Purpose
The Director, Human Resources is a HR leader and trusted strategic partner to the Product Development & Sourcing organization. The role leads a HR team and enables a strong people ecosystem across key “moments that matter,” ensuring the effective execution of the People Strategy while driving business performance, leadership capability, and organizational transformation.
Key Responsibilities
Business Partnership:
- Be a trusted advisor and coach to senior leaders, enabling them to lead and own the people agenda across engagement, performance, and culture.
- Translate business strategy into clear people priorities and lead their effective delivery.
- Lead complex organizational design, change, and transformation initiatives aligned to strategic objectives.
- Drive strategic workforce planning, capability development, and future‑ready skill building.
- Deliver succession planning and build strong leadership pipelines for critical senior roles.
- Use people data, insights, and dashboards to shape decision‑making and organizational strategy.
- Ensure consistent and compliant execution of global core HR processes, policies, and governance.
- Effectively manage complex employee relations topics and senior‑level people matters.
- Partner closely with Global HR, Talent, and Rewards to embed local business needs into global programs.
- Promote a positive employee experience and strong employee relations through targeted local initiatives.
- Anticipate people trends and ensure accurate HR reporting in close collaboration with GBS, Finance, and Global HR.
HR Projects & Transformation
- Lead and contribute to global and cross‑functional HR initiatives, including transformation programs, process harmonization, restructuring, and large‑scale people projects.
- Support major business initiatives with effective, scalable HR solutions.
- Manage the Product Development & Sourcing HR team internal communication: plan and execute leadership team meetings, manage updates to the HR team and engagement activities for the HR team.
Leadership & Team Effectiveness
- Build, lead, and develop a high‑performing HR team capable of driving both day‑to‑day excellence and future change.
- Role‑model adidas leadership behaviors and a culture of innovation, accountability, and collaboration.
Key Stakeholders
- Product Development & Sourcing Leadership Team (Board‑1 / Board‑2 level)
- Global, regional, and local HR teams
- Talent, Rewards, and Talent Acquisition partners
- Finance and GBS / HR Services
- Senior talents and leaders within the scope of responsibility
Knowledge, Skills And Abilities
- HR Expertise: Employee relations, organizational design, workforce planning, HR analytics, change management, and people trend forecasting.
- Business Acumen: Strong commercial mindset, excellent understanding of value chains and business processes, and the ability to align people strategy with business outcomes.
- Consulting & Influence: Proven ability to diagnose business needs, broker solutions, influence senior stakeholders, and coach leaders.
- Leadership: Strong people leadership skills with a track record of building and leading high‑performing teams.
- Communication: Highly articulate and impactful communicator with strong presentation and facilitation skills across senior audiences.
- Change & Innovation: Drives transformation through structured change methodologies while fostering innovation and new ways of working.
Education And Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, or a related field.
- 8–10+ years of progressive HR experience in a multinational environment; exposure to Rewards, Talent, or business roles is an advantage.
- Proven experience as a strategic HR partner in complex, global, and culturally diverse organizations.
- Hands‑on experience managing complex employee relations matters and leading large‑scale organizational change.
- International mindset with strong stakeholder management skills.
- Fluent in English; Chinese language skills are an advantage.
adidas celebrates diversity, supports inclusiveness and encourages individual expression in our workplace. We do not tolerate the harassment or discrimination toward any of our applicants or employees. We are an equal opportunity employer.
