Manager Laboratory Standards (m/f/d) | Advanced Creation

Location

Herzogenaurach | Germany

Job description

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

We’ll never launch a product unless we consider it perfect. Our product operations teams create every shirt, every shoe and every piece of equipment for thousands of athletes and fashion lovers as if it was one of a kind. And it truly is, as they weave their passion into every single product. But translating designs, drawings and renderings into real products requires a lot of decision making.

As Manager Laboratory Standards you are a key contributor in the laboratory testing process by ensuring industry leading laboratory testing standards, processes and systems are implemented and maintained on a global level supporting an end-to-end quality approach for all product types from creation to production.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage in collaboration with AC-T&Q and Sourcing teams, the lab testing standards setting covering material/component and product lab testing globally for defined division.
• Manage in collaboration with Lab & Compliance Excellence and relevant stakeholders the evolvement of physical and functional standards/methods and ensure testing requirements are in line with future business and consumer requirements.
• Manage country/market specific compliance and test standards (e.g. CMA, BIS). Ensure that adidas lab testing standards are aligned with local regulations and products are compliant globally.
• Collaborate with ACT functions and Sourcing to harmonize processes and standards cross divisionally. 
• Collect and analyze data as basis for standard/test method creation and updates and for decision making.
• Create and implement test methods for tech function/marketing claim validation.
• Collaborate with Laboratory Excellence team on research and assessment of equipment as well as the creation and evaluation of new or existing test standards.
• Maintain the testing framework as basis for the implementation into our IT testing infrastructure.
• Provide information and support decision making in exceptional cases (LR/FD).
• Act as key contact for special testing and quality related stakeholder questions.
• Upskill our global stakeholders internally in regards to test standards and test methods.
• Utilize the existing relationships with external testing locations and institutes to have latest in class insight in lab innovation in terms of equipment and methodologies.
• Manage workstreams in cross functional projects.
• Build and maintain your internal and external network.

Key Relationships:

• Advanced Creation (ACT) functions
• Sourcing
• POPS Creation Center’s
• Material teams
• Innovation
• IT
• External partners (T1, T2, T3, labs, Testing institutes, TÜV etc.)
• ISO/DIN/ASTM… working groups

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong communication (both written and verbal) skills
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes (FTW/APP/A&G)
• Expert knowledge of material / product testing (FTW/APP/A&G)
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Advanced Computer literacy (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Python is a plus)
• Strong understanding of statistics and quality control measures
• Fluent in English and German
• Ability to work independently and thinking further about improvements
• Ability to travel

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• 4-year College/University degree with focus on engineering or equivalent background
• 2 years of progressive working experience in sporting goods industry (lab or manufacturing)

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