adidas Global Business Services (GBS) is the engine to drive the transformation to ONE adidas. It is the company's operational backbone, through delivering standard global services, focusing on enhancing customer user experience, and providing consistent skills and quality.




This is a key GBS Porto management position for adidas. Along with the team, main responsibilities comprise driving of Tactical Procurement activity for Europe, North America and Latin America regions. Our leader will have active participation on developing purchasing competences and driving continuous improvement of organizational capabilities and processes. Among other, the person will support on top customer/ user satisfaction by consistently providing savings, compliance, customer support and timely delivery of reports and analyses across all Purchasing categories (e. g.: Marketing, IT, Professional Services, Facilities).




Key Responsibilities:

• Manage a team by consistently providing hands-on coaching, training, motivation and performance appraisal guidance;


• Proactively drive productive relationships with key business partners, users and stakeholders;


• Support the E2E process improvement and manage day to day tactical buying activities;


• Ensure accurate and timely regular reporting (monthly, quarterly and annual);


• Guaranteeing full process compliance: drive policy improvement and adherence at both, customer and day to day operations;


• Generate and implement ideas for process improvements as well as to performance and to quality work;


• Full driving of e-commerce, e-auctions and automation initiatives.

Key Relationships:

• GBS Market Service Delivery; Suppliers; Requestors; GBS Procurement Specialists; GBS Helpdesk Agents; Category Managers; Procurement Directors

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Experience on strategical and/ or Tactical purchases, preferably in Shared Services environments;


• Experience on team management;


• Strong interpersonal skills;


• Process orientation;


• Enthusiastic and results-driven;

• Self-motivated and team player;


• Management skills and effective communicator;


• Strong customer orientation;


• Knowledge of process management and continuous improvement methodologies;


• Experience with ERPs, ideally with SAP / Ariba and ticketing solutions;


• Full familiarity with Microsoft Office or equivalent tools;


• Able to read, write and communicate fluently in English;


• Availability to travel.

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree in Business Administration, Engineering or similar;


• Work experience in a similar function;


• Basic experience within supplier selection, negotiation and contracting.

AT ADIDAS WE HAVE A WINNING CULTURE. BUT TO WIN, PHYSICAL POWER IS NOT ENOUGH. JUST LIKE ATHLETES OUR EMPLOYEES NEED MENTAL STRENGTH IN THEIR GAME. WE FOSTER THE ATHLETE?S MINDSET THROUGH A SET OF BEHAVIORS THAT WE WANT TO ENABLE AND DEVELOP IN OUR PEOPLE AND THAT ARE AT THE CORE OF OUR UNIQUE COMPANY CULTURE ? THE 3CS: CONFIDENCE, COLLABORATION AND CREATIVITY.

CONFIDENCE allows athletes to make quick decisions on the field, to reach higher. For us at adidas confidence means acknowledging that we don?t have all the answers. But we are willing to take risks, we try new things. And if we fail, then this is part of our learning ? it helps us improve.




COLLABORATION. Every elite athlete relies on partners: coaches, teammates, and nutritionists. We, too, know that we are stronger together. Winning as one team takes open and candid dialogue, inclusiveness and trust in each other?s abilities and talents.




Being the best sports company in the world takes CREATIVITY. No great athlete succeeds by copying their predecessors? training plans and strategies. We have to be open to new ideas, explore, gain an edge and stand out. Only then can we succeed.

ADIDAS CELEBRATES DIVERSITY, SUPPORTS INCLUSIVENESS AND ENCOURAGES INDIVIDUAL EXPRESSION IN OUR WORKPLACE. WE DO NOT TOLERATE THE HARASSMENT OR DISCRIMINATION TOWARD ANY OF OUR APPLICANTS OR EMPLOYEES. WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.












JOB TITLE:

Procurement Manager (M/F/D)










BRAND:

adidas









LOCATION:

Porto









TEAM:

Accounting & Finance









STATE:

13









COUNTRY/REGION:

PT









CONTRACT TYPE:

Full time









NUMBER:

467872









DATE:

Aug 5, 2022