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Adidas DEVELOPER APPAREL 
China, Shanghai, Yangpu District 
437348266

12.08.2024

Key Responsibilities:

  • Work with the cross functional team to understand the consumer and focus activity and translate findings into performance apparel development, construction and testing requirements.
  • Work as part of a cross-functional team to agree and manage the creation process agreeing alignment sessions and handovers in line with seasonal calendar.
  • Engineer workable prototypes which address desired function, cosmetics, market appeal and manufacturability and meet adidas quality standards.
  • Collaborate and interact directly with dedicated development teams at our Tier 1 partners under the guidance of your manager to ensure that all critical deliverables for key development milestones are met, specifically OTIF provision of high quality development prototypes.
  • Ensure that new projects are engineered to cost targets.
  • Communicate all necessary information/coordinate all tasks that support on time Color Way Activation for all assigned projects.
  • Support the inception of lower complex designs, components, processes, materials and concepts into a manufacturable and marketable finished product.
  • Ensure that all materials, processes and development samples are fully tested to ensure adherence to adidas quality standards.
  • With guidance from your line manager and peers, you monitor and guide the creation of Bill of Material information at Tier 1 according to established guidelines and calendar milestones.
  • Own full accountability for the accuracy of Bill of material information at key development milestones.
  • With guidance from your line manager and peers, you assume basic costing responsibilities as laid out in the project manager job description, in particular for pre-dictive costing and pre-costing, you participate in costing meetings driven by your line manager or peers, you contribute to the creation of seasonal costing recaps for projects assigned to you.
  • Establish and maintain a strong working relationship with key partners as listed below, managing designated projects to ensure an on time color way activation performance.
Key relationships:
  • Marketing
  • Design
  • Advanced Creation
  • Tier 1 supply partners
  • Materials Development
  • Product Creation Technology
  • Sourcing
  • Fit and Wear Test Department
  • Quality Assurance
  • Costing
  • Supply Chain management

Knowledge, skills and abilities:

  • Ability to understand 2D images in 3D.
  • Ability to create, plan and deliver presentations.
  • Fluent English; German an advantage.
  • MS office skills.

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

  • Four-year college or university degree.
  • Exposure to the latest in materials, components, processes, and concepts.
  • 1 year related work experience in the athletic industry preferred, specializing in product development, design and / or marketing.