-boarding and transitioning of resources

· Drive the effective implementation of resource planning

· Ensures compliance 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

· Provides team members/direct reports with clear direction and targets that are aligned with business needs and the Non-Trade Procurement objectives

· Act as Point of contact for assigned key supplier(s)

· Lead supplier development activities based on supplier partner management strategy

· Drive cross-functional review meetings with key suppliers in order to improve performance and further cost reductions

· Develop and nurture relationship with supplier to explore further capabilities and drive future innovation

· Communicate any updates from key suppliers towards the Procurement organization

· Monitor the performance of the key suppliers, including key performance optimization such as

• fulfillment towards their contractual agreement

• benchmarking according to industry standards

• managing risks

· Identify potential contract improvement opportunities

· Establish regular Business Review meetings together with the key supplier

· Act as Advisor for Stakeholder/Category Manager related to key strategic suppliers

· External: Suppliers: Executives, Key Account Managers & Legal Counsel

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

· Expert in strategic sourcing and procurement methodologies and execution processes as well as supplier management

· Extremely good knowledge of Procurement strategy development and conveyance

· Advanced knowledge of Procurement tools and data, content and automation

· Strong ability to analyze specifications and influence demand

· Expert in risk and compliance management

· Extensive capability to independently interact throughout the adidas organization

· International project and process management knowledge and experience

· Excellent analytical, presentation, communication, interpersonal and influencing skills

· Action oriented and solution minded team player with high degree of self-management

· Proficiency in MS Office

· Fluent in English, to a business standard, spoken and written, additional language skills are advantageous

· Travel of up to 30%

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

· A degree from an accredited college or university (Bsc./Msc.) with emphasis on the areas of business, economics, finance, procurement or legal, or comparable professional education

· At least 15 years working experience in similar or adequate roles (Marketing/Marketing Procurement), preferable with international project and people management elements

· Proven expertise/extensive experience in leveraging AI technologies in the area of Marketing production. Strong understanding of integrating AI solutions to enhance and streamline processes. Ability to innovate AI-driven strategies.

· Experience in a global / matrix structure, working with shared service centers is desired

· Minimum of 5 years of experience in leading international team