Manager, Manufacturing

[PURPOSES]
- A 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 achievement of quality and production goals in supply partners' facilities while supporting other functions to reach adidas' goals in areas such as manufacturing efficiency targets, Social & Environmental Affairs (SEA).
[KEY RESPONSIBILITIES]
- Independently manage all production, quality, production availability, and manufacturing efficiency.
- Escalate critical issues and drive problem-solving discussions to solve or mitigate the potential impacts.
- Manage relationships with factory management in applying the right resources, processes, tools, strategies to achieve operation excellence.
- Roll-out 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 the defined scope through exception-management by evaluating and balancing risks and seeking support on complex issues.
- Validate and confirm T1 capacity offers and follow up on availability performance when constraints exist.
- Ensure all sourcing operations and practices fully comply with adidas' Responsible Sourcing & Purchasing Policy, adidas standards and legal requirements, while managing the relevant processes internally and externally.
- Role model leadership to foster a culture of Diversity Equity & Inclusion that strives for an inclusive workplace.
[KEY RELATIONSHIPS]
- Global Sourcing
- Sourcing suppliers
- Global Operations
- Other GOPS/Sourcing functional teams