Manager, Manufacturing (Cambodia)

Purpose:

• A key player in Sourcing in driving Sourcing’s vision to be the Most Agile, Most Competitive, Most Digitalized & Cleanest Supply Base in the industry. 
• Drive achievement of quality and production goals in supply partners’ facilities while supporting other functions to reach adidas’ goals in areas such as manufacturing efficiency targets, Social & Environmental Affairs (SEA). 

Key Responsibilities:

• Independently manage all production, quality, production availability, and manufacturing efficiency. 
• Escalate critical issues and drive problem-solving discussions to solve or mitigate the potential impacts.   
• Manage relationships with factory management in applying the right resources, processes, tools, strategies to achieve operation excellence. 
• Rollout and implement adidas best practices and directions to the responsible factories. 
• Influence factory production/quality middle management and drive change to achieve production objectives. 
• Make day-to-day decisions within defined scope through exception-management by evaluating and balancing risks and seeking support on complex issues. 
• Validate and confirm T1 capacity offers and follow up on availability performance when constraints exist. 
• 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. 
• Role model leadership to foster a culture of Diversity Equity & Inclusion that strives for an inclusive workplace. 

Key Relationships:

• Global Sourcing

• Sourcing Suppliers

• Global Operations

• Other GOPS/Sourcing functional teams 

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities:

• Strong understanding of production and continuous improvement (CI) processes/methods 
• Ability to provide effective input into projects 
• “Quality-first” mindset, strong analytical reasoning, and problem-solving skills to help others find/solve “root cause issues” 
• Strong influencing, people, presentation and communication skills 
• Fluent in English (written and spoken) 
• Strong Microsoft office skills 

Requisite Education And Experience:

• University degree in engineering or related areas. 
• Minimum 5+ years of relevant experience