Senior Project Manager SCM EU (m/f/d)
Purpose
- This is a key in-house 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.
- Drive major change initiatives across functions
- Manage (senior) stakeholder’s relationship and secure buy-ins to project deliverables
- Furthering project management capabilities and knowledge management of the team
- Uphold and enhance the brand of EU SCM with (senior) stakeholders
Key Accountabilities
- Lead overall program, project and work streams deliverables (e.g. project planning, milestones execution and monitoring) in alignment with strategic direction
- Develop feasibility studies for new scope / new business, building scenarios, recommendations and risk analysis
- Manage effective and timely communication on project progress and results to sponsors and senior management
- Effectively deploy project management toolkit across work streams to ensure high quality and consistency of deliverables
- Monitor and highlight any project variables (cost, effort, scope, etc.) against the project plan and make suggestions to implement corrective or preventative actions.
- Manage and support processes and tools that increases transparency on cost and cost drivers of the Supply Chain
- Manage departmental activities (e.g. knowledge sharing and employer branding)
Key Relationships
- Drive project activities and connect with other stakeholders to share activities across work streams
- Initiate and drive discussions with x-functional stakeholders to collect and consolidate feedback, prepare and align solutions
- Proactively manage stakeholders, build relationships and manage communication
Stakeholders
- EU SCM (all functions)
- EU Market (all functions)
- GOPS (Global IT, etc.)
- Corporate functions (e.g. legal, finance & performance management)
Knowledge, Capabilities and Experience
Soft skills
- End-to-end mindset, big picture view of problems on hand
- Engaging, open and react to feedbacks and improve
- Highly self-motivated individuals
- Independently manage portfolio of tasks and handle upward communication proactively
- Change management skills of influencing network of stakeholders
Hard skills
- Excellent analytical skills, managing data from multiple sources and synthesize the complex data to develop innovative solutions
- Model and scenarios development for new business scope
- Proven track records on wide areas of tools (e.g. Project planning, process mapping, enterprise solutions, etc.)
- Advanced MS Office skills, especially MS Excel, Access skills preferred
- Solid presentation and storytelling skills
- Discipline in planning time management and organization skills
- Project management, lean six-sigma certification
- Other HR toolboxes (e.g. Campus and self-learning modules)
People management skills
- Manage project teams
- Coach junior team members through providing feedbacks to support the development and performance of the team
- Drive and manage onboarding
- Foster a team culture that encourages trust, open and constructive discussion of important issues
Qualifications
- University degree in Business Administration / Finance / Controlling / Logistics
- Minimum 5-6 years of relevant work experience in MNC environment (e.g. top tier consulting, project management, apparel/fashion, or supply chain management, background)
- Within which 1-2 years of relevant project leadership, team management experiences
- PMP and lean sigma certification preferred
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: THIS IS HOW WE WIN WHILE PLAYING FAIR.
- COURAGE: Speak up when you see an opportunity; step up when you see a need..
- OWNERSHIP: Pick up the ball. Be proactive, take responsibility and follow-through.
- INNOVATION: Elevate to win. Be curious, test and learn new and better ways of doing things.
- TEAMPLAY: Win together. Work collaboratively and cultivate a shared mindset.
- INTEGRITY: Play by the rules. Hold yourself and others accountable to our company’s standards.
- RESPECT: Value all players. Display empathy, be inclusive and show dignity to all.
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Job Title: Senior Project Manager SCM EU (m/f/d)
Brand: adidas
TEAM: Supply Chain Management
State: BY
Country/Region: DE
Contract Type: Full time
Number: 510717
