Adidas TRANSITION/PROJECT MANAGER 

Netherlands, North Holland, Amsterdam 

57854900

: HR Finance & GBS

Direct Reporting Line: Transition Director

Indirect/Second Reporting Line: no

: GBS LAM

Location:Bogotá, Colombia

Number of Personnel Managed: 0

As our success journey continues, adidas Bogota keeps learning, keeps moving and keeps growing. We are creators in our fields, thinking strategically about how digital tools can make reporting more transparent and targets more controllable. If you see yourself as a coach, playmaker, planner and problem solver, we invite you to be a part of our team.

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organisation:

The Transition/Project Manager will coordinate the transition of services currently provided across either Finance, Non-Trade Procurement or Human Resources, from where they are currently delivered in functions or markets, to one of the GBS Operations Centers in Dalian, Porto and Bogota.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the transition of services from functions or markets to GBS.
• Provide team members with clear direction and targets that are aligned with business needs.
• Manage and coordinate sending and receiving transition teams during transition period.
• Escalation and issue management of project activity.
• Drive the exception decision process to prompt closure.
• Develop and ensure effective use of established tools and methodologies.
• Lead additional projects for further process improvements in the global process area or operation to support the establishment of shared services specific tools.
• Lead by example a cross-functional collaboration, create a motivating working atmosphere and actively drive the change management to ensure aligned, consistent communication, a respectful and friendly working relationship in challenging times.
• Manage, co-ordinate and enable project stakeholder throughout the project life cycle, in-order to successfully deliver and embed the project within the organization.
• Support, document and drive projects for the Functional areas and BPO
• Ensure the preparation of all documentation required for projects, and respective
• reporting
• Interpersonal skills to liaise with GBS stakeholders (leadership, operations)

Identify solutions on escalations and propose these to project sponsor and support their resolution in a timely and appropriate manner.
Key Relationships:

• Management team in market or function e.g. FD (sending).
• Operations management team in GBS center (including receiving transition resource).
• Relevant Process Excellence team.
• GBS Change Management team.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Pro- active (engaging & impact-oriented) mindset, ability to think end-to-end.
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment with different international cultures.
• Business mindset: Very good numerical and analytical skills, experience in finance.
• Good experience to manage projects on a global level.
• Good communication (both written and verbal) and facilitation skills (small and large groups) especially when interacting with different levels of business.
• Ability to travel, domestic or international, as required.
• Fluent English (verbal and written).
• Strong planning and organization skills, and ability to work and deliver in changing environments, under limited guidance while adhering to specified deadlines.
• Excellent communication, people management and change management skills in order to negotiate with internal and/or external parties with divergent interests.
• Cultural awareness and working in international environment.
• Proven ability to lead beyond own area of direct responsibility to achieve results within wider organization.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to information requests from senior executives, stakeholders, cross functional business leaders, peers and customers.
• High degree of self-management, enthusiasm, drive to perform.

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Four-year college or university degree with focus on Business Administration, or related areas, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of progressive work experience in mid to large scale project or program management.
• Minimum 2 years of progressive work experience as Transition/Project Manager in a GBS environment and with global/regional exposure.
• Ideally PMI certified.