Adidas is planning to hire about 2,800 people – to fill both vacancies and new posts – at 307 locations in 47 countries in 2022, with more posts to be advertised as the year goes along. More than 800 of them will be posted in Germany and more than 900 in Adidas stores. More than 500 positions will be in digital, IT and data & analytics. The German sports brand has already doubled its staff for sustainability. As of next autumn, it will be filling more than 50 apprenticeships or dual-study slots in Germany.
Adidas’ total staff numbers about 62,000, of whome about 7,700 work in Germany and 5,300 at the company’s headquarters in Herzogenaurach. The employees hail from about 100 countries, less than 60 percent of them from Germany. The average age is 32.
Adidas has already stated that it hopes to increase the proportion of women in management from 35 percent to more than 40 percent by 2025.
The company says it receives more than a million applications per year through the jobs page on its website, careers.adidas-group.com.
