Manager, Manufacturing - Apparels
Purpose
- 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.
- Rollout 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 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
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Strong understanding of production and continuous improvement (CI) processes/methods
- Ability to provide effective input into projects
- “Quality-first” mindset, strong analytical reasoning, and problem-solving skills to help others find/solve “root cause issues”
- Strong influencing, people, presentation and communication skills
- Fluent in English (written and spoken)
- Strong Microsoft office skills
Requisite Education and Experience
- University degree in engineering or related areas.
- Minimum 5+ years of relevant experience
At adidas, we strongly believe that embedding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into our culture and talent processes gives our employees a sense of belonging and our brand a real competitive advantage.
– Culture Starts With People, It Starts With You –
By recruiting talent and developing our people to reflect the rich diversity of our consumers and communities, we foster a culture of inclusion that engages our employees and authentically connects our brand with our consumers.
Job Title: Manager, Manufacturing - Apparels
Brand:
Location:
Ho Chi Minh City
TEAM:
Supply Chain & Sourcing
State:
65
Country/Region:
VN
Contract Type:
Full time
Number:
546650
Date:
Jul 2, 2026