Director Project Office

Area: GCA

Department: Transformation Office

Direct Reporting Line: VP Project Office

Indirect/secondary reporting line:

Subsidiary/country: China

Location: Shanghai

GSMS Grade: M2

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

· Develop, support and manage key strategic initiatives, from planning to execution, across the organization to achieve adidas China’s top priorities

Key Responsibilities:

Planning

· Develop and execute a systematic approach to support senior management to identify the right strategic priorities to take action on

· Coordinate and manage initiative development, planning and prioritization processes across functions

· Drive and guide initiative owners to set initiative objectives, develop detailed plans and define KPIs

Management

· Get alignment with the management team to ensure the PMO is focused on the strategic topics and top priorities

· Engage with initiative owners and senior management to determine role and contribution for each initiative

· Coordinate and drive initiative owners to generate regular progress updates while ensuring consistent planning and execution from function to function, and from head office to regions

Systems and Processes

· Closely track throughout the project life-cycle and organize regular updates with senior management on module/initiative progress

· During planning and execution, provide value-added analytical support to enable the management team to make fact-based decisions

· Coordinate with Human Resources on initiative KPI and performance evaluation

People Management

· Develop and lead the PMO team to fulfill its mission and targets

· Provide senior management with objective perspective on progress, priorities and directions while managing their expectations

· Provide advice and feedback to initiative owners and team to ensure high quality, timely execution

· Actively manage a network across the organization to ensure the PMO and the project portfolio are highly relevant to the business and its priorities

Training

· Drive and guide initiative owners to further develop project management skills and discipline

Others

The responsibilities are not limited to the above; the job holder will also follow other work assigned by his/her immediate supervisor.

KPI:

· Initiative achievement, contribution to initiative teams, and overall business impact

· Feedback from cross-functional team

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

· 8-12 years of general business experience

· Experience with leading consumer brand

· Extensive experience in and strong skills of process and project management

· Experience in working closely with middle and senior managers across functions

· Experience in leading management consulting firm is a plus

· University degree or above

· MBA or other business- related qualification High proficiency or expertise with database, statistical and business intelligence systems (e.g., SAS, SPSS, R, SAP)

· Solid skills in Word, Excel, Power Point etc.

· Basic statistics and modelling knowledge

· Strong communication skills – written