Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

As a Project Manager in adidas  your task is manage programs to deliver large-scale integration and enhancement projects end to end. The project scope is on a regional level across countries and functions.  Your objective is to conduct the projects within the boundaries of time, cost & quality while focusing on consumers’ and business expectations and requirements. Planning, executing and tracking projects in cooperation with the respective functions and project team members are a few examples of what is expected from this role. Additionally, you will be focusing on resource management, communication management and coordination activities, acting as the central interface to project stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver best in class Project Management (Kick off, op rhythm, project plans, escalation processes, etc) to deliver Integration and Enhancement Projects for Partner Program on time and in full
• Drive crossfunctional alignments and resource request to have the correct regional/local resourcing to implement projects
• Input marketplace realities, trends and account insights to Global Partner Program business development teams to fine tune and evolve the global pp integration framework
• Drive continuous innovation to fully automatize PP operations following  business and consumer experiences needs across partners.

Key Relationships:

• Global IT department
• Global DPC & DSS
• Regional Tech
• SCM and Warehouse Teams
• Logistics and Transport Team
• Market place Operations
• External vendors
• Platform Trading
• DPC Leads
• WHS Key Accounts
• eCom Ops Team

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong Project Management Skills
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Advanced understanding of IT
• Leadership skills are required
• Solutions-oriented approach
• Strong MS office skills, with an emphasis on Excel
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and in writing, to interact effectively and efficiently across departments with various levels of management
• Fluent in English and Spanish (written and spoken), other languages are a plus (Portuguese)
• Ability to be detail oriented and manage multiple priorities under tight timelines
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing business processes and business partners
• Aptitude for learning new software applications
• Preferably with knowledge of SAP, WMS and middleware providers

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• 5-8 years of experience in eCommerce, Supply chain management, project management knowledge and experience.
• Strong experience managing the entire product lifecycle
• Good communication skills along with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross functional teams.