Adidas SENIOR MANAGER FP & 

Pakistan, Punjab, Lahore 

764675359

Key Responsibilities:

• Business partnering with senior leaders in Sourcing
• Support execution of Sourcing strategy to improve end-to-end group performance, cost, and service levels.
• Support on FTE management across organization by business partnering with HR.
• Implement and drive workforce analytics for operational as well as strategic business and workforce planning.
• Manage cost centers and support cost center owners in all financial tasks, e.g., investment and recruitment requests.
• Control spending of respective function and cost center owners.

• Financial Planning & Analysis
• Drive the budgeting, forecasting and reporting process for Sourcing and Product Operation overheads (PEX & non-PEX).
• Explain deviations and identifying saving potentials.
• Own the month end closing process with ensuring correct bookings
• Develop and implement controlling-related state of the art reporting and analytic tools.
• Manage Global Business Service (GBS) on supporting on operational tasks.

• Lead or support on cross functional projectsto drive work efficiency and value-adding services to the business.
• Support business case development and costs savings initiatives by challenging, identifying and quantifying improvement potential.
• Join or lead financial analysis in other pillar of sourcing finance team such as product costs or trade finance related topics.

Key Relationships:

• Senior leadership in Sourcing & Product Operations in multiple countries.
• Head office finance teams in headquarters and local accountant in each sourcing origin.
• HR Function
• Supporting Function (IT, GBS)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent analytical skills, managing large data quantities from multiple sources
• Ability to maneuver and work in a consistently changing and cross-functional environment within different management levels of a global organization
• Result oriented and pro-active with a high degree of customer orientation
• Very good business partnering skills e.g. communication and presentation skills
• Experience in using business intelligence and analytic software. E.g. Power BI, Tableau, Qlik
• Knowledge of building modeling and reporting through coding (Python, R, SQL, DAX etc.) and , Power BI
• Excellent MS Office skills (especially Excel and PowerPoint)
• Fluent in business English (written and spoken)
• People management experience is an advantage

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree in Business Administration/ Finance/ Accounting or equivalent background in related fields.
• 5+ years of experience in multinational companies with roles involving either strong financial business partnering, FP&A or analytical requirements
• Knowledge of fast-moving consumer goods, fashion industry and/or retail is an advantage