Director, Sourcing APP/A&G - Pakistan

This sourcing leadership role is a key player in driving Sourcing's vision to be the most agile, competitive, digitalised and cleanest supply base in the industry. It leads the overall business of operation centres or designated factories and factory groups and manages relationships between the adidas Group and T1s to ensure that adidas apparel and A&G objectives are met. The role sits within Supply Chain & Sourcing and works with Global Sourcing, Product Operations, HQ and factory laboratories, Social and Environmental Affairs/Government Affairs, and sourcing suppliers.

• Lead the overall sourcing business, operations and functions across designated factory groups or operation centres to execute global sourcing strategies.
• Lead Development & Commercialization and Production teams in partner groups or operation centres, ensuring expected responsibilities and company standards are met with support from relevant functional heads.
• Own all KPI performance and use the SPIKE framework to drive KPI performance of managed partners.
• Build and maintain close relationships with partner senior leadership and functional leads to resolve issues quickly and engage them in company strategies.
• Represent operations internally and externally and foster strategic partnerships with customers.
• Contribute to the allocation process through regular collaboration with stakeholders.
• Ensure operations comply with relevant local laws, adidas workplace standards and freedom of association.
• Develop and coach team members, drive engagement and ensure appropriate skillsets and strong succession plans are in place.
• Streamline processes through continuous improvement techniques and tools, challenge existing standards and procedures, and maintain a flexible organisational structure capable of adapting to changing business needs.
• Role model leadership to foster a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion and an inclusive workplace.

• Wide experience of quality management concepts in the manufacturing of consumer goods.
• 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.
• University degree in engineering, materials or related areas, or relevant expert work experience.
• Minimum 15+ years of relevant business experience and 5+ years of people management experience.

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