Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:
This is a key GBS Porto leadership management position for adidas. Along with his/her team, main responsibilities comprise driving across-category Tactical Procurement activity for Europe and/or North America and/or Latin America regions.
Our adidas leader will be mainly responsible for the development of purchasing competences as well as for management of key stake holders and supplier relationships. He/she will systematically drive continuous improvement initiatives for tools, people and processes. Among other, this strategic player will be responsible for delivering top customer satisfaction by dependably providing savings, compliance, client support and insightful analyses of reports across procurement categories (e.g. Marketing, IT, Professional Services, Facilities). Scope comprises partnering with multinational stakeholders in different time zones as well as guiding a team of experienced, diverse /multinational buyers located in our Porto (Maia) offices in Portugal.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Consistently provide hands-on coaching, training, motivation and guidance to his/her team
2. Proactively drive productive relationships with global business partners, users and stakeholders
3. Support the E2E process improvement and manage day to day tactical buying operations
4. Ensure accurate and timely regular reporting (monthly, quarterly and annual)
5. Supervise operations and delivering of SLA's and KPI's
6. Guarantee full process and policies compliance and improvement across the business
7. Actively propose and implement initiatives to achieve world class performance and productivity
8. Full driving of e-commerce, e-auctions and automation initiatives
9. When managing special projects and day-to day performance, he/she will guarantee: Process documentation and work instructions are in place
Ensure proactive cooperation with local teams
Operational excellence
Proven knowledge, Skills and Abilities on:
10. Leadership, initiative and results orientation
11. Five years on strategical and/or Tactical purchases, preferably in GBS environments
12. Experience on team management
13. Interpersonal skills and English oral/written communication
14. Enthusiastic and self-motivated team player
15. International/global mind-set
16. Strong customer orientation
17. Deep knowledge of process, internal controls and continuous improvement methodologies
18. Experience with ERPs, ideally with SAP / Ariba and ticketing solutions
19. Microsoft Office or equivalent tools
20. Six sigma qualifications are a plus
21. Other languages are a plus
Education and Experience minimum qualifications:
22. University degree in Business Administration, Engineering or similar
23. 3+ years of team management experience