Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:
This is a key GBS Porto leadership management position for adidas. Along with his/her team, main responsibilities comprise driving across-category Tactical Procurement activity for Europe and/or North America and/or Latin America regions.

Our adidas leader will be mainly responsible for the development of purchasing competences as well as for management of key stake holders and supplier relationships. He/she will systematically drive continuous improvement initiatives for tools, people and processes. Among other, this strategic player will be responsible for delivering top customer satisfaction by dependably providing savings, compliance, client support and insightful analyses of reports across procurement categories (e. g. Marketing, IT, Professional Services, Facilities). Scope comprises partnering with multinational stakeholders in different time zones as well as guiding a +10 team of experienced, diverse /multinational buyers located in our Porto (Maia) offices in Portugal.

Key Responsibilities:
Consistently provide hands-on coaching, training, motivation and guidance to his/her team

Proactively drive productive relationships with global business partners, users and stakeholders

Support the E2E process improvement and manage day to day tactical buying operations

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

Supervise operations and delivering of SLA’s and KPI’s

Guarantee full process and policies compliance and improvement across the business

Actively propose and implement initiatives to achieve world class performance and productivity

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

When managing special projects and day-to day performance, he/she will guarantee:

Process documentation and work instructions are in place

Ensure proactive cooperation with local teams

Operational excellence

Proven knowledge, Skills and Abilities on:
Leadership, initiative and results orientation

Five years on strategical and/or Tactical purchases, preferably in GBS environments

Experience on team management

Interpersonal skills and English oral/written communication

Enthusiastic and self-motivated team player

International/global mind-set

Strong customer orientation

Deep knowledge of process, internal controls and continuous improvement methodologies

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

Microsoft Office or equivalent tools

Six sigma qualifications are a plus

Other languages are a plus

Education and Experience minimum qualifications:
University degree in Business Administration, Engineering or similar

3+ years of team management experience

Apply with your CV in English.