Sr Manager Digital SC Solutions Projects (m / f / d)

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization

This is a key in-house Supply Chain strategy position for an organized, passionate, and goal-oriented future leader who understands what projects have in common, and their strategic role in how organizations succeed, learn and change. This role will help shape and deliver our global Supply Chain strategy while working closely with the company's senior leadership. The team is also an incubator for talent for the rest of the organization and aims at developing future leaders and providing an accelerated career trajectory.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead overall project, and work streams deliverables (e.g., project planning, milestones execution and monitoring) in alignment with strategic direction
• Manage effective and timely communication on project progress and results to sponsors and senior management (PMO activities)
• Lead interpretation of project results and translate into insights to steer the project successfully
• Effectively deploy project management toolkit across work streams to ensure high quality and consistency of deliverables
• Coach and Manage activities of (assistant) project resources (internal and external)
• Develop a broad view of adidas organization and processes to act as content driver and thought partner on projects
• Contribute to the Strategy & Programs departmental activities (e.g., knowledge sharing and employer branding)
• Ad’hoc support of the business in areas where strong structuring and strategic thinking might be required (e.g., crisis management, change management)

Key Relationships

Global SCM, Sourcing, Tech, Finance, etc.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Soft skills

Independently manage portfolio of tasks and handle upward communication proactively

Hard skills

People management skills

Requisite Education and Qualifications