Adidas DIRECTOR SC INTELLIGENCE M/F/D 

South Africa, Gauteng, Johannesburg 

908000962

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead team of experienced high-performing analysts to produce standardized supply chain reports, leveraging SQL and data tools to address key business questions and generate actionable insights
• Build, coach, lead and inspire your team, fostering a collaborative, safe, and innovative environment that promotes continuous learning and drives excellence in analytics and reporting.
• Set strategic direction for leveraging data analytics and intelligence to enhance supply chain performance and operational efficiency
• Define, govern and evolve supply chain KPIs with KPI owners, develop performance metrics and safeguard metric integrity and operational changes
• Ensure data quality across all reporting products, proactively identifying and resolving data issues keep stakeholders informed through clear and timely communication
• Own the stability, reliability, and performance of key reporting products and tools, ensuring they meet business needs and scale with growth.
• Partner closely with functional and market stakeholders to understand business needs, create scalable Power BI data visualizations
• Establish and continually evolve the performance management cadence and standard reporting package tohigh-quality data collection, analysis, and insight generation
• Drive the process of deriving actionable insights, pinpointing root causes, and identifying opportunities for optimizing supply chain performance with clear data-driven trade-offs.
• Apply advanced analytics tools and methodologies to identify trends, patterns, and potential areas for improvement.
• Collaborate with cross-functional global and markets teams to drive continuous improvement and embed harmonized reporting and business intelligence into decision making

Key Relationships:

Stakeholders can relate to the following core functions:

• SCM Global Product Supply, SCM Global Logistics, SCM Globa Customs
• SCM Global / Market Functions and Global Tech
• SCM - Strategy & Digital Solutions (e.g., Strategy & Transformation, Bus. Enablement (Head-Office, Learning & Development), Innovation, E2E Product Ownership)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Leadership:Experienced people manager. Builds freedom in a framework, able to trust & empower team members, takes decisions, has teams back.
• Personal & Team Resilience:Celebrates successes, builds a culture where failure is an opportunity to learn, helps team members bounce back in face of difficulty.
• Analytical Skills:Strong analytical, diagnostic, and creative problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate data into actionable insights. Detail-oriented but lives for efficiency.
• Communication:At ease to spend a lot of time on communication with an ability to synthesize key results from data sets and present to technical and non-technical audiences, fluency in English.
• Collaborative style:Ability to work collaboratively in a team and create an inclusive environment with people at all levels and build relationships with cross-functional collaborators and executives.
• Cultural Sensitivity:Capability to navigate and work effectively across diverse cultures within a multinational context.
• Done is better than perfect:Someone who likes to talk enough about what needs to happen but is itching to get the job done. Navigates ambiguity turning complicatedsituations into doable tasks.
• End-to-end mindset: Big picture view of problems on hand with ability to embrace innovation, challenge the status quo and drive change while anticipating and forecasting various scenarios.
• Supply Chain Expertise:In-depth knowledge of supply chain operations, processes and KPIs. With understanding of industry best practices and trends in supply chain management.
• Data Analytics and Modeling:proficiency in data analysis tools, statistical methods, and predictive modeling. Experience with data visualization tools to communicate complex insights effectively.

Requisite Education and Qualifications:

• Minimum 10+ years of relevant work experience in multinational environment, within which have 3 years of team management experience.
• Proven experience in a leadership role focused on business intelligence, with strong understanding of business intelligence concepts, tools, and methodologies.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to convey complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, Analytics, Supply Chain, or a related field. Master’s preferred.
• Good understanding of supply chain principles and operating practices, logistics terminology, basic finance, and management of cross functional interdependencies