Director, Freight Transportation Eu - Herzogenaurach, Deutschland - Adidas

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Herzogenaurach, Deutschland

vor 3 Wochen

Lena Wagner

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Mini Bawa Sharma- Purpose- The Director, Freight Transportation is a key in-house strategy execution role for an organized, passionate, goal-oriented and visionary people-leader who understands the challenges and the opportunities of EU wide supply chain and transportation network, and who is capable of end-to-end owning and driving the European Freight Delivery network with over a 120+ Million Euro annual spend.


  • Own the Freight Transportation Budget and Performance
  • Manage freight (FTL/LTL) carrier portfolio across all countries
  • Drive major change initiatives in EU network (New DCs, Stores, Launches)
  • Enable new services to provide convenience and choice to our customers/stores
  • Upskill and develop the EU Freight Transportation Team
  • Drive proper communication and stakeholder engagement
  • Key Responsibilities
  • Lead overall freight delivery network for EU in alignment with strategic direction
  • Actively manage the EU freight carrier portfolio with proper cadence and governance
  • Improve overall transportation KPIs (COTIF, Speed, Sustainability, VAS and cost) for wholesale/retail channels.
  • Budget ownership over a 120+ Million Euro annual spend
  • Run and optimize the transportation network, with optimized cost, service and reliability
  • Drive the sustainability vision of the company for the B2B transportation network
  • Improve the delivery process end to end from Customer Service, to Fulfillment, to Added Services with a holistic view
  • Be customer centric in everything we do, owning the customer delivery experience
  • Ensure the capacity is secured to serve the high volatile transportation demand
  • Key Relationships
  • Initiate and drive discussions with crossfunctional internal stakeholders, as well as external partners; to collect and consolidate input, issues, feedback, and insights to prepare, plan, align and deliver solutions
  • Deliver execution of the aligned tactical / strategical initiatives
  • Proactively manage stakeholders, build relationships, and manage communication
  • Stakeholders can relate (but not limited) to the following core functions
  • EMEA Supply Chain Management (all functions)
  • EMEA Market (all functions)
  • External partners (carriers, solution providers and consultants)
  • Global Operations (Global Transportation, Procurement, Digital, Strategy and IT)
  • Corporate functions (e.g., legal, finance & performance management)
  • Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Soft skills:

  • Thinks Big and has a bias for action. Expected to be creative, to plan, shine and deliver.
  • Endtoend mindset with a holistic view of problems and opportunities on hand
  • Has backbone, develops and constructively communicates his opinion, not scared to disagree, and yet commit to the decision. Seeks the best for the business always.
  • Solution builder with a creative mind and solid experience in delivering results
  • Highly selfmotivated, and acts like an 'owner'
  • Earns trust, both of his/her team and internal/external stakeholders. Does what he/she says in due time, and dares to say 'No' when required so.
  • Engaging, open and perceptive to feedback and improvement
  • Autonomous and capable of handling allway communication (upward, lateral and downward)
  • Change management skills, influencing a network of internal and external stakeholders
  • Solid presentation and storytelling skills
  • Discipline in planning, time management and organization skills
  • Hard skills
  • Expertise on EU freight (FTL/LTL) carrier network, with suppliers, services, and customer requirements particularly for wholesale and retail channels
  • Working experience with a Transportation Management and Optimization system
  • Advanced MS Office skills, especially MS Excel and MS PowerPoint
  • Dives deep with proven data analytics skills, and willing to 'get his/her hands dirty'
  • Frugal. Knows success is not to have the biggest team, but to deliver the biggest value.
  • Financial literacy and budget ownership
  • Has experience in building and evaluating Business Cases with scenario planning
  • People management skills
  • Hires and Develops the Best. Builds, Manages, Coaches and Upkeeps the EU Freight Transportation Team
  • Works with an 'authentic / servant leader' mindset. Leads by example.
  • Insists on the Highest Standards. Setting right expectations is a determinant of success.
  • Good at prioritization, effort estimation, job assignment and delegation
  • Provides feedback and owns the development and performance of his/her team
- dentifies needs and skills required, runs recruitment, and ensures a smooth onboarding

  • Curious, Open to learn & develop. Encourages / puts leverage in his/her teams' learning
  • Fosters a team culture that encourages trust, open and constructive discussion
  • Qualifications
  • A Bachelor's degree from relevant departments of universities required. A Master's degree and PMP / lean sigma certification preferred.
  • Minimum 8 years of relevant work experience in an advanced supply cha
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