Adidas SALES ASSISTANT M/F/D BEFRISTET / 39H 

United States, South Carolina, Spartanburg 

68362819

• Key player in Sourcing in driving Sourcing’s vision to be the Most Agile, Most Competitive, Most Digitalized & Cleanest Supply Base in the industry.

• Drive day-to-day together with functional counterparts on Planning, Development, Production Management, Engineering & Manufacturing Innovation, Costing, SEA, Materials (End-To-End) for specific country or assignment.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Independently manage all production, quality, production availability and manufacturing efficiency and escalate critical issues and drive discussion to mitigate impact and achieve resolution.

• Manage relationship with factory management in applying the right resources, processes, tools, strategy to achieve operation excellence.

• Rollout and implement adidas best practices and directions to the responsible factories.

• Influence factory production/ quality middle management and drive change to achieve production objectives.

• Make day to day decisions within defined scope through exceptional management by balancing risks, and with support on complex issues.

• Validate and confirm T1 capacity offer and follow up on availability performance when there is a constrain.

• Support sampling process for product development as prescribed by current process (i.e., Proto Sample to Size Set Sample).

• Collaborate with Tier1s on quality of virtual & physical sample meets adidas standards and reflect design intent.

• Carry out Direct Development audits at key milestones together with Development Manager.

• Collaborate on identifying Create to Value (CTV) opportunities.

• Drive feedback loop from production to development - sharing improvement areas/best practices/risks to improve future development.

• Provide input on development to production digitalized handover package to ensure complete and smooth transition to bulk production.

• Role model leadership to foster a culture of Diversity Equity & Inclusion that strives for an inclusive workplace.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS:

• Global Sourcing

• Headquarter (HQ) laboratory – factory laboratories.

• Product Operations

• Other Global Functions Teams: Social and Environmental Affairs / Government Affairs

• External stakeholders: Sourcing Suppliers Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Independently ability to identify issues, analyse facts and make correct decisions regarding complex production issues without undermining any required standards.

• Strong presentation, negotiation, influencing, interpersonal and communication skills.

• Strong leadership skills and ability to work in multidimensional teams.

• Fluent in English (written and spoken)

• Strong MS Office Skills

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree in product creation or related areas

• Minimum 5+ years of work experience in similar positions.