Director, Sourcing Apparels - Khon Kaen, Thailand

This role is a key player in sourcing, driving the function's vision to be the most agile, most competitive, most digitalised and cleanest supply base in the industry. The position leads the overall business of operation centres and designated factories or factory groups, and manages the relationships between the adidas Group and its T1 suppliers to ensure that adidas objectives are met. The role works closely with global sourcing, headquarters, product operations and other global function teams, as well as with external sourcing suppliers.

• Lead the overall sourcing operations teams of factories and operation centres to execute the global sourcing strategies.
• Lead the Development & Commercialization and Production teams in the partner groups and operation centres, ensuring they fully carry out their expected responsibilities and that all company standards are met, with support from relevant functional heads including product development, material
• Costing, quality, SEA and ME&I.
• Own all KPI performance and utilise the SPIKE framework to drive KPI performance of the managed partners, ensuring that only top-quality product ships from the factory.
• Build and maintain close working relationships with partner senior leadership and functional leads to ensure quick resolution of issues and to engage them in the overall company strategies.
• Represent operations both internally and externally and foster a strategic partnership and relationship with customers.
• Contribute to the allocation process through regular collaboration with stakeholders.
• Ensure that all sourcing operations and practices comply with relevant local laws, adidas workplace standards, freedom of association, and adidas' Responsible Sourcing & Purchasing Policy, managing the relevant processes internally and externally.
• 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.
• Develop and coach the team to ensure the best standards of performance, appropriate skillsets and strong succession plans, and develop and coach factory partners through monitoring and active follow-up.
• Role model leadership to foster a culture of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion that strives for an inclusive workplace.

• Wide experience of quality management concepts in the manufacturing of consumer goods.
• Deep apparel technical product knowledge and expertise.
• Strong conceptual thinking.
• Strong presentation, negotiation, influencing, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken.
• Strong MS Office skills.
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to lead multidimensional teams.
• University degree in engineering, materials or related areas, or relevant 'expert' work experience.
• Minimum 10+ years of relevant business experience and 3+ years of people management experience.

• Previous experience of the Thailand working culture.

The company believes that embedding diversity, equity and inclusion into its culture and talent processes gives employees a sense of belonging and the brand a real competitive advantage.