Adidas

Compensation

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Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization: Support Merch leads to provide functional and operational needs for Merchandising and Go-to-Market (GTM) process in assigned Team sport categories to help deliver business requirements and sales goals. Key Responsibilities: • Deliver Sell-In Needs for assigned categories, including: sample ordering, system management, building sales collateral, internal/external product presentations, etc. • Ensure GTM Excellence by collaborating with key functions to deliver products deliver on time and in full (Demand Planning, Purchasing and Order Fulfillment) • Support Merch strategies based on Consumer and Marketplace needs while also meeting Key Business Metrics/KPIs (focusing on the sport categories assigned) • Lead Business Tracking and Reporting for assigned categories, including: bookings/sell-through analysis, forecast/inventory planning, launch recaps, seasonal hindsighting, etc. • Own full GTM process for selected categories and vendors, as needed Key Relationships: • Sales Teams • Category Teams, Business Units • Comms/Sports Marketing, SCM, Demand Planning, Collateral • Retail, Wholesale and eCommerce Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: • Proven ability to be Highly Collaborative and Influential across all functions and levels of the organization • Excellent presentation, written and verbal communication skills • Competence in analyzing and manipulating data to make decisions and communicate objectives • Excellent Systems Competence (examples below) • Microsoft Office Suite - especially Excel and Powerpoint • Merchandising Systems/Tools, Power BI • Ability to be Proactive and Solution Oriented Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications: • A bachelor's or master's degree with emphasis on the areas of merchandising, business, finance, or marketing or comparable professional experience. • 2 years of merchandising, product marketing or planning experience • *At adidas we offer a hybrid work policy which requires attendance in the office Monday through Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Friday each week**