Manage Strategic Business Plan (SBP) and/ or IT related projects to successful completion for brand adidas.
Key Responsibilities
* PURPOSE: Drive, manage and implement cross- functional projects with wider impact to the organization/ increased complexity/scope ensuring successful execution and generation of expected benefits. Constantly foster and identify areas to creation of synergies, best practices and/or innovative approaches to existing processes
* PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Manage the rollout implementation of cross-functional projects and subprojects within defined project framework and contribute significantly to global programs /projects, assuring proper set-up of processes as well as end-to-end process support, as needed. Analyze and report and document project/program performance development, best practices and analysis among respective functions, identified internally or based on competitor research
* PROJECT CHARTER/ OBJECTIVES: Define and manage project charter and objectives based on framework, within given budget in collaboration with Senior Manager PMO and / or Director Projects and/or Sr. Director Projects
* RESOURCES/ BUDGET: Manage direct and/or indirect reports and /or project resources, including budget management (where applicable)
* COMMUNICATION: Support project communication with stakeholders. Prepare communication, presentations to Steering Board, Sponsors and stakeholders.
* PROCESS: Manage and implement business process within project framework. Support integration into inline process.
* SYSTEMS: Define and/or support to identify system needs within project framework. Manage implementation into inline systems.
Key Relationships
Depending on scope/type of project but in general:
* Product/Sports/Brand Marketing at brand adidas
* Senior Leadership Team
* Finance
* Global Operations
* Marketing Operations & Business Development
* Sales (Wholesale, Retail, eCom)
* Global IT
* Human Resources
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
* Project Management experience, PMI certified, Sigma as a plus
* Specialist in business or technical skills with expert knowledge in some areas of work or systems (business champ).
* Broad & deep knowledge in own functional area, combining theoretical and practical knowledge.
Language skills:
* English: fluent
* Another European language advantageous
IT skills:
* Outlook: Advanced
* Word: Basic
* Excel: Advanced
* PowerPoint: Advanced
Qualifications
1. University degree or equivalent education required.
2. Minimum 4 years of experience in job or job function.