Manager Sales Finance-Opex - Temp until October 2026 (m/f/d)

adidas Herzogenaurach

Stellenbeschreibung:

Adidas is an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from people of all ages, genders (incl. gender identity), ethnic and social backgrounds, nationalities, sexual orientations, religions and beliefs, and those with apparent or non-apparent disabilities*. We do not tolerate harassment or discrimination toward any of our applicants or employees.

We actively encourage individuals with disabilities to apply and will provide reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process.

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization

The Global Brand & Sales Finance team delivers insights, including early trend analysis, to guide key business decisions and achieve financial goals. We enable capabilities, best practices, and governance across markets, categories and channels.

Within this team the Global Sales Finance team acts as the financial business partner and advisor to the Global Sales Leadership team. The Global Sales Finance team creates state of the art financial analysis and transparency towards Senior Leadership and supports markets in using standardized capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

Business Partnering

Partner with assigned HQ Global Sales teams (Retail and Wholesale) incl. SVP Global Sales to create financial forecasts and budget for their responsibility area
Work with HQ Global Sales HR to ensure adequate personnel expenses reporting and forecasting is in place
Enable fact based decisions by creating transparency around overhead and marketing expenses spend of the assigned teams
Drive budgeting, forecasting and management of cost centers and project internal orders
Lead medium / small size projects related to HQ Sales & Brand controlling processes. Implement change and ensure sustainability of achievements
Communicate with other departments around controlling processes, especially related to recharges and target shifts
Ensure financial guidelines and timelines are respected and identify critical processes & advice solutions
Educate business partners and make them responsible for compliance to financial guidelines and accounting processes

Reporting, Analysis & Expertise

Ensure that standardized reporting and commentary, together with ad‑hoc analysis around costs structure (actuals and forecast) is available in cooperation with Brand and Sales finance teams
Manage cost centers and support cost center owners in all financial tasks (e.g. purchase requests, cost recharges, ACT tracking etc.)
Develop, execute and further improve post‑mortem analysis of actual spend and key projects
Develop and implement communication packages (emails / presentations) to present derived results and recommendations
Support developing new processes for forecasting and actuals tracking across HQ Sales and Brand teams, with special focus on improving forecasting accuracy

Innovation & Strategy

Look continuously for synergies with other finance teams in order to optimize controlling processes
Go after efficiency and simplification in analysis, reporting and communication
Develop new processes, standards or operational plans and deliver results with direct impact on the department targets
Manage small / medium sized projects and / or actively participate; drive the implementation of findings and sustainability of achievements.

Key Relationships

HQ Global Sales teams (especially Global Wholesale and Retail teams)
SVP Global Sales
HR Global Sales
Brand and Sales Finance
Group Functions Controlling & VCM Team

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Pro‑active (engaging & impact‑oriented) mindset, ability to think end‑to‑end
Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment with different international cultures
Strong controlling expertise
Business understanding of different sales channels in general
High degree of customer orientation. The ability to see the customer’s point of view. Support but also challenge!
Ability to manoeuvre in consistently changing and fast‑paced environment
Ability to operate cross‑functionally
Good communication skills for persuasion and convincing others
Ability to think and act strategically and develop operational plans
Excellent knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint; analytical skills, managing large data quantities from multiple sources. AFO / Power BI is a plus.
Advanced user skills in SAP-PEU
Basic Ariba (Non-trade procurement) experience is welcome
Business fluency in English (written and spoken)