Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organisation

GBS, the engine that designs, builds and operates consistent adidas end-to-end business services & solutions globally to drive the transformation TO ONE ADIDAS enabling our Business Partners to focus on core business. GBS prioritizes executing transitions, process and solution roadmaps. Implementing one service framework, performance measurements and GBS customer board.

The R2R stream is one of five global streams who is designing and implementing end to end services & solutions as Global Process Owner (GPO).

GPO’s can effectively cross-collaborate with multiple stakeholders to define the current and future state of adidas business and its processes, identifying issues and risks, suggesting mitigation strategies and driving towards technology solutions. GBS Operations operate by executing Global Process Owner services and solutions.

This position focus on process design and governance in regard to costing (standard and actual), transfer pricing and inventory valuation.

Responsibilities and General Accountabilities

• Analyse, develop new and adjust existing end to end processes/ services, standards or operational plans, and deliver results with direct impact on R2R stream, other streams and markets.

• Identify improvement potential, problems and feasibility of process change with stakeholders through variance analysis and effective usage of data, create transparency on priorities, develop solutions/ processes/ deliverables and facilitate recommendations for fact-based decisions ending into regular continuous improvements.

• Lead medium – large sized projects with the respective profound process and technical knowledge within the boundaries of time, cost & quality, focusing on the customers expectations, implement results and ensure sustainability of solution.

• Possess full ownership of R2R retail inventory accounting processes and act as a subject matter expert.

• Contribute to the definition of policies, accounting standards and guidelines for process improvement, especially in the area of retail inventory.

• Take responsibility for understanding stakeholder requirements, collecting data, delivering analysis, problem resolution and recommending options

• Develop and implement adequate communication packages to present derived results, recommendations and solutions

• Manage compliance and global process guidance

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Profound understanding of financial processes

• Experience in process design, process mapping, improving process quality, process review and compliance

• Deep and broad SAP FI/CO knowledge

• Fluent in English (verbal and written)

• Excellent Communication skills and an international mindset

• Excellent analytical mindset

• Cross functional mindset

• Ability to work independently

• Result orientation and pro-activity

Requisite Education and Experience

• Degree in Business Administration or IT or related areas, or equivalent combinations of educations

• Minimum of 5-8 years of relevant work experience in finance functions

• Understanding of accounting processes

• Experience in data management

• Ideally multiple years of experiences in shared service center organization

• Strong understanding & knowledge of regional and global market landscape and the respective customer 

• Project management experience