Manager Merchandising Men FTW - Originals & Bball (f/m/d) - Global Merchandising (temp 01-08/2022)

仕事内容

• :: limited duration from Jan - Aug 2022 ::.
  

PURPOSE & OVERALL RELEVANCE FOR THE ORGANISATION

Contribute to the long-range global merchandising strategy and roadmap for the defined area of responsibility (men’s footwear, women’s footwear, men’s apparel, women’s apparel, kids/accessories.) to elevate the consumer experience both in store and online and position the brand strength consistently around the world. Support that the team is building to the seasonal financial plans that meet the growth plans of the business across all markets and channels. Implement shared goals and strategies for growth between market partners, product, design, marketing, digital, strategy, and planning functions. Support the end-to-end (global to markets) range plan, assortment strategy, and go-to-market to deliver growth targets, and strong sell-thru. Communicate an understanding of the consumer, markets, and business to adidas in a way that accelerates what is possible from a product, assortment, and distribution standpoint.

Key Responsibilties

• Manage seasonal product journeys, franchise deliverables, pricing, flow, lifecycle management, branding across the category that aligns with the range plan strategy
• Partner to execute strategy with the product creation team made up of Product Marketing, Design, and Development to form “the quad”
• Manage the range architecture and assortment framework for approval against the range targets, including integration of special market requests
• Manage the detailed range architecture plan including model & article level detail
• Provide merchandising fundamentals through the execution of the range plan; segmentation strategy, price bands (G/B/B), newness/flow, color, launch dates, evergreen vs newness, etc.
• Collect and organize key market insights. Look for key global and regional trends and shifts in market direction to inform your manager
• Build consumer centric assortment plans with an understanding of the category’s position in the market, blending fact based and intuitive inputs
• Land brand stories and initiatives globally through creation and execution of channel right assortments
• Manage model/article efficiency, productivity, profitability, by category to reduce duplication and elevate assortment strategies across the markets
• Manage DTC exclusive + market SMU strategy to ensure necessary differentiation among channels and key accounts
• Partner to organize assortment feedback to ensure excellent and regular connection with global markets
• Participate in updates to markets on BU range strategy (quantitative and qualitative) covering decisions to meet / not meet gaps identified by markets
• Help support the category handovers in partnership with cross functional partners to enable/facilitate markets understanding and implementation of the go to market strategy
• Create useful tools to excite and educate markets, channels, and customers, to successfully land seasonal concepts
• Partner on communicating goals, clarity, and focus to deliver the strategy that will achieve these goals
• Deliver the Merchandising content on time in full with accuracy
• Provide regular updates on status, progress, results, key learning & opportunities to Sr Management.
  

Key Relationships

• Senior Managers, Directors, and key peers
• Cross Functional Teams: DTC, adidas E-Commerce Teams, Corporate Strategy, Marketing, Sales, Finance, Product, Design, Category/BU’s, Development, Planning, Analytics, Operations, Sourcing, and Insights
• Market Teams: Managers in the Markets, BU Managers/Category Managers in Markets
  

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Proficiency with MS applications (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and other computer software (Internet, POS Systems, etc.)
• Knowledge of merchandising management systems
• Fluent in English. An additional European language is an advantage. 
• Ability to influence cross functionally
• Attention to detail
• Can identify process areas to simplify for efficiency
• Strong presentation and communication skills
• Balanced, resilience and collaborative
  

Requisite Education And Experience / Minimum Qualifications

• University degree in business/marketing or related field or equivalent professional experience required
• 5 years of retail, merchandising, buying, eCom experience
• Previous global, wholesale, retail, digital/ecom, vertical experience in merchandising, buying
• Broad & profound theoretical and practical knowledge in functional area
• Experience in Product Creation, Supply Chain, Visual Merchandising, Planning & Allocation a plus
• Experience in Merchandising for FTW is an advantage