Senior Finance Manager, SCM

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

The Supply Chain Finance team operates as a financial consultant to the Supply Chain organization by providing action-oriented recommendations that drive fact-based decision making. The Supply Chain Finance team supports and steers the greater organization to achieve performance objectives and financial targets, both in year and across a multi-year horizon, through transparency around cost analysis, business drivers, and forward-looking performance management.

As part of the market-based Finance team, Supply Chain Finance owns all financial controlling and provides key performance indicators and actionable insights to business stakeholders. SCM finance team members enable timely and fact-based decision making, facilitate best practice sharing across functions, and foster a continuous improvement mindset with everything we approach.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the execution of Supply Chain strategy to improve end-to-end group performance, cost, and service levels
• Manage and support the financial controlling of all logistics cost related to the Supply Chain Management (SCM) function within NAM (including all distribution centers)
• Create and maintain tools that increase transparency on cost drivers to support cost management, drive forecast and planning accuracy, and identify opportunities to drive efficiencies
• Act as a business consultant to supply chain and other partners in the organization, ensuring financial and non-financial managers receive accurate information and analysis, to drive real-time business decisions
• Support business case development for all SCM projects and investments by identifying risks and opportunities, and subsequently providing recommendations for continuous improvement
• Support the development and continuous improvement of a performance management culture within the SCM organization
• Operate as a consummate team player willing to embrace continuous improvement, provide constructive feedback, and demonstrate consistent collaboration across functions
• Implement and maintain methods for advanced budgeting, forecasting, and performance tracking
• Manage all standardized reporting, driving automation wherever possible while remaining agile enough to support and ad-hoc analysis

Key Relationships:

• NAM market Supply Chain team
• NAM market Finance team
• Group Functions Finance team
• NAM market business teams

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Strong business acumen and partnership
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills; technical and financial modeling experience a plus
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Solid understanding of financial controlling and accounting practices
• Proven experience in building, developing, and coaching a high-performance team
• Demonstrated commitment to creating and promoting a diverse and inclusive team culture
• Result orientated with a high degree of customer orientation
• Advanced user skills in SAP-CO/PA, Business Intelligence (SAP BW, IBM Cognos)
• Advanced MS Office skills, especially MS Excel; Access skills a plus
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree in Business Administration / Finance / Controlling / Logistics
• 8-10 years of work experience in related field; will accept any suitable combination of education, training and experience
• 5+ years of relevant Performance/ Supply Chain Management experience a plus
• Knowledge of fast moving consumer goods, fashion industry and/or retail is an advantage

AT ADIDAS WE HAVE A WINNING CULTURE. BUT TO WIN, PHYSICAL POWER IS NOT ENOUGH. JUST LIKE ATHLETES OUR EMPLOYEES NEED MENTAL STRENGTH IN THEIR GAME. WE FOSTER THE ATHLETE'S MINDSET THROUGH A SET OF BEHAVIORS THAT WE WANT TO ENABLE AND DEVELOP IN OUR PEOPLE AND THAT ARE AT THE CORE OF OUR UNIQUE COMPANY CULTURE: THIS IS HOW WE WIN WHILE PLAYING FAIR.

• COURAGE: Speak up when you see an opportunity; step up when you see a need
• OWNERSHIP: Pick up the ball. Be proactive, take responsibility and follow-through.
• INNOVATION: Elevate to win. Be curious, test and learn new and better ways of doing things.
• TEAMPLAY: Win together. Work collaboratively and cultivate a shared mindset.
• INTEGRITY: Play by the rules. Hold yourself and others accountable to our company's standards.
• RESPECT: Value all players. Display empathy, be inclusive and show dignity to all.

adidas celebrates diversity, supports inclusiveness and encourages individual expression in our workplace. We do not tolerate the harassment or discrimination toward any of our applicants or employees. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Title: Senior Finance Manager, SCM

Brand: adidas

Location: Portland

TEAM: Accounting & Finance

State: OR

Country/Region: US

Contract Type: Full time

Number: 501475

Date: Sep 20, 2023