Senior Manager Transportation Control & Billing in Herzogenaurach bei Adidas

Senior Manager Transportation Control & Billing (m/f/d) in Herzogenaurach bei Adidas

Adidas

TA Contact Person: Mini Bawa Sharma

Purpose

The Senior Manager, Transportation Control & Billing is a key in-house, leadership role for an organized, passionate, and analytical leader who understands the challenges and the opportunities of EU wide supply chain and transportation network. S/he needs to be capable of end-to-end owning, collecting, and analysing a complex set of business data; convert them into relevant decks and decision support materials; and present to senior management.
The successful candidate will be expected to have extensive team leadership experience (both operational teams as well as decision support teams), financial understanding of transportation services and surcharges, lead the regional transportation data analytics and performance management teams to gauge performance, support and drive decisions.

Key Responsibilities:
The leadership role leads 2 pillars of transportation:

a) Control / Data Analytics Teams

Lead the Transportation Control / Data Analytics teams. Own the Transportation Data landscape and be the main POC for all internal and external partners in terms of data and related quantitative and qualitative analysis
Develop, manage, update, and present regional transportation decks and scorecards.
Drive data-driven decision making in whole EU network deliveries
Analyse and pinpoint top improvement areas within Supply Chain
Own the operational and financial performance reporting of the department, including the relevant Master Data maintenance
Carry out ad hoc analysis to drive agile decision making
Support ongoing and designed projects with data, by building and justifying business cases

b) Billing / Invoice Control Teams.

Leads the Invoice Control team, which makes sure that adidas is charged and does payments correctly and rightfully within the contractual terms and rates
Drives the month end accrual process
Has a big input for organizational budgeting in terms of OPEX forecasting, and transportation spend.
Owns the financial (rate cards and surcharges) and operational (lead times and cut off) master data ownership of transportation parameters.
Oversees and safeguards the accuracy of TMS (transportation management system) and SAP master data and the data quality of our reporting tools.
Analyzes financial data, suggests cost optimization tactics, plans and strategies.

Key Relationships:

Works with senior management to prioritize business and information needs
Proactively manages stakeholders, identify needs and manage communication
Stakeholders can relate (but not limited) to the following core functions:

EU Transportation team as closest internal customers of the analysis required
EMEA Supply Chain Management (all functions)
Particularly Performance Management and Supply Chain Control Tower Teams
EMEA Market (all functions)
Supply Chain Finance
External partners (carriers, solution providers and consultants)
Global Operations (Global Transportation, Procurement. Digital, Strategy and IT)
GBS (Global Business Services Team)
HR Business Partner
o Corporate functions (e.g., legal, finance & performance management)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Soft skills:

Thinks Big and has bias for action. Expected to be creative, to plan, shine and deliver.
Driven leader, that inspires his/her team to go above and beyond
End-to-end mindset with a holistic view of problems and opportunities on hand
Business acumen, to be able to grasp and help drive relevant decision making
Has backbone, develops and constructively communicates his opinion, not scared to disagree, and yet commit.
Seeks the best for the business always in mind
Transparently presents the story the data indicates, does not manipulate the data to prove the story
Solution builder with a creative mind and solid experience in delivering result-oriented analysis
Highly self-motivated, 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 all-way communication (upward, lateral and downward)
Solid presentation, deck building and storytelling skills
Discipline in planning, time management and organization skills