adidas
- Location:
- Portalegre, Portuguese areas, Portugal
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Type:
- Permanent
- Main Industry:
- Search Legal Jobs
- Advertiser:
- adidas
- Job ID:
- 132002360
- Posted On:
- 16 June 2025
Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:
Continuous Improvement will drive process optimization across GBS Centers, across all global processes. This person will support the CI lead and Ops/GPO on the development of the strategy for Continuous Improvement and support on prioritization of initiatives based on impact on business value/customer experience and efficiency etc. It’s a meaningful position for Adidas 2025 strategy.
Help to collaborate with CI Governance senior manager/Center CI lead on CI methodology/framework build-up as well as implementation. This person will also play leadership on the center’s continuous improvement team to collaborate with other GBS organizations on ESSA projects identification/coaching/replication etc.
Key Responsibilities:
• Collaborate with Adidas Global CI Hub to design/build up adidas own CI approach.
• Support to create frameworks for all workstreams on CI methodology launching with an agile and efficient way of working.
• Support workstreams and TOP AREAs to drive ESSA(Elimination/Simplification/Standardization/Automation) opportunity identification.
• Support to deliver operational efficiencies, process standardization and harmonization.
• Provide coaching on LSS/process re-engineering projects to help successfully implement.
• Drive mindset of continuous improvement as a culture of Adidas
• Support to build up a continuous improvement training program.
• Leverage the TTT program to deliver continuous improvement training to the center.
• Continuous Improvement of event design and promotion
• Support best practice sharing cross centers/workstreams.
Key Relationships:
• Operations Center Leads
• Functional GBS Operations teams
• Global process owner
• GBS Delivery excellence global team
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in the area of end-to-end process
improvement and/or process standardization in Finance/HR/Procurement
• Extensive experience with Continuous Improvement methodologies (both theoretical and practical application) LEAN/DFSS/DMAIC. SPSS modeling is preferred
• Automation project experience
• Comprehensive understanding of E2E processes in Global Business Services
• Extensive experience with Continuous Improvement methodologies (both theoretical and practical application) LEAN/DFSS/DMAIC. SPSS modeling is preferred
• Ability to think strategically, synthesize complex situations and develop innovative solutions within a changing environment.
• Experience in providing clear guidance and in instructions to operational teams and coaching
• Complete familiarity with Microsoft Office or equivalent tools
• Strong data analysis and RCA capability
• Knowledge of SAP FI and CO a plus
• Virtual team management skill
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)
Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:
• University degree or equivalent experience, preferably in accounting or business administration
• Six Sigma Black Belt as plus
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