Senior HR Manager leading organizational design and workforce planning at Adidas. Driving change management and delivering transformation projects across functions, cultures, and markets.
Responsibilities
This role is a critical driver of business transformation, with a primary focus on Organizational Design, Strategic Workforce Planning, and Change Management.
You will lead complex initiatives that reshape how the organization operates, designing future-ready structures, enabling workforce readiness, and ensuring smooth, sustainable transitions across functions, markets, and region.
With full end-to-end accountability for project delivery, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional and cross-cultural teams, set clear direction, solve complex organizational challenges, and apply strong analytical and strategic thinking.
Lead and deliver complex transformation projects using proven project management methodologies.
Inspire and guide project teams with clarity and purpose.
Define and manage project scope, objectives, milestones, and success metrics aligned with business priorities.
Collaborate closely with cross-functional and global/regional stakeholders.
Communicate effectively to ensure alignment and transparency.
Adapt project strategies to account for cultural and regional nuances.
Champion the adoption of AI-enabled decision-making, automation solutions, and digital tools within HR transformation projects.
Lead and evolve organizational design standards and governance frameworks to ensure consistency, compliance, and long-term organizational health.
Define roles, capabilities, spans/layers, and reporting structures that support scalability and future workforce needs.
Partner with business leaders to translate strategy into future-ready organizational structures.
Transform workforce planning into a strategic capability focused on workforce readiness, capacity modeling, and long-term planning.
Build mid- and long-term workforce strategies based on scenario planning, demand/supply modeling, and business priorities.
Consider organizational readiness, identify risks, and proactively remove barriers to transformation.
Requirements
Proven track record leading complex organizational change projects across multiple countries and/or regions and cultures.
Strong expertise in organizational design, workforce planning, and/or change management methods and tools.
Ability to design integrated end-to-end solutions, move with speed, and drive initiatives to completion.
Excellent stakeholder management skills with experience engaging senior and executive-level leaders.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to make sound decisions with limited information.
Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal.
High proficiency in MS Excel, PowerPoint, Smartsheet, and Teams.
Highly desirable: 3 years experience managing projects associated with business transformation; ie organizational changes, mergers, acquisitions, re-sizing and/or operating model changes.
Experience applying AI tools, automation technologies, digital workforce platforms, or analytics engines to HR transformation, workforce planning, or org design.
Ability to interpret AI-generated workforce insights and translate them into actionable organizational recommendations.
Understanding of automation opportunities (RPA, workflow automation, process optimization) and their impact on operating models, roles, and capability needs.
Benefits
AT ADIDAS WE HAVE A WINNING CULTURE.
CULTURE STARTS WITH PEOPLE, IT STARTS WITH YOU.
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.
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