Director SC Intelligence (m/f/d)

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Are you enthusiastic about the prospect of translating data into actionable insights, while ensuring the business stays ahead with proactive sensing of the supply chain? If you're a seasoned businessperson with a background in supply chain and analytics, celebrated for your curious and analytical mindset, and are eager to make a real impact on the adidas supply chain, then look no further. The role of Director of Supply Chain Intelligence tailor-made for you!

As part of the Supply Chain Strategy & Digital Solutions team, we are actively seeking an experienced Director of Supply Chain Intelligence to provide enhanced visibility and decision intelligence for the Supply pillar which delivers reporting for Product Supply, Inbound and Customs. Your role will be instrumental in enabling the proactive management of our business operations. Join us in shaping the future of supply chain excellence at adidas.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead team of experienced high-performing analysts to produce standardized supply chain reports, leveraging SQL and data tools to address key business questions and generate actionable insights
• Build, coach, lead and inspire your team, fostering a collaborative, safe, and innovative environment that promotes continuous learning and drives excellence in analytics and reporting.
• Set strategic direction for leveraging data analytics and intelligence to enhance supply chain performance and operational efficiency
• Define, govern and evolve supply chain KPIs with KPI owners, develop performance metrics and safeguard metric integrity and operational changes
• Ensure data quality across all reporting products, proactively identifying and resolving data issues keep stakeholders informed through clear and timely communication
• Own the stability, reliability, and performance of key reporting products and tools, ensuring they meet business needs and scale with growth.
• Partner closely with functional and market stakeholders to understand business needs, create scalable Power BI data visualizations
• Establish and continually evolve the performance management cadence and standard reporting package to high-quality data collection, analysis, and insight generation
• Drive the process of deriving actionable insights, pinpointing root causes, and identifying opportunities for optimizing supply chain performance with clear data-driven trade-offs.
• Apply advanced analytics tools and methodologies to identify trends, patterns, and potential areas for improvement.
• Collaborate with cross-functional global and markets teams to drive continuous improvement and embed harmonized reporting and business intelligence into decision making

Key Relationships:

Stakeholders can relate to the following core functions:

• SCM Global Product Supply, SCM Global Logistics, SCM Globa Customs
• SCM Global / Market Functions and Global Tech
• SCM - Strategy & Digital Solutions (e.g., Strategy & Transformation, Bus. Enablement (Head-Office, Learning & Development), Innovation, E2E Product Ownership)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Leadership: Experienced people manager. Builds freedom in a framework, able to trust & empower team members, takes decisions, has teams back.
• Personal & Team Resilience: Celebrates successes, builds a culture where failure is an opportunity to learn, helps team members bounce back in face of difficulty.
• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical, diagnostic, and creative problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate data into actionable insights. Detail-oriented but lives for efficiency.
• Communication: At ease to spend a lot of time on communication with an ability to synthesize key results from data sets and present to technical and non-technical audiences, fluency in English.
• Collaborative style: Ability to work collaboratively in a team and create an inclusive environment with people at all levels and build relationships with cross-functional collaborators and executives.
• Cultural Sensitivity: Capability to navigate and work effectively across diverse cultures within a multinational context.
• Done is better than perfect: Someone who likes to talk enough about what needs to happen but is itching to get the job done. Navigates ambiguity turning complicated situations into doable tasks.
• End-to-end mindset: Big picture view of problems on hand with ability to embrace innovation, challenge the status quo and drive change while anticipating and forecasting various scenarios.
• Supply Chain Expertise: In-depth knowledge of supply chain operations, processes and KPIs. With understanding of industry best practices and trends in supply chain management.
• Data Analytics and Modeling: proficiency in data analysis tools, statistical methods, and predictive modeling. Experience with data visualization tools to communicate complex insights effectively.

Requisite Education and Qualifications:

• Minimum 10+ years of relevant work experience in multinational environment, within which have 3 years of team management experience.
• Proven experience in a leadership role focused on business intelligence, with strong understanding of business intelligence concepts, tools, and methodologies.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to convey complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, Analytics, Supply Chain, or a related field. Master’s preferred.
• Good understanding of supply chain principles and operating practices, logistics terminology, basic finance, and management of cross functional interdependencies