Manager, Advanced Polymers (SCF)

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Manager, Advanced Polymers (SCF)

Purpose

• A key player in Product Development & Sourcing in driving to be the Most Agile, Most Competitive, Most Digitalized & Cleanest Supply Base in the industry.
• Drive engineering & manufacturing innovations on both process and product level from concept validation to full deployment to create overall industrial competitiveness.
• Take priority action as a consultant pool of technical experts guiding to a world-class supply of foams, rubber, plastics, adhesives, ink/paint, coloration, textiles and other polymer compounds and their manufacturing processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Understand IP (Intellectual Property) landscape.

• Run individual project team-based collaboration for engineering & manufacturing innovation product concepts and ingredients from validation to full deployment via technical expertise and action throughout the readiness levels, gate 1 & 2 meetings, and scalability for projects and phases assigned to.

• Identify challenges & opportunities during the innovation readiness level stages and follow up the workstreams needed while maintaining an emphasis on performance, efficiency, cost and sustainability benefits.

• Receive seasonal compound requests from product creation teams and guide supply partner counterparts to experiment, formulate, test and effectively transition from development to production to satisfy those needs.

• Maintain Material Lifecycle Management system for bottom material creation and management (clean ups).

• Give technical consultant feedback to Ops/Materials teams for new supplier onboarding, Costing and Quality.

• Ensure all sourcing operations and practices fully comply with adidas’ Responsible Sourcing & Purchasing Policy, adidas standards and legal requirements, while managing the relevant processes internally and externally.

• Role model adidas values and behaviours and foster a culture of Diversity Equity & Inclusion that strives for an inclusive workplace.

• Key Relationships

• Global Sourcing: costing, materials operations, sourcing operations, sustainability sourcing, engineering and manufacturing innovation team

• Headquarter innovation, innovation management and Product Development teams.

• External stakeholders: Sourcing Suppliers T1 and T2

• Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Advanced knowledge of polymer chemistry, and other chemical products including formulations, processing, machinery, and physical testing.in the field of “Solid”, “Liquid”, and/or “Gas” specialties:

• “Solid”: rubber, injected plastic components, textiles

• “Liquid”: ink/paint, textile coloration dyes/finishing chemicals, adhesives and primers

• “Gas”: Chemical Foams (EVA, PU) and physical foams (SCF, beads)

• Strong analytical skills for problem solving and for creation, planning and delivering of project work.

• Ability to explain highly technical concepts to a non-technical audience.

• Constantly challenging the status quo.

• Basic understanding of costing principles.

• Good influencing, interpersonal, presentation and communication skills.

• Fluent in English (written and spoken).

• Strong Microsoft office and AI skills.

• Requisite Education and Experience

• University Degree in Chemical Engineering, Polymer Science, Materials Science, Textile Engineering or related engineering areas.

• Minimum 3+ years of relevant 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:

• Manager, Advanced Polymers (SCF)

TEAM:

• Product Development & Operations

Location

Guangzhou

State:

GD

Country/Region:

CN

Contract Type:

Full time

Number:

551639

Date:

Nov 3, 2026

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