Adidas HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR SOUTH EAST EUROPE 

China, Shanghai, Yangpu District 

269935500

What you'll do:

• Be a strategic partner to senior business leaders and key support to local Steerco around people, engagement and performance topics/decisions
• Lead the People Pillar priorities of SEE Game Plan and engage the full organization behind it
• Drive a culture that stimulates the #1 mindset, an inclusive work environment and strong employee engagement at every level throughout the organization
• Role model strong leadership behaviour and performance culture
• Drive complex organizational design, change and transformation programs
• Lead strategic workforce planning process
• Build robust succession plans for senior leadership positions
• Develop a local talent bench for the future and promote local talents within cluster or market talent development initiatives
• Manage consistent execution of core HR Processes in full compliance with adidas Group policies and local regulations
• Highlight local business and organization priorities to CoE to ensure needs and requirements are embedded in new initiatives, programs and systems
• Use data, analysis and dashboards to shape organizational initiatives
• Lead the local HR team by instilling a “one HR team” mindset across the HR disciplines locally

Skills you'll need:

• Leadership, people manager, coach and team player skills to operate with impact across large and diverse international teams
• Continuous improvement mindset with strategic agility to create vision and lead change
• Interpersonal skills, including communication, presentation and influence, in both internal and external environments, across all levels
• Stakeholder management
• Organizational and planning skills, including the ability to proactively plan and manage operational intervention simultaneously
• Innovative thinking and ability to drive HR solutions in creative ways
• Ability to raise standards, effectively challenging with a view to finding best solutions to problems and delivering high quality outcomes.
• Core HR capabilities: employee relations, change management, organization design, strategic workforce planning, talent management
• Business acumen and commercial interest

Main requirements:

• Minimum of 8-10 years of progressive experience in a multinational company ideally with experience in HR Management, Rewards, Talent or business function
• Experience in handling complex employee relations environments and diverse geographies
• Experience in leading an HR team
• International experience and mindset
• Fluency in English

Life at adidas

• Competitive compensation
• Annual bonus
• Private life and health insurance
• Hybrid working model
• Monthly meal tickets
• Fuel allowance
• Employee discount on adidas products
• Laptop & mobile
• Access to Learning Platform for self-learning and development
• Employee Assistance Program (personal counselling on variety of subjects)