Manager GPS DPM & Solutions

Who are we:

adidas Porto provides globally unified services to adidas employees, consumers and other users, based on standardized and automated solutions across different functions and markets. We leverage state of the art technology and encourage a human-centric and innovative mindset to continually raise the bar of the user experience. This is enabling us to drive operational efficiency, improved agility and better decision-making whilst reducing complexity in adidas.

Our mandate is to be the foundation for an agile and efficient company. This is our role to support adidas mission of being the best sports brand in the world.

We embrace diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives and seek to create a workforce which reflects our consumers and communities. We champion individual uniqueness and cultivate a culture of belonging, so that everyone can create at their best.

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

The Global Product Supply Digital Process Management team is looking for a Manager Reporting Analytics to deliver operational reporting solutions, analyze reporting issues, and enable self-service analytics through Power BI.

The role combines reporting solution development, problem solving, and stakeholder engagement, acting as a bridge between business users and central Supply Chain Management analytics teams to deliver reliable, scalable, and effective reporting solutions

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain operational Power BI reports and dashboards by leveraging existing data products, semantic models, and SQL queries against Databricks tables and views.
• Partner with business stakeholders to gather and translate business requirements into scalable reporting and analytics solutions.
• Investigate reporting and data issues, identify root causes, resolve where appropriate, and collaborate with the Supply Chain Intelligence and Data Domain teams on global capabilities issues.
• Manage reporting demand by triaging requests, prioritizing work, and coordinating the delivery of reporting solutions.
• Support and enable the Power User community by providing technical guidance, promoting self-service analytics, and driving reporting best practices.
• Drive continuous improvements to reporting solutions, data quality, report performance, and Power BI governance across Supply Planning operational teams.
• Coordinate and support user acceptance testing (UAT) and adoption of new and enhanced reporting solutions.

Key Relationships:

• Global Supply Planning
• Global Sourcing
• Global Tech, Global Data Domain
• Supply Chain Intelligence
• Market SCM

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :

• Power BI Development: Proven experience designing, developing, and maintaining Power BI reporting solutions, including DAX, data modelling, and performance optimization for operational reporting.
• Data & Technical Skills: Strong SQL skills with experience querying and analyzing data from Databricks or similar cloud-based data platforms. Ability to investigate reporting issues and ensure data accuracy.
• Business Analysis: Ability to understand business processes, gather requirements, and translate them into practical, scalable reporting and analytics solutions.
• Problem Solving: Demonstrated ability to investigate reporting and data issues, identify root causes, and determine appropriate resolutions or escalation paths.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively with business users, technical teams, and the Power User community, adapting communication to different audiences.
• Collaboration & Delivery: Experience working in cross-functional teams to deliver reporting enhancements, support user acceptance testing (UAT), and drive successful adoption of new reporting capabilities.
• Continuous Improvement: Proactive approach to improving reporting processes, development standards, data quality, and self-service analytics through innovation and best practices.
• Organisation & Adaptability: Able to manage multiple priorities, work independently, and deliver high-quality outcomes in a dynamic, global environment.
• Fluent in English (written & spoken)

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Four-year degree from college or university required with emphasis in Supply Chain Management, Business analytics, Business administration or Information Systems preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in data analytics, reporting, or a related analytical role.
• Hands-on experience developing Power BI reports and dashboards, including DAX.
• Experience writing SQL queries to extract, validate, and analyze data from enterprise data platforms (e.g., Databricks). Experience with Python is an advantage.
• Understanding of supply chain planning processes and ERP systems (e.g., SAP or SAP IBP) is preffered.

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.