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

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Location:  Ho Chi Minh City
TEAM:  Supply Chain & Sourcing
State:  65
Country/Region:  VN
Contract Type:  Full time
Number:  546650
Date:  Jul 2, 2026