Senior Director Non-Trade Procurement, NAM (Indirect Procurement)

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization

Lead the Non-Trade Procurement and Travel organization for North America, enabling adidas to create measurable enterprise value through strategic sourcing, supplier innovation, disciplined governance, AI-enabled insights, and future-ready procurement capabilities.

·         Define, commit to, and deliver market Procurement goals aligned with the NAM CFO, global Procurement performance expectations, savings targets, innovation priorities, and business stakeholder needs.

·         Implement best-in-class Procurement and Travel Management methods, processes, policies, governance standards, and digital tools across the market, ensuring compliance, transparency, and speed of execution.

·        Leading the market's Travel Management strategy to deliver cost-effective, efficient, compliant, and safe travel programs that support business objectives and employee experience.

·         Future-proof the Procurement function by embedding AI, automation, advanced analytics, and data-driven decision-making into source-to-pay activities, enabling teams to move beyond transactional execution toward strategic value creation for adidas.

 

Key Responsibilities

·         Translate the global Procurement strategy into clear North America priorities, actionable roadmaps, and measurable outcomes that support adidas business performance.

·         Deliver annually agreed savings, value creation, risk mitigation, and productivity targets for the market.

·        Regularly report and communicate market targets in alignment with global Procurement targets.

·         Shape a long-term Procurement agenda  and Global Procurement leadership, ensuring North America market requirements, future capability needs, and adidas strategic priorities are represented.

·        Lead, drive, and develop market teams; develop and manage top specialized talent and capabilities within the market.

·        Drive capability development in the market regarding new capabilities, process and technology standardization, leading practice sharing, and talent development.

·         Champion responsible AI adoption across Procurement by building data literacy, strengthening governance, improving supplier intelligence, and enabling faster, better-informed decisions across spend, risk, demand, and supplier performance.

·        Prioritize, initiate, and manage continuous improvement initiatives.

·        Facilitate impact assessments of changing requirements within the market, including legislation and policies.

·        Work together with Senior Global Category Directors to position market-specific procurement requirements at a global level.

·        Develop and oversee market travel category strategies and travel supplier portfolios, ensuring alignment with global Procurement and Travel objectives.

·        Drive optimization of travel and meetings programs to improve operational efficiency, employee experience, compliance, and financial performance.

·        Ensure market travel requirements and priorities are represented within global category strategies and travel program governance.

 

Manage the Procurement organization on a market level

·        Lead the Procurement organization in accordance with adidas management principles, supporting the organization's focus on performance, talent management, values, leadership, and self-management practices.

·        Drive implementation of Procurement Leadership Team decisions at market and country levels.

·        Manage the quality of the end-to-end source-to-pay process, including compliance with policies, strategies, and processes within the market.

·        Manage the Procurement budget within the market, overseeing financial performance through cost-effectiveness anal