Operations Manager

Agency: PHd Job Function: Media Job Subfunction: Media Operations Job Description: The adidas Operational Change Manager supports the adidas Global Client Operations Lead in driving workforce and workflow transformation across the account. The role focuses on the human and process side of operational excellence   -   ways of working, resourcing models, process design and adoption   -   ensuring change lands well across a large, federated, multi-market organisation.   Working closely with Client Leaders, Finance, market operations teams and the wider Client Operations community, the role turns the account's operational transformation agenda into practical, adopted change on the ground.     1. Workforce & resourcing transformation   Support scope development, staffing models, resource   governance   and labour tracking in partnership with Client Leaders and Finance.   Oversee cross-market ways of working and   appropriate global   resource deployment, with particular focus on the extended workforce and hubs.   Drive frictionless adoption of extended workforce/hub models, ensuring no adverse impact on work quality.   Monitor resourcing impact of operational changes and feed findings back into the transformation agenda.   Support Account and Operational leadership team to   identify   and implement changes to resourcing and staffing model as required to address operational optimisation potential.   2. Workflow design, rollout & adoption   Design and roll out adidas-specific processes that meet client requirements while aligning to PHD and Omnicom standards.   Support deployment of globally mandated technology and process (e.g. Omnicom Media Campaign Life Cycle, Workfront) in ways that minimise friction and maximise value.   Help embed these standards and globally mandated process/technology enablers into day-to-day ways of working of adidas teams at global ,   market and country level.   Translate complex, sometimes competing stakeholder requirements into practical, scalable operational workflows.   Resolve conflicting stakeholder input by helping drive clear decisions that prioritise standardisation, delivery   integrity   and client satisfaction.   Ensure workflows function as part of a cohesive end-to-end system, with minimal duplication and clearly defined ownership.   3. Governance, controls & change adoption   Support robust operational controls, audit   readiness   and financial governance embedded into day-to-day delivery.   Govern adoption of operational solutions and processes, proactively   identifying   and addressing non-compliance across markets.   Design and implement training and engagement initiatives that support the implementation of operational enablers and change across the adidas team – always through the lens of   highlighting the benefits for each group of stakeholders.   Act as an operational escalation point for delivery, governance or execution issues arising from process or workforce change, ensuring swift resolution.   4. Change enablement & capability building   Partner with market stakeholders and specialist teams (Digital, Activation, Media Capability) to ensure new ways of working are embedded into real day-to-day delivery, QA   routines   and workflows — not just documented.   Build and deliver change communication,   training   and adoption support so teams understand the “why” as well as the “how.”   Contribute to the PHD   and OM   Client Operations community: steward best-practice assets, playbooks, templates and toolkits, and support capability development across the function.   

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