Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:
•Develop, support and manage key strategic initiatives, from planning to execution, across the organization to achieve adidas China’s top priorities
Key Responsibilities:
Planning
•Develop and execute a systematic approach to support senior management to identify the right strategic priorities to take action on
•Coordinate and manage initiative development, planning and prioritization processes across functions
•Drive and guide initiative owners to set initiative objectives, develop detailed plans and define KPIs
Management
•Get alignment with the management team to ensure the PMO is focused on the strategic topics and top priorities
•Engage with initiative owners and senior management to determine role and contribution for each initiative
•Coordinate and drive initiative owners to generate regular progress updates while ensuring consistent planning and execution from function to function, and from head office to regions
Systems and Processes
•Closely track throughout the project life-cycle and organize regular updates with senior management on module/initiative progress
•During planning and execution, provide value-added analytical support to enable the management team to make fact-based decisions
•Coordinate with Human Resources on initiative KPI and performance evaluation
People Management
•Develop and lead the PMO team to fulfill its mission and targets
•Provide senior management with objective perspective on progress, priorities and directions while managing their expectations
•Provide advice and feedback to initiative owners and team to ensure high quality, timely execution
•Actively manage a network across the organization to ensure the PMO and the project portfolio are highly relevant to the business and its priorities
Training
•Drive and guide initiative owners to further develop project management skills and discipline
Others
The responsibilities are not limited to the above; the job holder will also follow other work assigned by his/her immediate supervisor.
KPI:
•Initiative achievement, contribution to initiative teams, and overall business impact
•Feedback from cross-functional team
