Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization

At adidas, we have a clear purpose: “Through sport, we have the power to change lives.” This mindset also drives Global Business Services (GBS), enabling scalable, efficient, and innovative business operations.

The Senior Specialist Solution Development plays a critical role in accelerating digital transformation across GBS by designing and developing scalable solutions using Power Platform and AI technologies.

This role focuses on translating business needs into automated, data-driven, and intelligent solutions, reducing manual effort, improving process efficiency, and enabling better decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

Solution Development & Automation

- Design, develop, and deploy end-to-end solutions using Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI).
- Build scalable applications to digitize operational processes and eliminate manual work.
- Develop workflows and automations to improve productivity and reduce cycle times.
- Ensure solutions follow best practices in performance, scalability, and governance.
- Implement a documentation framework to ensure solution maintainability over time

AI & Advanced Capabilities

- Integrate AI capabilities (e.g., AI Builder, Azure AI, Copilot Studio, Machine Learning models) into business solutions.
- Identify use cases where AI can drive value (e.g., prediction, classification, document processing).
- Develop intelligent automations that enhance decision-making and reduce operational risks.

Data & Integration

- Design and implement integrations between systems (e.g., SharePoint, Dataverse,



SAP, APIs, Smartsheet).
- Structure and transform data to enable efficient reporting and analytics.
- Collaborate with data teams to ensure consistency, quality, and accessibility of data.

Business Partnering

- Work closely with Operations, CI, and Functional teams to understand business requirements.
- Translate business needs into technical solutions with clear value cases (hours saved, efficiency gains, quality improvement).
- Provide recommendations on solution design and digital opportunities.
- Identify automation and digitalization opportunities across processes.
- Contribute to building reusable components and scalable solutions for global deployment.
- Stay up to date with emerging technologies and continuously improve technical capabilities.

Key Relationships

- Delivery Excellence (CI, Automation, Performance Management, Process Management)
- GBS Operations (Finance, HR, Procurement)
- Integral Process Owners (GPOs) and SMEs
- Tech & Digital teams

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related fields.
- 3–5 years of experience in solution development, automation,



or digital transformation roles .

Technical Skills (Core Focus of the Role)

- Advanced expertise in Power Platform :
- Power Automate (cloud flows, RPA)
- Dataverse
- Experience with SharePoint, OneDrive, and related Microsoft 365 tools .
- Strong knowledge of API integrations and connectors .
- Experience with AI tools and capabilities :
- Basic understanding of Machine Learning and LLM concepts
- Strong skills in data transformation and analysis (Excel, Power Query, SQL preferred).

Additional Skills

- process improvement (Lean, Six Sigma) is a plus .
- Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking.
- Ability to translate business needs into technical solutions.
- Strong communication skills in English and Spanish.

Key Success Factors

- Ability to deliver scalable and high-impact solutions (not just tactical automations).
- Strong balance between technical expertise and business understanding .
- Focus on value creation (efficiency, cost savings, service improvement).
- Proactive mindset to identify and implement innovation opportunities.

At adidas, we strongly believe that embedding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into our culture and talent processes gives our employees a sense of belonging and our brand a real competitive advantage.

By recruiting talent and developing our people to reflect the rich diversity of our consumers and communities, we foster a culture of inclusion that engages our employees and authentically connects our brand with our consumers.

📌 Senior Specialist Solution Development (Bogotá)
🏢 Adidas
📍 Bogotá