Manager, Manufacturing (Apparels) - Hanoi

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 

WORK LOCATIONS: Hanoi and/or Hai Phong