Senior Specialist GBS HR Services - Limited Duration, 12 Months

**Open to the following North America office locations: Woodbridge (Canada), Spartanburg (SC), Indianapolis (IN), Wilkes‑Barre (PA), and Portland (OR). **

 

Purpose

As part of the HR services team, provide support in all administrational tasks and processes as part of the Service Catalogue. Support and assist in undertaking all HR related tasks to ensure we are delivering best in class HR support and quality service to our business partners, line managers, and employees.  The Senior Specialist takes over increasing responsibilities for his/her dedicated support area.

                                                        

Key Responsibilities

  • Execute seamless on-boarding and exit processes of employees in the respective business areas. Manage more complex employee lifecycle cases including Severance and Non-Compete processes.
  • Drive all administrative tasks with regard to employee changes, such as issuing new letters or other required documents
  • Maintain current HR systems and be responsible for data accuracy management. Assist with mass uploads of data.
  • Govern data quality and drive compliance with the global HR data model including training
  • Reporting Network Member managing monthly local and global reporting activities including non-payroll relevant data audits and ad-hoc reporting
  • Tracking of paperwork and employee eFile maintenance
  • Pro-actively collaborate with Payroll department to ensure employee data integrity
  • Consult HR partners on processes and present solutions to situations that arise. Partners to ensure constant and proper information flow and processing requests in accordance with service level agreements (SLAs).
  • Ownership of ticketing (HR Systems and IT interfaces) for respective HR Management and business area
  • Keep knowledge base up to date in close cooperation with all HR Services Specialists
  • Provide support and knowledge to the team specialists

 

 

Key Relationships:

  • HR Business Partners (Junior Management up to Senior Management)
  • HR Services & Rewards Teams
  • Talent Management & Talent Acquisition 

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

  • Excellent interpersonal skills & Customer Service attitude
  • Excellent verbal and written communication in English
  • Excellent organization skills with a strong attention to detail
  • Able to effectively manage and prioritize multiple tasks simultaneously with minimum supervision
  • Energetic, proactive manner and action oriented behavior
  • Able to train other team members on process
  • At adidas we offer a Hybrid work policy which requires attendance in the office Monday through Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Friday each week. For work requiring a high degree of collaboration or an in-person presentation, in-office attendance is required even on Friday. 

 

Qualifications

  1. University Degree (Bachelor)
  2. Bachelor Degree or 3-4 years related experience
  3. Specialization in HR management preferred
  4. Strong MS-Office (MS-Excel, MS-Word, MS-PowerPoint) user-knowledge
  1. SuccessFactors Employee Central knowledge preferred

 

 

Please Note:

  • adidas offers a robust and progressive range of benefits, including: health and dental benefits, including prescription drug coverage, out of country coverage, short and long-term disability, basic life and AD&D insurance,  and an Employee & Family Assistance Program. Employees are able to enroll in adidas’ Retirement Savings Plan with employer match. Qualifying employees are eligible for our education assistance program and fitness reimbursement program.
  • Employees are eligible to earn an annual bonus based on both company and personal performance. We recognize the commitment of our employees by increasing vacation time with length of service. We also offer Service Awards & Service Time Off during milestone years, paid bereavement leave, and parental leave top-up to eligible employees.  
  • At adidas we offer a Hybrid work policy which requires attendance in the office Monday through Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Friday each week. For work requiring a high degree of collaboration or an in-person presentation, in-office attendance is required even on Friday. The working location of this position is Woodbirdge, Ontario. 
  • Though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is English.
  • adidas is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates, including those with Disabilities, and will accommodate applicants’ needs, upon request, throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process. If selected to participate in an interview, accommodations will be made available on request. Please inform the Recruiter of the accommodation(s) that you may require. Information received relating to accommodation will be addressed confidentially


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.

Job Title:  Senior Specialist GBS HR Services - Limited Duration, 12 Months

Brand: 
Location:  Woodbridge
TEAM:  People & Culture
State: 
Country/Region:  CA
Contract Type:  Limited Duration
Number:  538603
Date:  Jan 8, 2026