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adidas Intern 2026 January Intake - Materials Team
Join adidas Internship Program!
Are you passionate about sports and eager to start your internship with a global leader in the industry? At adidas, we believe in the power of sport to change lives. Our mission is to be the best sports brand in the world, with a “You Got This” mentality to reach beyond possibilities!
The 6-month full-time Internship at adidas provides you with a unique opportunity to apply what you’ve learned at university, use your knowledge in practice, and live your passion for sports in our Global Headquarter for Product Development & Sourcing business in Hong Kong.
Why adidas?
- Dynamic Industry: With sports playing an increasingly important role in people’s lives, both on and off the field, we operate in a highly attractive industry with lots of potentials.
- Innovative Environment: We push the boundaries of products, quality, experiences, and services based on our deep understanding of our consumers and the authenticity of the adidas brand.
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: We champion DEI by fostering a culture where every individual feels valued, respected, and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work.
About the Internship:
Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:
- Support data analytics across Materials
Key Responsibilities and Projects:
- Support data analytics across all materials costing.
- Assist in the strategy process to identify opportunities to evolve the material source base.
- Support T2 supplier’s performance reporting capabilities optimization
- Contribute to strategic projects driven by the Materials team.
- Maintain standard operating procedures and process guidelines.
- Collect, analyze, and present data to provide facts for decision-making.
- Support T2 supplier negotiation season preparation, including macro data collection, preparing price negotiation presentations, and tracking savings opportunities.
- Connect and support portfolio managers with T2 suppliers, the global sourcing team, and the product operations team.
- Enhance current materials macro model data analytics.
- Support materials liabilities calculation and optimization.
- Coordinate and support preparation of alignment meetings for the material leadership team.
- Organize team meetings and facilitate workshops
- Support reporting and ad-hoc analysis.
Key Objectives (special tasks and learnings):
- Reporting automation
- Support materials costing/planning, cost transparency and fact-based decision making
- Process standardization
Key Relationships:
- Materials Planning /Process Management team, Materials Costing & Portfolio Management
- Materials organization team members in different locations
Required main study courses:
- Engineering, Information, and business management
Preferred university/ discipline:
N/A
Required language skills:
- English
Additional skills/ qualifications:
- Excellent analytic skill, good presentation skill, Excel, PPT
- Nice to have skills: Power BI, Python, M, SQL and DAX
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.