Senior Manager Finance Supply Chain EM at adidas Group

Department: Corporate & GOPs Finance – Supply Chain Management Controlling
Direct Reporting Line: Director SCM Finance
Subsidiary/Country: EM
GSMS Grade: M3

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization

The general purpose of Global Operations Finance is to be a financial consultant to the Senior Management by giving recommendations to enable and drive fact-based decision-making. The Finance function support and steer the business to achieve financial targets as well as the strategy based on the analysis of number indicators. This is supported by the creation of transparency about business performance through cost analysis, business analysis and performance management

As part of GOPs Finance, SCM Controlling is responsible for financial controlling and cost management and provides tailored key performance indicators. As a business partner we enable fact based decision making, best practice sharing and continuous process improvement by creating transparency on impact and dependencies of core cost and service drivers. We derive corresponding solution through application of analytical tools and business expertize.

This role focuses on

• Ensure transparency of Supply Chain cost and service levels across Emerging Markets as one of regional clusters within SCM
• Partner with the business to visualize impact and dependencies of core cost and service drivers enabling best practice sharing and fact-based decision making
• Actively drive Supply Chain strategy development and implementation through leading all business case developments for EM

 

Key Responsibilities

• Drive execution of SCM strategy to improve end-to-end group performance, cost and service levels
• Overall responsibility for the financial controlling of all logistic cost related to the Supply Chain Management (SCM) functions within EM (including all warehouses)
• Proactively drive transparency on cost and cost drivers of the Supply Chain through cost management of the assigned budget by supervising budget process and forecast, reporting actual costs, explaining cost deviations, and identifying savings potential as part of cost saving initiatives
• Act as a business partner, e.g. by ensuring financial but also non-financial managers are provided top notch and highly accurate information for analysis for their business decisions
• Manage business case development of Supply Chain projects and investments by challenging, identifying and quantifying improvement potential; cascading business cases into project budgets including project budget controlling support and business case target follow-up (full project life-cycle support); and enabling one-stop shopping for consistency
• Drive the development and continuous enhancement of balanced Key Performance Indicators, ensuring transparency on business performance drivers and building sustainable “performance management culture” within the Supply Chain Organization
• Lead by example cross-functional collaboration
• Identify requirements and further develop methods for advanced budgeting, forecasting and performance tracking; establish a benchmarking process; and deepen knowledge and understanding of industry trends

 

Key Relationships

• Head of SCM EM
• CFO`s & FP&A teams across EM
• Supply Chain Management team EM
• Corporate & GOPs Finance Team

 

Knowledge Skills And Abilities

• Strong financial controlling skillset
• Strong business acumen
• Excellent communication and analytical skills
• Strong result orientation and pro-activity with a high degree of customer orientation
• Advanced project management skills
• Solid knowledge of end-to-end supply chain
• Good understanding of performance management methods and improvement tools
• Strong competency in processes, SAP and BI
• Advanced MS Office skills, especially MS Excel
• Enjoy working in a dynamic and ambitious multinational team
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)
• Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications
• University degree in Business Administration / Finance / Controlling / Logistics
• Minimum 5 years work experience