Drive innovative product concept development & validation towards specifications, compliance & integrity.
Provide commercial tangible guidance throughout the readiness levels, ROI, timelines, and scalability. Work closely with supplier innovation centers to ensure performance, competitiveness & advantage for adidas. Encourage suppliers to continuously upgrade their expertise, technical applications, new materials innovation, and manufacturing technologies. Research sporting goods and other industries to benchmark and identify potential opportunities for application of innovative technology, processes, and materials. Provide regular update and valuable input to project teams, key stakeholders & escalation to leadership team when needed. Challenge team, stakeholder, suppliers to ensure feasibility, commerciality, impact & progress of projects. Project base allocation of resources Ensure project deliverables on time, in full & within budget. Lead & staff a cross divisional team 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 skill set, and strong succession plans are in place. Role model leadership to foster a culture of Diversity Equity & Inclusion that strives for an inclusive workplace.