Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Planning and Reporting team supports the business by providing information that will enable the financial decisions, by promoting transparency in the actuals reporting and increasing the accuracy in the Planning activities, such as forecast and budgeting.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive budgeting, forecasting and cost monitoring processes ensuring data quality and integrity across various systems and tools
• Support the each business partner within the assigned Supply Chain Management area of responsibility
• Manage small sized projects and/or actively participate in projects;
• Proactively and with critial thinking assess if the current processes and assumptions are updated and/or suggest and implement new ways of doing;
• Work to achieve objectives and deliver results with a short-term, operational focus as part of the department targets
• Implement and promote adequate and aligned communication packages to present results
• Ensure smooth operation of day to day business by taking on ownership on assigned responsabilities;
• Create variances analyzes (standards vs real costs) to identify the source of deviations and find business explainations for it
• Execute standardized reporting and ad-hoc analysis with insights to support the business;
• Manage cost centers and support cost center managers in all financial tasks (e.g. cost recharges, cost allocations etc.)

Key Relationships:

• GBS Controlling Team and Finance teams
• adidas Finance Team
• adidas senior management team
• adidas Supply Chain Market Controllers
• Accounting

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong financial acumen
• Solid experience with SAP
• Knowledge on Freight or Customs areas
• Experience in a Shared Service environment or similar
• Ability to read, write and communicate in English in a business setting
• Ability to pay close attention to detail
• Solid interpersonal skills combined with a high degree of customer orientation; can navigate easily within complex organizations, connect with a variety functions, audiences, management styles, or cultures.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Highly results driven and self-motivated team player with compassion, integrity, trust and perseverance.
• Curious and growth mindset; keen to learn and approach subjects outside of comfort zone, look beyond the obvious
• Availability to travel for periods of 3 to 4 weeks

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree in Commerce/Business Administration/Finance/ Controlling or similar.
• 5 plus years relevant work experience in the accounting / business area
• Broad and deep theoretical understanding of job function

***Apply with your CV in English.***