The role is based in Vietnam, the fastest growing country for footwear and textile industryThe role encompasses a broad scope, including but not limited to production delivery, quality, Social and Environmental affairs, Manufacturing Excellence roadmaps of - a cold cement shoes factory with capacity of 1.2 million pairs monthly- a sandal factory which is the world biggest sandals manufacturer - an innovative factory with industry-leading glue-less bonding technologyLed an adidas manufacturing team to deliver quality and timely products of USD 250 million p.a. in Sourcing value for BU’s Running, Originals, Core, Training, Reebok, and Young Athlete.Liaise with functional departments (Planning, Quality, Manufacturing Excellence) to build and execute on Group strategy and specific roadmapsManage 2 Tier-1 suppliers, 3 factories in 3 locations with total investment of USD 200 million and a workforce of 5000 operators.Key Competencies: Team Leadership, Supplier Management, Commercialization, Lean Practice, Problem Solving, Project Management, Training, Industrial Engineer, Production Management.

- Managed a global network of 15 Risk Owners (Senior Leadership levels) to identify and develop action plans for company’s risks and opportunities across all functions- Acting chairman of Bwise Committee (Bwise is a common platform used across Risk Management, Internal Controls and Compliance functions)- Enhanced adidas' risk aggregation analysis and modeling- Led 3 (out of 11) Key Topics in adidas’ Risk Appetite ProjectTalent Carousel Program Participant- Selected as 1 of the top 20 young talents of adidas globally in 2017- Went through rigorous leadership development activities – including Skill GYM’s, Bootcamps, Start-up operating model, Innovative Hackathons- Mentored by world-class leadership coaches and creative labs – including Artgym, YCN, Smithery, UnternehmerTUM, PlanetK2

- Managed costing framework of adidas footwear production in Vietnam – volume 150 millions of items pa. across 11 factories- Led commercialization of strategic technologies in Vietnam: Boost, Colored Boost, Vacuum Sublimation Printing, Pad Printing, Co-shot- Costing 2.0 project, which overhauled adidas’ Costing frameworkPivotal roles in various work-streams, including Labor & Overhead, System, Costing Process, Costing Audit, Financial Impact AnalysisTrained over 500 adidas and factories’ personnel for Costing 2.0 methodologies- Expanded responsibility to cover for Regional Senior Project Manager during time of vacancy

- Conducted Cost estimation for EPCI (engineering, procurement, construction, installation) bidding of Oil & Gas projects, values up to USD 300 millions- Responsible for budgeting and controlling of awarded projects- Re-designed Company’s price database