Sr. Manager Concept Engineering FF & E (m/f/d)

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The Retail Design Team at adidas is responsible for creating future-forward store experiences that elevate the adidas brand across the Retail & Wholesale channels. We collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop, innovate, and evolve experiential retail concepts, store designs, and fixture innovations that deliver best-in-class consumer journeys.

We establish and maintain global store design principles, guidelines, and templates to ensure consistency in experiential brand identity. We establish and maintain global store design principles, guidelines, and templates to ensure consistency in experiential brand identity.

Our goal is to support business strategies and enhance the consumer experiences through retail design innovation. Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organisation:This role is responsible for maximizing the profitability of Retail Concepts by managing the Development process and the respective team for the globally defined Retail & WHS Concept Hardware (Fixture & Fittings, Sales Support Items and Digital Hardware) - from brief to engineering & prototyping to (if applicable) sourcing.

During the concept design phase this role acts as a consultant to the creative Retail Design team to enable internal partners and external agencies in delivering a comprehensive concept design intent pack according to all retail and adidas specific requirements.

The identification, set-up and management of suitable, globally operating engineering and manufacturing partners are key deliverables to achieve industry leading price/quality ratio and speed to market in line with growth plan for all consumer direct retail & Sustainability Targets.

Key Responsibilities

Set up and manage most suitable global retail engineering and manufacturing partners according to the growth plan analysis to support the adidas markets achieving their targetsMaintain & support vendor network to provide guidance on most efficient usage of global economies of scale & industry leading cost structure for production in cooperation with Procurement & Markets teamsCreate & support processes & procedures to maximize opportunities of supply chainsSupport market-based tender processed (as needed) for Concept Hardware according to industry leading standards and procedures in cooperation with ProcurementEnsure & support data accuracy (e.g.

File management & supply chain) within the system landscape to maintain a solid and robust base for decision making and reporting purposesManage project managers for technical development of all global Retails concepts (also utilizing 3rd party) and assure maximum synergy between conceptsConsult within Global Retail Design function and market partners during the concept design process to assure scalability & sustainable potential can be maximizedEstablish and maintain process-driven and solution-orientated communication with key stakeholdersEvaluate concepts on a regular basis and provide regular feedback and guidance to drive high performance within Global Retail Design teamPromote a high-performance culture by setting clear expectations and individual goalsTranslate the company goals into team specific actions and business plans.

Control and monitor performance and resultsSupport the update process of concept guidance & tools to enable a transparent demand management process by the marketsOther duties as requested by line managerKey Relationships: Retail Design Team, Visual Excellence TeamQuality & Standards team; Demand & Inventory TeamGlobal & Regional Procurement Teams; Regional Store Development & Wholesale teamsExecutive Management 3rd party vendorsExternal service providers including supply chain managers and factoriesKnowledge, Skills and Abilities:Expert knowledge of construction, manufacturing, construction and quality control processes of Concept Hardware in Fixture & Fitting Production; in Digital Signage ExecutionMaterial engineering expertiseAdvanced Communication; negotiation and issue resolution skillsEnglish – excellent written and spokenMS Office incl.

Power Point – AdvancedWorkflow / Database Software, Project Management skillsRequired Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:Graduate level engineering or graduate level BAMinimum of 5-7 years’ experience in managing 3rd party supplier relationships in an international contextStrong communication skills

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