Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Manage the global transportation day-to-day operational activities and processes. Maintain and improve service levels to deliver a high level of efficiency, responsiveness, and flexibility in the logistics end-to-end operations. Understand the transportation requirements of the adidas Group’s stakeholders and translate those into service deliverables and system/data requirements for our Logistics Service Providers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define the scope of end-to-end testing and prepare testing scripts as per project requirements.
• Prepare training material and conduct training with internal and external key stakeholders, including logistics service providers, Logistics team, and market inbound team, for project implementation.
• Manage implementation with key internal and external stakeholders and rectify all non-compliances or mistakes.
• Identify potential lessons learned and risks during testing and implementation and propose/execute mitigation plans.

Key Relationships:

• Regions, Markets, Sales Subsidiaries globally
• Global Logistics, Supply Chain Management & Sourcing
• Finance, Controlling, Performance Management, Global IT
• Global Logistics Service Provider & Carrier Portfolio

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to solve practical and theoretical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Team player, high degree of self-management, enthusiasm, drive to perform. Self-starter, ability to work and build cooperation in a multinational team/matrix organization, very strong in negotiation and finding compromise.
• Strong record of successfully applying problem-solving and project management skills, including good planning and organization.
• Understanding of the bigger picture and end-to-end supply chain.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and in writing, to interact effectively and efficiently at different layers of the organization.
• Ability to work and deliver in changing environments, under very limited guidance while adhering to specified deadlines.
• Extensive knowledge of the Ocean, Air, and Land transport markets.

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Excellent language proficiency; multi-lingual abilities in other languages preferred.
• A 4-year degree from an accredited college or university with emphasis on the areas of business, economics, logistics, planning, supply chain, information systems, or operations; MBA a plus.
• 5 years work experience, ideally in an apparel/fashion supply chain management or a fast-moving logistics environment, particularly related to supplier/contract, project, and supply chain management including overall logistics responsibility.
• Experience in multi-national transportation logistics and project management with the drive and energy to implement change.