As a Senior Manager Product Planning & Trading at adidas you are responsible for one or several buying, planning and trading process for the market. This role is responsible of assuring proper standard and processes between all stake holders.
1. Key Responsibilities
Drive eCOM product planning and trading processes to enable proper market planning, forecasting, buying, realize business in-season opportunities and act accordingly.
Oversee implementation of pre-season strategy for OTB Planning & Management following the DBC targets
Drive guidance and governance of eCom buy plan
Participate and give input in seasonal Buy Sign Off
Ensure DBC initiatives incorporated into markets planning process
Implement eCOM channels specifics into the global processes
Build with markets E2E Planning & Buying process
1. „If required“ Responsibilities
People Management
* Create a supportive work environment in which employees are coached, trained and provided with career opportunities through development.
* Continuously monitor and evaluate team workload and organizational efficiency with the support of data and team feedback and make appropriate changes in order to meet business needs.
* Provide team members/direct reports with clear direction and targets that are aligned with business needs and DBC objectives.
1. Key Relationships:
Global BU’S and CtC
CoE Merchandising
Market CtC teams
Markets Merchandising teams
Global Sales
Digital Analytics teams
1. Requirements
1. Education & Experience
* Degree with focus on Business Administration, Communication or IT or related areas, or equivalent combination of education and experience
* Strong skill set needed for pre-season Planning and Buying for a multichannel direct-to-consumer (own retail, franchise, and e-com) global brand, acquired through advanced training, studies, and relevant working experience.
* Deep knowledge of merchandising and retail/ecommerce supply and operations topics and broad knowledge of other functional areas involved in the Planning & Buying process
* Experience in managing highly complex processes, involving multiple teams in different geographies
* Experience in product management and/or working using agile/SCRUM methodologies
* 0-2 years of experience in leading a team
1. Soft-Skills
* Ability to quickly adapt to changing business processes and business partners
* Very good communication & negotiation skills, comfortable presenting complex topics to stakeholders at various organizational levels both in person and remotely
* Good people management skills are a plus
1. Hard-Skills
* Comfortable working with enterprise-level platforms and technologies
* Project management and project monitoring experience
* Good understanding of IT products and capabilities
* Fluent English both verbally and written