Internship - Apparel Sourcing Operations
PURPOSE & OVERALL RELEVANCE FOR THE ORGANIZATION:
- Support adidas digitalization strategy by upgrading Strategic Sourcing group's analytics, reporting and communication capabilities and tools
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND PROJECTS IN BULLET POINTS:
- Assess analytics, reporting and communication needs within stakeholders of Strategic Sourcing team
- Automate data gathering, analysis and results publishing tasks
- Design scorecards and dashboards for key deliverables of Strategic Sourcing team (e.g. strategic roadmaps, vendor management scorecards, T1 and T2 allocation blueprints)
- Support the team in sourcing analytics
KEY OBJECTIVES (SPECIAL TASKS AND LEARNINGS):
- Design dashboards and decision support system for strategic sourcing group.
- Get understanding of sports apparel business, its global sourcing operations and main tasks and objectives of strategic sourcing group.
- Learn problem solving skills (hypothesis formulation, data gathering and analysis), communication and presentation skills (storytelling, slide writing, verbal presentation).
- Learn how to use advanced analytics software and tools (Alteryx, Tableau, Excel advanced analytics tools)
KEY RELATIONSHIPS:
- Director, Strategic Sourcing
- Director, Planning
- Strategic Sourcing & Planning teams
- Vice President, Sourcing Operations