Adidas MANAGER INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT FOOTWEAR 

Australia, Victoria, Melbourne 

649888677

PURPOSE

• Develop market leading concepts, components, products and processes, as a part of a team who improve brand competitiveness through product and technology leadership and enable adidas to deliver added value to consumers and athletes.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain broad perspective as part of a cross-functional team (creative, legal, strategy, retail, communications, marketing, engineering) to deliver high-performing footwear concepts
• Manage internal and external projects that drive innovation toward consumer and sport-specific innovations
• Coordinate internal and external efforts supporting innovative ideas from concept, prototyping, testing and refinement through transition to internal teams for commercialization
• Run innovative projects, set project objectives, define project phases, and use project resources economically to deliver practical results
• Conduct external and internal projects revolving around enhancements in production
• Manage collaborations with manufacturing partners to help automation projects in new locations
• Collaborate with internal analytics teams to evaluate the public response to technical products and innovations

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Educate and train colleagues by sharing knowledge on an on-going basis
• Prepare concept and results-based reports and presentations, communicating to technical and non-technical audiences
• Stay connected to relevant current and upcoming research, technologies, methods, and industry trends. Build an effective information network
• Identify and partner with industry-leading organizations to extend the capability of the team
• Consider legal implications of innovative concepts, working with the legal team to protect product, technology, innovation, process, and design

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Curiosity for science and engineering along with a passion for making insights in the field of sport
• Fluent English (required), German (advantageous)
• Footwear development experience advantageous
• Communicate and negotiate effectively
• Cooperate well, develop and maintain relationships
• Work independently as well as part of a team
• Plan working time efficiently, balancing short term tasks with long term goals
• Strong analytical skills, solution driven and result oriented
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally

QUALIFICATIONS

• University degree in a relevant field
• 3 years of working experiences