Senior Director SC Strategy & Transformation (m/f/d) – 5308

An exciting growth opportunity in the Supply Chain Strategy & Innovation team, where we are seeking you, an experienced Senior Director Supply Chain Strategy & Transformation. Why? We believe Strategy is all about making choices with the consumer & customer at the centre of everything. These choices then strengthen our operations to be responsive, forward looking, and efficient. However, we recognize that we can elevate our game through the adoption of new methodologies, the establishment of best-in-class standards, digitally driven strategy evaluations, and swift scaling, we can nurture the SCM vision and our big bets across the company. Are you eager to dive in and lead a team of trailblazers within the adidas Supply Chain, collaborating across markets and global functions? Then look no further, but below.

Key Accountabilities

• Be a key member of the Strategy & Innovation leadership team, reporting directly to the Vice President, and working closely with your peers in Market & Functional teams.
• Lead and effectively deploy multiple senior strategy & transformation managers to deliver on our big bets, in alignment with strategic direction.
• Build, lead, and coach your team, fostering a collaborative, safe environment, where team members grow & continuously learn.
• Work closely with the executive leadership team to develop and refine our strategy and choices, aligning it with the company’s short, mid, and long-term vision and objectives.
• Deliver and execute on strategic vision, including defining success metrics and any operating model adjustments with business sponsors.
• Establish & drive the Supply Chain strategy development process and lead the project portfolio prioritization by conducting and coordinating thorough due diligence on potential targets, including financial analysis and risk assessments.
• Perform in-depth analysis to support business decision-making through channel insights, market needs, global effectiveness, enabled through financial modelling.
• Make data-driven recommendations, leveraging insights of our Supply Chain Intelligence team.
• Support overall representation of Supply Chain Strategy & Transformation team within/beyond function / market area.
• Personally double down on big bets that enable change in the function / market organization.

Key Relationships

• Stakeholders can relate to the following core functions:
• Product (Creation functions, Footwear, Apparel and A&G product ops, etc.)
• Markets (SCM and Sales functions)
• Marketing (horizontal and vertical BU divisions)
• GOPS (Global IT, SCM, etc.)
• Corporate functions

Knowledge, Capabilities And Skills

• Leadership: Experienced people manager. Builds freedom in a framework, able to trust & empower team members, takes decisions, has teams back.
• Personal & Team Resilience: Celebrates successes, builds a culture where failure is an opportunity to learn, helps team members bounce back and come back stronger.
• Strategic sighted & buy-in: Inspires others with a vision where else the company needs to look. A natural connector, who builds relationships & takes everyone on a journey with no one left behind.
• Storyteller: At ease to spend a lot of time on communication, fluency in English and any other language a benefit.
• Business case oriented: The why and working with limited info should not be a problem. Ability to work with a brief list of assumptions, then deep dive, use scenario planning, to eventually build meaningful business cases.
• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate data into actionable insights.
• Anticipate: Ability to build business simulations, to understand perspectives, gauge reactions.
• Curious and Optimistic: Eager to find new information. Someone that wants to deep dive into new domains. You see opportunities everywhere. Obstacles are just a trigger for change.
• Influence: Ability to create space for teams to learn new methodologies, moving out of comfort zone. Equips colleagues and their ideas, to elevate their game and influence senior players.
• Cultural Sensitivity: Capability to navigate and work effectively across diverse cultures within a multinational context.
• Done is better than perfect: Someone who likes to talk enough about what needs to happen but is itching to get the job done and that with a pinch of fun.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of relevant work experience in Multinational Corporation (MNC) environment (e.g. consulting, project management, apparel/fashion, supply chain management background)
• Within which 5+ years of proven track record of large-scale projects and/or transformations; direct report / team management mandatory
• Strong understanding of global operations and opportunities
• Colleague or university degree, or equivalent combination of education & experience