Purpose

A key player in Product Development & Sourcing (PD&S) in driving PD&S’s vision to be the Most Agile, Most Competitive, Most Innovative & Most Sustainable PD&S in the industry. Enabling the sustainable supply chain to produce sustainable product through comprehensive sustainability management. 

Develop the strategic direction and execue the strategic initiative within supply chain. Collaborate and operate within a dynamic work environment that demands agility and flexibility.

Job scope

• Play a pivotal role in developing and executing strategic program on environmental related subjects within global supply chain
• Support the development of a strategic global supply chain roadmap, including program requirements and objectives.
• Drive sustainability programs and projects across the global supply chain.
• Leverage team expertise to provide strategic advice on program development and execution.
• Provide technical advice to support field ESG operations and business operations in the event of compliance breaches and driving continuous improvement.
• Define supply chain risks and opportunities through materiality assessments and align on risk-taking strategies.
• Play a critical role to connect and collaborate with industry stakeholders to drive sustainability initiatives.
• Stay up to date with changes in regulatory legislation and guidelines in EU, US and our key sourcing markets.
• Ensure that overarching policies and guidelines are up-to-date and compliant with current regulations.
• Provide business partners with clear and concise global supply chain summaries of program performance and their impacts within their area of expertise.
• Raise internal awareness and knowledge about environmental-related requirements and program.
• Identify and explore future value-added opportunities to enhance supply chain performance.
• 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.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong ability to work cross functionally to achieve goals and objectives and ability to work independently as well as in team setting.
• Strong project management and experience, including developing and maintaining project plans, providing regular communication, coordination and problem resolution
• Strong business acumen and strong quantitative and analytical problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to interact with all levels, partnering, facilitating, and influencing and utilizing internal and external resources
• Strongoral and written communication skills to convey complex information in a simple, easily understood to diverse groups of stakeholders
• Strong Microsoft Office skills
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)

Key Relationships:

• PD&S: Costing, Sustainability & Sourcing Strategy, Sourcing/Material Operations   
• Corporate Internal Audit
• Global Legal: Social & Environmental Affairs, Government Affairs

• External stakeholders: Industry associations, NGO, Professional institutions, Laboratories, external monitors etc.

Requisite Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree or above in BSc Environmental Science, Geology, Chemistry or other related fields
• Minimum 8+ years of experience in managing environmental related aspects, with solid experience in apparel or footwear is preferred
• Within which 3 years of relevant project leadership, and stakeholder management experience
• Proven people and team management skill (at least 3 years)