Manager Business Continuity Planning

Purpose & Overall Relevance For The Organization

• Global Business Services (GBS) has been created to provide globally unified services based on standardized and automated solutions across different functions and markets.
• This will enable us to drive operational efficiency, quality services, improved agility, and better decision-making whilst reducing complexity and workload.
• In adidas GBS we leverage state-of-the-art technology and cultivate a human-centric and innovative mindset to continually raise the bar of the user experience.
• The Business Continuity Planning (BCP) senior manager's key responsibility is driving the execution of the BCP strategy.
• The responsibility includes developing, deploying, and maintaining business continuity and disaster recovery (DR) strategies & solutions, including risk assessments, business impact analyses, and strategy selection.
• The role requires creating / validating BCP-DR procedures, alongside planning, and conducting regular mock-disaster exercises to test the adequacy of existing plans and strategies.
• Facilitate debriefing sessions, and update procedures and plans based on lessons learned.
• Be the champion for continuity efforts after a disruption event.
• Additional responsibilities include risk, controls, and compliance management, supporting BCP-DR audit and examination activities.
• Support development & maintenance of policies, standards & procedures that are aligned with the industry best practices (NIST, FFIEC BCP handbook).

Key Responsibilities

Key Relationships

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

Requisite Education And Experience / Minimum Qualifications

Skills Required

Risk Management, Data Analysis, Virtual Team Management, Business Continuity, Process Improvement, Disaster Recovery