Manager, Manufacturing Footwear (OA1)

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 Footwear (OA1)

Brand: 
Location:  Ho Chi Minh City
TEAM:  Supply Chain & Sourcing
State:  65
Country/Region:  VN
Contract Type:  Full time
Number:  546994
Date:  Jul 7, 2026