Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization: adidas Global Business Services (GBS) is the engine to drive the transformation to ONE adidas. It is the company's operational backbone, through delivering standard global services, focusing on enhancing customer user experience, and providing consistent skills and quality. Execute sourcing enablement activities to streamline procurement processes and foster strong supplier relationships. Ensure that Service Level Agreements with the business are being met. We are looking to fill this role with a candidate that can provide the following: Key Responsibilities:  

• Ensure team’s management including coaching, training, motivation and performance appraisal guidance;  
• Supervise the daily operations by adhering to the agreed SLAs towards the business partners;  
• Ensure good relationships with business partners and the global functional Team on a proactive basis;  
• Develop and report relevant KPI’s for area of responsibility;  
• Ensure that KPI’s are maintained, achieved and reported in a correct and timely manner;  
• Generate ideas for process improvements with respect to the processes in scope and ensure high quality and efficient work;  
• Problem analyses and proposal or assessment of solutions, and respective implementation
• Lead initiatives to automate/optimize processes.
• Provide recommendations and act as a key point of contact to stakeholders.
• Act as the subject matter expert for complex issues.
• Define strategic priorities for the team, promote skills development, and ensure integration between sourcing and content management processes. 

Key Relationships:  

• GBS NTP & GNTP
• Internal Stakeholders
• Procurement Excellence
• Suppliers

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:  

• Experience in managing/leading teams
• Strong knowledge of Content & Catalog Management  
• Strong knowledge of Sourcing Enablement support for Procurement department  
• Knowledge of Ariba Sourcing platform  
• Experience with SAP  
• Pro-active mindset in terms of identifying opportunities to drive automation and collaborate to reach goals regarding eSourcing.
• Experience in a Shared Service environment or similar
• Ability to read, write and communicate in English in a business setting
• Ability to pay close attention to detail
• High degree of customer orientation
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills 
• Curious and growth mindset;
• keen to learn and approach subjects outside of comfort zone, look beyond the obvious
• Availability to travel when required 

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:  

• University degree in Commerce/Business Administration/Finance/ Controlling or similar. 
• 5 plus years relevant work experience in the accounting / business area / Procurement
• Proven work experience in people management / demonstrated ability to manage a medium-sized team
• Broad and deep theoretical understanding of job function