Head of Strategy (Footwear Manufacturing Company) - Nhơn Trạch, Đồng Nai (Có Xe Đưa Rước)

• We're Hiring: Head of Strategy
• Report to : Korean director
• Interview: Face to Face 1-2 rounds
• Scale: 10,000+ employees

The Head of Strategy serves as a trusted strategic partner to the Head of Vietnam adidas Business (VN-adi-Head), strengthening Hwaseung’s strategic relationship with adidas and translating customer priorities into coordinated business initiatives and measurable outcomes.

The role connects adidas stakeholders with Hwaseung leadership, product creation, commercialization, and manufacturing teams to support effective decision-making, identify business opportunities, strengthen organizational capabilities, and ensure the execution of agreed strategic priorities.

In addition, the position provides strategic analysis and project support to the F/W CEO on specifically assigned initiatives, representing up to 20% of overall workload, with priorities and resource allocation aligned with the VN-adi-Head.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Advice and Decision Support

• Partner directly with the VN-adi-Head to establish business priorities, evaluate strategic options, and develop actionable recommendations based on commercial analysis, operational facts, and customer insights.
• Anticipate business opportunities and risks, challenge assumptions constructively, and prepare decision briefs outlining strategic options, trade-offs, and recommended actions.
• Translate strategic direction into annual and seasonal business plans with clear accountability, milestones, and measurable performance outcomes.

Adidas Relationships and Strategic Engagement

• Develop trusted working relationships with key stakeholders across adidas headquarters, liaison offices, and relevant category, product creation, sourcing, and manufacturing functions.
• Monitor adidas business strategies, organizational developments, and decision-making processes, assessing their implications for Hwaseung’s business.
• Coordinate strategic engagement with adidas, effectively communicating Hwaseung’s capabilities, business proposals, and strategic initiatives.
• Ensure customer feedback and strategic requirements are communicated to the appropriate internal stakeholders for timely action.

Cross-functional Coordination and Strategic Execution

• Facilitate alignment across HSCC, category development, commercialization, costing, innovation, materials, business operations, and manufacturing functions serving adidas.
• Coordinate organizational responses to adidas strategic initiatives and requests, ensuring responsibilities, timelines, dependencies, and internal approvals are clarified before external commitments are made.
• Monitor the implementation of agreed strategic initiatives and follow up on key decisions and action items.
• Identify and resolve cross-functional coordination issues, escalating unresolved matters to the VN-adi-Head with recommended solutions.

3.4. Business Growth and Capability Development

• Identify opportunities to expand Hwaseung’s business with adidas through new categories, products, development opportunities, and organizational capabilities.
• Integrate customer, consumer, market, and competitor insights with Hwaseung’s capabilities to develop targeted proposals and business cases.
• Collaborate with functional leaders to prioritize innovation, materials, technology, and digital initiatives that support adidas requirements and deliver measurable business value.
• Support long-term capability development aligned with customer priorities and Hwaseung’s competitive positioning.

Leadership Communication and Strategic Business Reviews

• Coordinate preparation for Partner Business Reviews, executive visits, strategic meetings, and other key customer engagements.
• Develop strategic presentations, executive briefing materials, business analyses, and key messages to support the VN-adi-Head’s leadership communications.
• Maintain consistency in Hwaseung’s strategic positioning and communications with adidas and relevant internal stakeholders.
• Coordinate sensitive or significant business matters through the appropriate leadership and decision-making channels.

3.6. Strategic Project Support to the F/W CEO

• Provide strategic analysis and decision support on growth opportunities, significant business challenges, and selected strategic initiatives specifically assigned by the F/W CEO.
• Coordinate cross-functional input, prepare executive discussion materials, and monitor implementation of agreed actions for CEO-sponsored projects.
• Allocate up to 20% of overall workload to CEO-assigned strategic projects, with project scope, priorities, timing, and resource requirements aligned with the VN-adi-Head.
• Report project progress, key findings, and outcomes directly to the F/W CEO while keeping the VN-adi-Head appropriately informed.
• Ensure CEO-sponsored projects are coordinated with the Vietnam adidas Business’s operational priorities and do not create conflicting management instructions or accountabilities.

Reporting Relationships and Governance

Primary Reporting Relationship

The Head of Strategy reports directly to the VN-adi-Head, who retains primary responsibility for setting business priorities, managing overall workload, evaluating performance, and providing day-to-day management direction.

CEO-sponsored Strategic Projects

For specifically assigned strategic initiatives, the Head of Strategy maintains a direct project reporting relationship with the F/W CEO. This arrangement does not change the position’s primary organizational reporting line.

Priority Alignment and Decision Authority

Project priorities, resource allocation, and potential scheduling conflicts shall be coordinated with the VN-adi-Head.

The Head of Strategy provides strategic advice, facilitates coordination, and monitors execution but does not supersede the established decision-making authority or operational accountability of functional and business leaders.

Yêu cầu công việc

• Quality and effectiveness of strategic recommendations and management decision support.
• Strength of strategic engagement and collaboration with adidas stakeholders.
• Timely execution and completion of agreed strategic initiatives.
• Effectiveness of cross-functional coordination and issue resolution.
• Development of commercially viable business growth and capability improvement opportunities.
• Quality of executive communication, strategic reviews, and leadership reporting.
• Successful delivery of specifically assigned CEO-sponsored strategic projects.

Performance objectives and evaluations will be primarily managed by the VN-adi-Head, with relevant input from the F/W CEO regarding CEO-sponsored strategic assignments.

Quyền lợi được hưởng

• Insurance in accordance with Vietnamese labor laws.
• Competitive salary and various allowances based on company policies.
• Annual bonus, 13th-month salary, and holiday bonuses (subject to company policy).
• Annual leave and public holidays in accordance with labor regulations.
• Training opportunities and career development.
• Professional, friendly, and stable working environment.
• Periodic health check-ups and internal employee engagement activities (subject to company policy).