Director Supply Chain Intelligence (Supply ) (m/f/d)

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Are you enthusiastic about the prospect of translating data into actionable insights, while ensuring the business stays ahead with proactive sensing of the supply chain? If you're a seasoned supply chain professional with a strong analytical mindset and proven experience in translating data for operational impact and influencing decisions at scale, and are eager to make a real impact on the adidas supply chain, then look no further. The role of Director of Supply Chain Intelligence is tailor-made for you!

As part of the Supply Chain Strategy & Digital Solutions team, we are actively seeking an experienced Director of Supply Chain Intelligence to provide enhanced visibility and decision intelligence for the Supply pillar which delivers reporting for Product Supply, Inbound and Customs. Your role will be instrumental in enabling the proactive steering and performance management of our business operations. Join us in shaping the future of supply chain excellence at adidas.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead team of experienced high-performing analysts to produce standardized supply chain reports, leveraging SQL and data tools to address key business questions and generate actionable insights
• Define, govern and evolve supply chain KPIs with KPI owners, ensuring clear ownership, metric integrity and alignment with operational priorities
• Build, coach, lead and inspire your team, fostering a collaborative, safe, and innovative environment that promotes continuous learning and drives excellence in analytics and reporting.
• Set strategic direction for leveraging data analytics and intelligence to enhance supply chain performance and operational efficiency
• Ensure data quality across all reporting products, proactively identifying and resolving data issues, while keeping stakeholders informed through clear and timely communication
• Own the stability, reliability, and performance of key reporting products and tools, ensuring they meet business needs and scale with growth.
• Partner closely with functional and market stakeholders to understand business needs, translate them into scalable Power BI data visualizations or business intelligence solutions
• Establish and continually evolve the performance management cadence and standard reporting package, ensuring high-quality data collection, robust analysis, and actionable insight generation
• Drive the process of deriving actionable insights, pinpointing root causes, and identifying opportunities for optimizing supply chain performance with clear data-driven trade-offs.
• Apply advanced analytics tools and methodologies, grounded in supply chain expertise, to identify trends, root causes, and operational improvement opportunities
• Collaborate with cross-functional global and markets teams to drive continuous improvement and embed harmonized reporting and business intelligence into decision making

Key Relationships:

Stakeholders can relate to the following core functions:

• SCM Global Product Supply, SCM Global Logistics, SCM Global Customs
• SCM Global / Market Functions and Global Tech
• SCM - Strategy & Digital Solutions (e.g., Strategy & Enablement, Learning & Development, E2E Product Ownership)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Leadership: Experienced people manager who builds freedom within a framework, empowers and trusts team members, takes decisions and stands behind the team
• Supply Chain Expertise: Strong end-to-end supply chain expertise across processes and KPIs, including best practices and emerging trends
• Personal & Team Resilience: Celebrates successes, builds a culture where failure is an opportunity to learn, helps team members bounce back in face of difficulty.
• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical, diagnostic, and creative problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex supply chain data into clear, actionable business decisions.
• Communication: Comfortable engaging extensively with stakeholders, with the ability to synthesize complex data into clear messages technical and non-technical audiences, fluency in English.
• Collaborative style: Ability to work collaboratively in a team and create an inclusive environment with people at all levels and build relationships with cross-functional collaborators and executives.
• Cultural Sensitivity: Capability to navigate and work effectively across diverse cultures within a multinational context.
• Done is better than perfect: Someone who likes to talk enough about what needs to happen but is itching to get the job done. Navigates ambiguity turning complicated situations into doable tasks.
• End-to-end mindset: Big picture view of problems on hand with ability to embrace innovation, challenge the status quo and drive change while anticipating and forecasting various scenarios.
• Data Analytics and Modeling: proficiency in data analysis tools and visualization, with the ability to apply analytical methods in a pragmatically within complex supply chain environments

Requisite Education and Qualifications:

• Minimum 10+ years of relevant work experience in multinational environment, within which have 3 years of team management experience.
• Proven experience in a leadership role within supply chain intelligence or business intelligence, with strong understanding of business intelligence concepts, tools, and methodologies.
• In depth knowledge of supply chain principles and operating practices, logistics terminology, basic finance, and management of cross functional interdependencies
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to convey complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, Analytics, Supply Chain, or a related field. Masters preferred.