PT Adidas Sourcing Ltd Indonesia Ref Office - Material Manager, Production Manager, Merchandiser

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 PT Adidas Sourcing Ltd Indonesia Ref Office - In order to strengthening our sourcing activities, adidas Group, the world famous Sportswear Company, is seeking an aggressive and energetic individual to join our team and take the position of:

Manager, Production (Footwear Sourcing)  (Ref No: AP – 1108)
This position will report to Operations Manager.
Purpose:
Responsible for all production operations in assigned factories
Key Responsibilities:

• Ensures all production meets adidas quality standards.
• Implements all process controls and procedures.
• Works with factories to improve quality and manufacturing efficiencies.
• Encourages investment in modern manufacturing machinery and techniques.
• Ensures adidas delivery objectives are met
• Ensures factories comply with adidas SOE (Standard of Engagement)
• Ensures factories comply with local labor laws, reports back any violations.

Key Relationship:
Educates supplier with adidas business needs and objectives, maintain a positive factory relationship via day to day communications and positive participation.
Requirement:

• Fluent English (verbal and in written), other languages are welcome
• Diploma or degree from educational entity focusing on shoe making or engineering.
• At least 3 years experience in Footwear production
• Experience in Footwear Development.

Manager, Material (Footwear Sourcing) (Ref No: AP – 1110)
This position will report to Country Manager.
Purpose:
Leads an innovative product and customer-focused Materials team in the source country based on company mission and values
Key Responsibilities:

• Provide Vision to suppliers for the type of materials / components we want to pursue in the future and on key strategic initiatives such as complexity reduction, Lean, Vendor and Material consolidation, etc.
• Finding and developing new innovative products in line with company strategic direction. .
• Collaborate with HQ, LO, and aIT teams to identify material directions and partner with suppliers to develop innovative new materials that bring value to our consumers.
• Provide forecast information on time and accurately. Understand supplier’s capacity and limitations in order to ensure that materials are delivered timely. Track supplier’s delivery performance.
• Build loyal, mutually beneficial strategic partnerships by understanding the needs and organization of suppliers.
• Build effective communication between adidas, Tier 1, and Tier 2 suppliers and lead supply chain initiatives to optimize material sourcing.
• Develop and implement strategies to support a well-balanced allocation of business among Tier 2 suppliers in the region in order to minimize risk and ensure competitive pricing.
• Active role in supervising commodity pricing
• Negotiate and finalize final production material costs for new materials.

Requirement:

• Fluent English (verbal and in written), other languages are welcome
• Understanding of technical and functional footwear processes
• Bachelor’s degree (BA or BS) from four-year College or university, preferably in material-related science.
• Minimum 5 years experience in footwear industry and 2 years in Materials.

Merchandiser (Apparel Sourcing)   (Ref No: AP – 1112)
This position will report to Manager, Merchandising.
Key Responsibilities:
Development

• Coordinates the development of workable prototypes which address desired function, cosmetics, cost, market appeal and manufacturability.
• Supports the costing process during a season including ensuring all cost sheets are complete and submitted in a timely fashion.
• Ensures SMS are accurate, complete and shipped timely.
• Works collaboratively with Materials Supply, Quality, Costing, PCT, Production, etc. as necessary to ensure an on time buy ready/commercialization performance.
• Coordinates organizational tasks and communications relating to all relevant systems and data updates.
• Planning & Production
• Ensures timely and accurate data regarding factory capacity, capabilities, lead times, first/last ex-factory dates or other data as required by Global Logistics or LO management for planning and allocation purposes, including in-putting of data in all necessary IT systems.
• Works closely with Technical Services and/or Development Merchandisers to ensure smooth and timely transitions from development to production start to shipment.
• Passes orders and forecasts to factories on a timely basis and ensures timely feedback with data accurately entered in system.  Responsible for order confirmation and acts as liaison between suppliers and HQ Customer Service to address PO issues or rejects.
• Provides review and support to factories on timely and accurate export and shipping documentation.
• Manages day-to-day production tracking, including fabric status, tracks production performance and proactively addresses potential delivery problems with supplier management, both factories and T2 suppliers.
• Ensures factory base and internal team understand and timely adopt new process and procedures to improve delivery and quality performance
• Understands and able to communicate to ensures supplier adhere to adidas initiatives and requirements

Key Relationships:

• Maintain collaborative relationships and communications with all internal LO departments and adidas departments and locations
• Focal point in communicating with suppliers on day-to-day issues (Mission of job/General area of responsibilities)

Requirement:

• Good negotiation skills and knowledge of the textile business (work experience)
• Fluent English (verbal and in written), other languages are welcome
• Good IT-/EDP-skills including Excel and Word. Comfortable with learning and using internal Product Data Management systems
• Diploma in clothing technology and/or manufacturing or comparable graduation from a college or university
• 3-5 years of work experience in related field