adidas · 1 day ago
Senior Manager, Internal Controls & Risk Management - Retail
Portland, OR
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expadidas is focused on Corporate Governance and is seeking a Senior Manager for Internal Controls and Risk Management in their Retail sector. The role involves improving the retail risk and internal controls framework, ensuring compliance, and enhancing operational efficiency.
American FootballApparelFitnessLifestyleManufacturingMarketingProfessional ServicesRetailSporting GoodsWholesale
Responsibilities
Identifying governance and efficiency gaps in Market North America
Ensuring compliance with established processes and driving continuous improvement of those processes
Primary objectives are the protection of company assets as well as ensuring effectiveness and efficiency of operations, reliability of reporting and compliance with applicable external laws and internal regulations
Leading initiatives focused on improving the efficiency, transparency and effectiveness of business processes
Responsible for working with management throughout the risk management lifecycle (e.g., how to identify and quantify risk as well as guidance during the decision-making process on how to manage identified risks and monitor the risk mitigating measures)
Participation in local Supervisory Board meetings or similar committees while maintaining the function’s status as independent 2nd line of defence for the company
Business partner retail & franchise to fulfil their risk prevention objectives, supporting growth
Advice and work closely with the Market teams to review, improve, and harmonize processes and update retail/ omnichannel relevant policies and retail / omnichannel controls accordingly
Lead and influence the development of strategies to improve operations and overall performance
Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the company policies, code of conduct and applicable laws
Lead Retail risk management reporting and highlighting areas of concern (e.g., product / cash loss)
Consult, coach and inspire the relevant Market North America teams to maximize their potential impact on losses, with a consumer first mindset supporting growth and profit
Drive awareness/maintain knowledge of the Global Policy Manual on local level incl. an understanding of emerging developments and addressing of recommended policy changes to GP&IC
Develop and maintain relationships with stakeholders across all relevant functions and markets to ensure appropriate best practice knowledge for all Market Processes
Proactive management of matrix and cross market aspects to ensure a consistent one North America voice to all stakeholders
Lead timely coordination/execution of all ICS & RM relevant processes (e.g. testing, store audits, shrink monitoring) incl. the mandatory documentation in all relevant systems and monitoring remediation of all identified control deficiencies in collaboration with retail management teams
Lead Risk assessment for all actions linked to the market’s retail business and enabling the retail management team to support the overall compliance standards
Drive the development of new and optimize existing reporting & analysis tools to increase efficiency and enable fact-based decision making
Lead the development and maintenance of the Marketplace Reporting & Analysis for IC & RM
Utilizes company systems, 3rd party on-line sites, social networking sites, local and regional groups (e.g., organized retail crime associations (ORCAs), other retail and law enforcement personal in the identification of career criminals and organized retail crime groups
Lead proactive data analysis and monitoring off all retail activities (e.g., OMNI channel) to identify risks and non-compliance relevant patterns but also to identify potential for further process improvements to enable growth potential for the retail business and supporting functions
Lead management of retail investigations according to market and global investigations standards as well as ensuring that the market standards are comparable to industry standards
Lead and conduct investigations, process evaluations and data analysis proactively to identify emerging fraudulent trends linked to Market North America’s retail business
Lead, detect and investigate internal crimes against the company including theft, fraud, embezzlement, POS manipulation, etc
Advice and influence decision processes by relevant stakeholders and upper management respective identified risks and handling of potential mitigation measures
Enabling and enforcing constant improvements focusing on efficient and effective governance for the company
Lead, ensure and perform root cause analysis for relevant issues
Manage all relevant HR processes as people manager on time and constantly ensuring an inclusive, high performance and growth-oriented culture within the Market’s IC & RM team and its stakeholders
Qualification
Required
8 years+ in US based retail related functions or economic crime investigation
5 years+ people manager experience for virtual and local teams
2 years + exposure to omnichannel risk identification and risk management
University degree or tertiary education
Strong leadership profile
Experience in performing risk assessments and identifying key business and financial risks
Ability to bridge strategic, tactical, and operational business concepts and developments by applying an end-to-end global mindset
Strong in analytics and reporting; translation into business impact as well as preparing meaningful decision templates based on the analytics and impact evaluation
Excellent project management and process management skills
Excellent organizational, problem-solving, negotiation and resolution skills
Strong experience in an omni-channel environment
Fluent in English and fluent in the respective local administrative language
Previous exposure to retail with understanding of omnichannel processes
Excellent communication skills and high degree of stakeholder orientation
Commitment to exemplifying the highest integrity and professional business standards
MS office suite of products – upper intermediate to advanced
Travel time approx. 35%
Benefits
Robust and progressive medical, including HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer funding or FSA (Flexible Spending Account) options
Dental
Vision
Prescription drug coverage
Adoption, with surrogate and fertility support
Short and long-term disability
Basic life and AD&D insurance, which can be supplemented with employee-paid coverage
401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match
Education assistance
Generous Leave policies including 12 weeks of paid parental leave
Annual bonus based on both company and personal performance
Prorated flexible time off in the amount .4388 hours per day that increases with years of service
Twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year
Service Time Off during milestone years
Company
adidas
Adidas is a global sports brand that manufactures apparel, accessories, and footwear for professional athletes involved in various sports.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$580.46M2025-10-30Post Ipo Debt· $580.46M
2020-04-15Post Ipo Debt
2002-01-11IPO
Leadership Team
Kasper Rorsted
CEO
Fabian Hieronimus
SVP Brand Strategy & Business Development
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