Director Supply Chain Management - EM South at adidas Group

Key Responsibilities: 

• Together with the SCM and Cluster leadership, develop the SCM road map for the EM South cluster, implement global supply chain strategy that supports and meets country strategy, performance objectives and customer/consumer expectations.
• Accountable for supply chain operations (Purchasing & Product Supply, Logistics & Transportation, Last Mile ecommerce delivery, Inventory, Fulfillment & Distribution Center/warehousing operations, Sourcing)
• Make the business more competitive by ensuring product and on shelf availability, speed, responsiveness, strong delivery performance and healthy inventory levels.
• Lead, coach, mentor a team of 13 supply chain experts.
• Data driven analyses & assessments of SCM performance, root cause process improvement initiatives.
• Manage the Distribution center/warehouse and 3PL partner in an effort to keep the performance at best level across all DC/warehousing KPIs while challenge status-quo to ensure that our 3PL partners embrace the efficiency mindset.
• Lead an ecommerce delivery strategy for the market.
• Lead sourcing for the market, create healthy relationships with local factories and product creation teams.
• Accountable to prepare, submit and manage country SCM L0 / L1 budgets and RFCs as well as COS items within the given guideline by VP SCM EM along with EM SCM financial controller. 
• Maintain routines to ensure delivery of core supply chain metrics in terms of product availability (OTA/OTIF), cost (SC cost absolute & as percentage of net sales), inventory/service and establish adequate monitoring & reporting routines for all SCM related KPIs.
• Build and maintains strong relationships with EMS Key stakeholders: Brand, Finance, Commercial functions & Key Accounts, line managers as well as the entire team to ensure alignment with cascaded directions and objectives set by VP SCM EM and a smooth cluster execution.
• Ensure demand and supply are broadly in balance, including purchasing processes, by maintaining strong S&OP routines with finance.
• Together with the VP SCM EM & the Performance Manager SCM, prepare project related Business Cases as required  and ensure timely execution in the approved budget.
• Develop and drive customer collaboration initiatives with local commercial functions.
• Ensure all regulatory and compliance measures are met within global guidelines and report to VP SCM EM as well as Local Compliance Officer for any irregularity.
• Lead related SCM process improvements and efficiency programs and proactively bring up ideas for profit ability enhancement.
• Ensure high employee engagement at every level through effective motivation, coaching, training, and development of personnel in the team.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Deep understanding of operational Supply Chain (DC/warehousing, transportation, fulfillment, purchasing, sourcing) processes as well as understanding of business requirements and necessary capabilities
• Data & Process driven, strong analytical skills
• Inspirational leader with ability to coach and mentor individual to achieve their full potential
• Strong, pro-active executer with confidence and speed, turns thought into action
• Good interpersonal and communicational skills to interact effectively and efficiently on different layers of the organization
• Strong and dedicated understanding towards the Group, customer’s/consumer’s needs with profitability mindset
• Proven project management/ownership experience
• High degree of self-motivation and self-management
• Strong leadership skills in combination with Team approach and exemplary behaviours  on the 3C’s (creativity, collaboration, confidence)
• Advanced MS office skills including Word, Excel and PowerPoint, SAP is nice to have

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications: 

• University Degree with focus on engineering/operations/logistics/business administration
• Minimum 10 years experience in SCM, Logistics/Operations, team management
• Background with retail / FMCG, Sporting Goods industry ideal
• Fluent in English