职位描述Details
Purpose/Key Responsibilities:
Has ownership for specified business units or brands for which they are responsible for achieving deliveries, standards, and costing according to the targets established by senior management; accountable for key performance indicators.
Provides leadership and direction to a team of Merchandisers to ensure adidas products are developed and produced according to customer specifications and shipped within calendar deadlines.
Responsible for implementing supplier strategic direction to support brand business objectives and product expectations, including support of material selection and commercialization.
Ensures accuracy and timeliness through high-level communication and coordination with adidas HQ departments, regional centers and suppliers from material brief, material forecasting & facilitating between HQ, LOs, T1 & T2 when issue occurs.
Ensures all adidas products/new projects are engineered and developed to meet targets while ensuring that appropriate product value is maintained and shipped according to customer requirements.
Proactive leadership to identify, approve, and develop new vendors with the support of SEA, technical team leaders, and other departments supporting the vendor base.
Be category, brand, and division representative to the factories. Communicate respective vision and strategy.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Development
Works with team and factories to identify issues upfront that may prevent product objectives from being met, including cost targets, quality standards in construction and materials, ease of manufacture, etc.
Ensures prototypes address desired function, cosmetics, cost, market appeal and manufacturability, including checking for material specification, quality adherence to standards.
Evaluates all prototypes for compliance with ID specification, color, and other product spec’s. Able to provide options to Herzo or Portland for adidas / Canton