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Purpose:

We never release a product until we are confident it meets the highest standards. In Testing & Quality, we examine every shirt, shoe and piece of equipment with the same dedication as if it were unique. And in many ways, it is because our passion for precision and reliability goes into every detail. Turning concepts, sketches and prototypes into products athletes and consumers can trust requires countless decisions, and our team ensures that every one of them supports performance, safety and quality.

As Assistant Manager Laboratory Standards you are a key contributor in the laboratory testing process by ensuring industry leading laboratory testing standards, processes and systems are implemented and maintained on a global level supporting an end-to-end quality approach for all product types from creation to production.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support in collaboration with Quality functions and Sourcing teams, the lab testing standards setting covering material/component and product lab testing globally for defined division.
• Support in collaboration with Lab & Compliance Excellence and relevant stakeholders the evolvement of physical and functional standards/methods and ensure testing requirements are in line with future business and consumer requirements.
• Execute standardized physical material, component and finished good tests within the agreed timelines and according to the latest testing standards.
• Ensure that adidas lab testing standards are covering local regulations and products are compliant globally.
• Collaborate with Quality functions and Sourcing to harmonize processes and standards cross divisionally. 
• Collect and analyze data as basis for standard/test method creation and updates and for decision making.
• Support to create and implement test methods for tech function/marketing claim validation.
• Collaborate with Laboratory Excellence team on research and assessment of equipment as well as the creation and evaluation of new or existing test standards.
• Maintain testing framework and implement into testing IT infrastructure.
• Act as key contact for special lab testing and quality related stakeholder questions.
• Support upskilling our global stakeholders internally in regards to test standards and test methods.

Key Relationships:

• Testing & Quality functions
• Sourcing
• Creation Center’s
• Material teams
• Innovation
• External partners (T1, T2, T3, labs, 3rd party testing labs, etc.)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of material / product testing (FTW/APP/A&G)
• Strong interpersonal and communication (both written and verbal) skills
• Advanced Computer literacy (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Python is a plus)
• Good understanding of statistics and data analytics
• Fluent in English

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• 4-year College/University degree in Engineering or relevant field 
• Alternatively, work experience in a lab environment (min. 3 years), and additional training
• First practical experience such as internship or working student in research center or associated field preferred (e.g. laboratory or manufacturing)