Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Drive the development of procurement practices across categories including:

• Execute tactical buying process of low value item across all categories

• Realization of stakeholder management to maximize savings and procurement’s value contribution

• Supporting in contract management activities and ensuring, when required, a proper supplier relationship management

• Assure achieving of procurement compliance targets including policies, strategies, and processes

• Deliver committed annual Procurement savings and Global Business Services SLA and KPI’s

Key Responsibilities:

Execution of tactical buying process

• Analyze low value tactical buys, facilitate middle value tactical buy execution with the responsible buyers

• Ensure compliance throughout the entire process

• Search for potential suppliers, either existing or new ones

• Conduct RFXs (negotiation, supplier selection) and support responding to suppliers in case of commercial or system related questions

• Facilitate alignment of technical requirements between internal stakeholders and suppliers

• For selected tactical buys, follow-up on technical evaluations with internal stakeholders to ensure timeliness of tendering process

• Execute negotiation, supplier selection and determine Purchase Order (PO) terms and conditions

Execution of eSourcing activities

• Set up eSourcing events (eRFI, eRFQ, eRFP, eAuctions) in Ariba based on requirements from category team and respective stakeholders

• Perform response reporting and scenario analysis as input for final supplier award selection

• Manage the eSourcing template repository and reporting activities

• Provide technical information on system capabilities (e.g. evaluation scenarios) and coach category team on effective usage

• Train adidas eSourcing users and suppliers, as required

• Engage internal and external eSourcing users to drive the implementation of eSourcing capabilities

• Enhance and maintain eSourcing training materials and process documents

• Administer and maintain the sourcing platform

• Register and onboard users/suppliers

• Configure of the customer facing aspects of the platform when needed

Key Relationships:

• Internal: Global / Regional Procurement team / category managers, Key Business Stakeholder Functions (Marketing, IT, HR, Retail, Logistics, Legal, Finance, etc)

• External: Suppliers & Agencies: Executives, Key Account Managers & Legal Council

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Intermediate knowledge in sourcing and procurement methodologies and concepts, business partnering and category management (7 steps strategic sourcing, Fact based Negotiations, etc.)

• Good knowledge of procurement tools, processes, content and automation (E-sourcing -Ariba-, P2P - Ariba-, e-catalogues, buying channels, etc.)

• Strong ability to analyze data, specifications, and influence demand

• Capability to independently interact throughout the adidas Group and to work with virtual teams

• Knowledge and experience in projects and process management

• Good analytical, presentation, communication, interpersonal and influencing skills

• Action oriented and solution minded team player with high degree of self-management

• Proficiency in MS Office and preferably SAP MM/ Ariba

• Fluent Japanese in spoken and written. Good English in read and written.

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree with emphasis on the areas of business, economics, finance, procurement, engineering or legal, or comparable professional education

• Minimum 2 to 4 years’ professional experience in a similar functional domain or other related positions, with knowledge of category / market at hand; experience with supplier selection, negotiation

• Prefer procurement experiences with Japan companies