Director, Sourcing Apparels - Khon Kaen, Thailand

PURPOSE

• Key player in Sourcing in driving Sourcing’s vision to be the Most Agile, Most Competitive, Most Digitalized & Cleanest Supply Base in the industry.
• Lead the overall business of the Operation Centers/designated factories or factory groups and manage the relationships between adidas Group and T1s ensuring that adidas objectives are met.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the overall sourcing operations teams of factories/operations centers, to execute the global sourcing strategies.
• Lead the Development & Commercialization and Production teams in the partner groups/OCs ensuring that they fully carry out their expected JD/R&R and that all company standards are met with support from relevant functional heads when needed (including product development, material, costing, quality, SEA & ME&I)
• Own all KPI performance and utilize SPIKE framework to drive KPI performance of the managed partners.
• Ensure only top quality product ships from factory
• Build and maintain close working relationships with the partner senior leadership and functional leads to ensure quick resolution of issues as well as engage them in the overall company strategies.
• Represent operations both internally & externally and foster a strategic partnership and relationship with our customers.
• Contribute to the allocation process through regular collaboration with stakeholders.
• Ensure all operations comply with relevant local laws and adidas workplace standards and freedom of associations.
• Streamline processes through continuous improvement techniques and tools and challenge existing standards and procedures.
• Maintains a flexible organizational structure capable of adapting to changing business needs.
• Ensure all sourcing operations and practices fully comply with adidas’ Responsible Sourcing & Purchasing Policy, adidas standards and legal requirements, while managing the relevant processes internally and externally.
• Develop and coach team to ensure the best standards of performance, appropriate skillsets and strong succession plans are in place.
• Develop and coach factory partners through monitoring and active follow up.
• Role model leadership to foster a culture of Diversity Equity & Inclusion that strives for an inclusive workplace. KEY RELATIONSHIPS
• Global Sourcing
• Headquarter (HQ)
• Product Operations
• Other Global Function Team
• External stakeholders: Sourcing Suppliers KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
• Have a wide experience of quality management concepts in manufacturing of consumer goods.
• Possess deep apparel technical product knowledge and expertise
• Strong conceptual thinking
• Strong presentation, negotiation, influencing, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)
• Strong MS Office Skills
• Strong leadership skills and ability to lead multidimensional teams REQUISITE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
• University degree in engineering/materials or related areas or relevant ‘expert’ work experience
• Minimum 10+ years of relevant business experience and 3+ years of people management experience
• Previous experience in Thailand working culture preferred