Director, Sourcing Product Concept & Innovation - Footwear Physical Foams & Bottom Technologies

Purpose

• A key player in Global Sourcing in driving Sourcing’s vision to be the Most Agile, Most Competitive, Most Digitalized & Cleanest Supply Base in the industry.
• Manage relations and drive innovation centers effectiveness on projects & resources allocation.
• Research & develop sourcing solutions for new product concepts and commercial competitiveness – Focus on FTW physical foams & bottom technologies
• Drive definition, readiness & validation of innovation & commercially ready technology solutions.
• Secure for adidas best in class bottom technologies (Material, process, machinery, tools & suppliers)
• Senior point of contact with industry & academic partners to remain on forefront of technology & FTW evolution

Key Responsibilities

• Drive innovative bottom solutions & validation towards specifications, compliance &...