Global Non-Trade Procurement Director

vor 3 Wochen

Herzogenaurach, Bayern, Deutschland adidas Vollzeit
Job Description

Purpose and Overall Relevance for the Organisation:

The Global Non-Trade Procurement team at adidas is dedicated to delivering value by creating opportunities beyond sustainable negotiation success. As a strategic business partner, we provide market insights and trends to our global stakeholders. Our main areas of activity include Stakeholder Management, Sourcing Management, Category Management, and Supplier Management.

Key Responsibilities:

Stakeholder Management:

  • Represent the managerial area in context of all Non-Trade Procurement related topics.
  • Be accountable for all NTP service delivered for selected business stakeholders.
  • Partner with relevant stakeholders to effectively build business relationships enabling them to achieve their business targets and drive overall business stakeholder satisfaction.
  • Oversee demand intake and ensure proper workload distribution within the team.
  • Understand and manage business needs and address solutions incl. latest trends from the supplier markets.
  • Direct and coordinate business expectations in line with Category strategies and policies.

Sourcing Management:

  • Lead, execute, and/or oversee sourcing projects.
  • Develop, align, and implement sourcing strategies in the framework of a sourcing project (e.g. (e-)RfX, Single Source, risk assessment, supplier base assessment, internal and external analysis) in alignment with the Category Strategy.
  • Engage with respective stakeholders and suppliers in context of the sourcing project.
  • Oversee contract implementation (local/global) and contract compliance.
  • Be in charge of, coordination, and/or negotiation of large-sized contracts up to final authorization.

Category Management:

  • Drive and lead the development of global strategies to address business needs incl. risk and supplier base assessment.
  • Market Trends: Perform a comprehensive market research to understand the current and potential future market trends and new innovations related to service scope of the category.
  • Internal Requirements: Follow-up with Business Stakeholder Managers on a global level to obtain current and future needs of their stakeholders to consider in their category strategy development.
  • Drives category council meetings on a regular basis including upskilling of Sourcing Managers.
  • Ensures updates and maintenance of all category relevant information (e.g. Supplier Rostering) in the Non-Trade Procurement Database.
  • Benchmark category practices to identify initiatives for improvement and drive innovative approaches.
  • Define P2P and buying channel strategies, identify and consider automation potential.
  • Act as an advisor/escalation point for category related issues towards Sourcing colleagues and drive resolution in line with global Procurement policies.
  • Takes full responsibility of consolidation and communication of category achievements (financial or other).

People Management:

  • Responsible for salary reviews, recruitment, selection, performance assessment, on-boarding, and transitioning of resources.
  • Drive the effective implementation of resource planning.
  • Ensures compliance with relevant statutory or external regulations and codes of good practice.
  • Ensures appropriate leadership skills are present at every level through creating a motivational and supportive work environment in which employees are coached, trained, and provided with career opportunities through development.
  • Allocates the different work to the respective employees considering experience, complexity, workload, and organizational efficiency.
  • Continuously monitors and evaluates team workload and organizational efficiency, analysis team feedback, and makes appropriate changes to meet business needs.
  • Provides team members/direct reports with clear direction and targets that are aligned with business needs and the Non-Trade Procurement objectives.

Supplier Management:

  • Act as Point of contact for assigned key supplier(s).
  • Lead supplier development activities based on supplier partner management strategy.
  • Drive cross-functional review meetings with key suppliers in order to improve performance and further cost reductions.
  • Develop and nurture relationship with supplier to explore further capabilities and drive future innovation.
  • Communicate any updates from key suppliers towards the Procurement organization.
  • Monitor the performance of the key suppliers, including key performance optimization such as fulfillment towards their contractual agreement, benchmarking according to industry standards, and managing risks.
  • Identify potential contract improvement opportunities.
  • Establish regular Business Review meetings together with the key supplier.
  • Act as Advisor for Stakeholder/Category Manager related to key strategic suppliers.

Requirements:

  • Expert in strategic sourcing and procurement methodologies and execution processes as well as supplier management.
  • Extremely good knowledge of Procurement strategy development and conveyance.
  • Advanced knowledge of Procurement tools and data, content, and automation.
  • Strong ability to analyze specifications and influence demand.
  • Expert in risk and compliance management.
  • Extensive capability to independently interact throughout the adidas organization.
  • International project and process management knowledge and experience.
  • Excellent analytical, presentation, communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills.
  • Action-oriented and solution-minded team player with high degree of self-management.
  • Proficiency in MS Office.
  • Fluent in English, to a business standard, spoken and written, additional language skills are advantageous.
  • Travel of up to 30%.

Education and Experience:

  • A degree from an accredited college or university (Bsc./Msc.) with emphasis on the areas of business, economics, finance, procurement, or legal, or comparable professional education.
  • At least 15 years working experience in similar or adequate roles (Marketing/Marketing Procurement), preferable with international project and people management elements.
  • Proven expertise/extensive experience in leveraging AI technologies in the area of Marketing production. Strong understanding of integrating AI solutions to enhance and streamline processes. Ability to innovate AI-driven strategies.
  • Experience in a global/matrix structure, working with shared service centers is desired.
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in leading international teams.

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