Sr Specialist

PURPOSE & OVERALL RELEVANCE FOR THE ORGANIZATION:

Global Business Services (GBS) designs, builds, and operates consistent end-to-end business solutions for adidas, delivering services in the areas of finance, non-trade procurement, and human resources. This drives operating efficiency, better customer experience, company agility, and decision-making, and ensures a compliance and control environment. This is enabled through consistent end-to-end processes, strong, globally consistent governance of solutions and services, state-of-the-art technology and tools, creativity, and continuous improvement.

The role will be to understand business requirements and help transform them into technical architecture. You will provide service advice and liaise with partners to help the stakeholders move rapidly from idea to prototype, to production solution. In addition, will build and participate in mechanisms for tracking impact for stakeholders and for GBS and relevant experience to help improve operations. It's an adidas 2025 strategy position.

The role holder must be comfortable working in a fast-paced and entrepreneurial enterprise technology environment, and working with cross-functional teams as many parts of the program will have interdependencies with other teams within adidas.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ability to think strategically, synthesize complex situations and develop innovative solutions within a changing/dynamic environment.
• Ability to multitask and manage a portfolio of projects - work prioritization, planning, collaboration, and management
• Providing significant longer support for new/existing initiatives
• Work with adidas (GBS) leaders across business, markets & functions to identify and qualify suitable opportunities for the innovation program.
• Lead and coordinate the delivery of those solutions, working with relevant technology experts, services teams, and partners where appropriate.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS:

• GBS Leadership team
• Global Process Owners
• Operations teams in centers
• Global Delivery Excellence team
• IT Platform Engineering team

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

:

• Excellent collaboration skills, and work effectively in a matrix organization.
• Knowledge in Python, Sharepoint
• Design principle of PowerPlatform (Powerapps/Powerautomate)
• Experience in Databricks and familiarity with PySpark (add-on)
• Passionate about taking Innovative initiatives and how technology can help in large enterprises
• Good English language proficiency

REQUISITE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE / MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• 6+ years of experience in multiple technologies, GBS organization working model and demonstrating progressive responsibility in roles focused on driving service excellence through the application of analytics
• Preferably experience working in Agile/Product lead organization.
• University degree or equivalent experience

AT ADIDAS WE HAVE A WINNING CULTURE. BUT TO WIN, PHYSICAL POWER IS NOT ENOUGH. JUST LIKE ATHLETES OUR EMPLOYEES NEED MENTAL STRENGTH IN THEIR GAME. WE FOSTER THE ATHLETE'S MINDSET THROUGH A SET OF BEHAVIORS THAT WE WANT TO ENABLE AND DEVELOP IN OUR PEOPLE AND THAT ARE AT THE CORE OF OUR UNIQUE COMPANY CULTURE: THIS IS HOW WE WIN WHILE PLAYING FAIR.

COURAGE: Speak up when you see an opportunity; step up when you see a need..

OWNERSHIP: Pick up the ball. Be proactive, take responsibility and follow-through.

INNOVATION: Elevate to win. Be curious, test and learn new and better ways of doing things.

TEAMPLAY: Win together. Work collaboratively and cultivate a shared mindset.

INTEGRITY: Play by the rules. Hold yourself and others accountable to our company's standards.

RESPECT: Value all players. Display empathy, be inclusive and show dignity to all.

AT ADIDAS, WE STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT EMBEDDING DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION (DEI) INTO OUR CULTURE AND TALENT PROCESSES GIVES OUR EMPLOYEES A SENSE OF BELONGING AND OUR BRAND A REAL COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE.

– CULTURE STARTS WITH PEOPLE, IT STARTS WITH YOU –

BY RECRUITING TALENT AND DEVELOPING OUR PEOPLE TO REFLECT THE RICH DIVERSITY OF OUR CONSUMERS AND COMMUNITIES, WE FOSTER A CULTURE OF INCLUSION THAT ENGAGES OUR EMPLOYEES AND AUTHENTICALLY CONNECTS OUR BRAND WITH OUR CONSUMERS.

JOB TITLE:

Sr Specialist - Innovation

BRAND:

LOCATION:

Chennai

TEAM:

General Management & Business Development

STATE:

TN

COUNTRY/REGION:

IN

CONTRACT TYPE:

Full time

NUMBER:

536872

DATE:

Nov 4, 2025