Director Business Solutions (m/f)

Job description

Country: Germany
Job Function: Digital

State / Province: Germany
Position Type: Full time

City / Location: Herzogenaurach
Brand: adidas

Relocation: Yes

Somewhere, in one of our workshops right now, the future is taking shape. We are constantly working to redefine the way clothing and footwear transforms the pitch, court or course. This is what drives us: the feeling of discovery and the urge to innovate. When we create a product that makes our hearts beat faster, we know we’re onto something.

If this sounds inspiring, you might be one of us: Someone who loves to create the present, as well as shape the future. There’s a reason adidas has been at the forefront of defining sport for more than 60 years: We never stand still. Everyday, we work to improve everything we create.

At adidas, interesting, amazing and inspiring aren’t just ideas. They are what we do every single day.

Purpose

Creating, governing, promoting and enforcing the consistent application of best practice project-, and Change-management standards and methods, with the goal to drive and improve overall project quality, for x-functional initiatives, within DBC. Increase visibility and add transparency throughout project delivery of the project portfolio.

Key Accountabilities

· Responsible to design, Govern, promote and enforce the use of best practice Project -, and change-Management processes across the DBC organization.
· Drive implementation of these best practices within the organization so consistent process adherence is achieved.
· Responsible for Evaluation and active improvement of the quality of project management processes and projects.
· Coordinate and drive activities of the GIT Demand process.
· Create reporting setup and Monitor and report on key DBC x-functional initiatives to Senior Management.
· Develop project management trainings for internal Project Managers.
· Continuously develop and enhance project management methodology to serve the needs of DBC.
· Govern project compliance to DBC and corporate standards and support internal and external project audits.
· Responsible to ensure alignment and consistency of all cross-functional activities for all DBC teams.
· Be the E2E process expert for DBC Project & Change management processes and act as a consultant to link, create and enhance existing and new processes across functions, channels and markets.
· Document knowledge and new processes and make it easily available.
· Independent communication with global functions and markets with respect to best practice sharing & consultation, roll-out and implementation planning.
· Maintain expertise of the DBC space by monitoring the industry, networking with partners, and keeping a pulse check of internal adidas initiatives.

Knowledge, Capabilities and Experience

· Proven experience in setting up or running a PMO function.
· Proven experience in Project Management.
· Ability to align and coordinate between multiple parties with differing priorities in order to achieve a satisfactory outcome for all involved.
· Structured approach to new subject matters, in order to understand the impact and dependencies of requests.
· In depth experience with change management.
· Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills.
· Very good understanding of E2E system landscape and business processes.
· Communication skills across teams and hierarchy levels (on global and market level).
· Expert user of MS Office suite of products.
· Expert in Retail Process & Systems & E-com - end to end understanding.
· Fluent in English.
· Project management skills and a systematic and structured approach.
· Influencing skills.

Qualifications

· University degree in business, ideally with Retail, Process, Finance or System focus or equivalent professional experience.
· Min 5 years functional experiences ideally in apparel/fashion/shoes or FMCG.
· Exposure: Retail Processes, Supply Chain and IT process, Change Management.
· 8 - 10 years systems and processes experience.
· 3-5 years management experience.