Purpose:  

A key player in Global Sourcing in driving Sourcing’s vision to be the Most Agile, Most Competitive, Most Digitalized & Cleanest Supply Base in the industry. Facilitate the seasonal costing process to achieve sustainable and competitive cost for sourcing adidas products. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Collect and interpret economic trends and government policy change information that impact Labour & Overhead framework. Guide Global Sourcing offices and supplier teams to optimize landed costs and ensure cross-divisional alignment.
• Prepare and own seasonal supplier negotiations for Global source base (analyze macroeconomic developments, supplier specific cost drivers and efficiency plans).
• Manage seasonal routine of a systematic product costing regime and provide key input and assist Costing teams for negotiation purposes.
• Provide costing leadership with insights on cost driver developments and supplier competitiveness using systematic costing and benchmarking methods, to enable fact-based decision making on future Sourcing Allocation.
• Maintain and update Costing related information in relevant data bases and development systems on a seasonal basis, communicate to internal and external stakeholders.
• Prepare seasonal and ad hoc reports to the Costing and Negotiation manager with key insights into cost driver developments.
• Proactively upskill on industry and costing relevant knowledge, embrace information-sharing to leverage learnings.
• Work closely with other functional areas within Liaison Offices (LOs) and in Head Offices (HQ), ensuring all departments and functional areas work together to achieve adidas' overall objectives.

• Participate in discussions with Product Operations (POPs) and Sourcing counterparts to continuously identify opportunities and synergies to standardize cross-Divisional analytics and develop new capabilities; and customize where necessary.
• Role model leadership to foster a culture of Diversity Equity & Inclusion that strives for an inclusive workplace.

Key Relationships: 

• Global Sourcing: Sourcing Operations, Costing, Materials, Allocation & Planning, Manufacturing Excellence
• Global Operations: Business Unit Costing Operations, Global Strategy & Programs, TECH

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Strong knowledge of Sourcing industry, specializing in product costing, product development or production
• Strong analytical skills, problem-solving, solution and customer-oriented
• Strong project and change management skills
• Strong presentation, negotiation, influencing, people and communication skills
• Ability to think critically and provide different perspectives
• Ability to work independently and drive results
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)
• Strong Microsoft office skills

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications: 

• University degree