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For more than 80 years, adidas has been part of the world of sports on every level, delivering state-of-the-art sports footwear, apparel and accessories. Today, the adidas Group is a global leader in the sporting goods industry and offers a broad portfolio of products that are available in virtually every country of the world. Our strategy is simple: harness our passion to innovate, continuously strengthening our brands and products to improve our competitive position and financial performance.
Manager Category Management Training Women & aSMC
- Drive the category management for Women Training & aSMC across all KPIs, with the objective to grow the business across EM Countries & Channels.
- Execute the seasonal Go-To-Market process and calendar milestones for your respective category in Emerging Markets.
- Define an effective Emerging Markets Category Range that allows Clusters to maximize their opportunities.
- Build a Category “Common Range” as the foundation of your EM Range that ensures a consistent Brand Footprint with a focus on adidas own channels without compromising on any commercial opportunities.
- Ensure all your BU-ranging activities in RMA and M-3 follow the Mops Milestones and timelines.
- Drive decision-making through data analytics & category tracking paired with consumer trends and market opportunities.
- Facilitate efficient communication with respective Cluster and Channel stakeholders, to enable executional excellence as well as driving upwards communication to Global stakeholders.
- Drive Women Training with a specific focus on growing Key Items such as leggings and Bra’s across channels and work with Channel stakeholders to ensure an elevated consumer experience.
- Elevate the adidas Women business by growing the aSMC category with a specific focus on adidas own channels Retail & e-com and be a leading driver for the adidas Women business.
- Work closely with Brand Activation, Omnichannel & Membership teams to ensure executional excellence of Category activations & Key Moments to drive Full Price Sell-through
- Review Seasonal Volumes across the Business segments and action against them
- EM Net Sales,
- EM Training Women APP & aSMC Net Sales & Growth
- Effectiveness of EM Training APP Women and aSMC Category Range & EM Common Range
- Executional excellence across seasonal Go-To-Market Milestones to enable stakeholders
- EM Business Unit Sportswear & Training Team
- EM Horizontal Brand Teams (Mops, CtC, Brand Activation)
- EM Business Units (Running, Football, Originals, Outdoor)
- EM Cluster/Country Category Management/CtC
- EM Channel, Finance, Demand Planning
- Global Business Unit Training & Sportswear
- University Degree in Business, Marketing, or relevant experience
- Understanding of Women Training Apparel market, distribution channels & consumer trends across Emerging Markets
- 5+ years of experience in Fashion Category Management/Ranging/Merchandising
- Advanced user of Excel and PowerPoint together with strong presentation skills
- Fluent in English (verbal and written)
AT ADIDAS WE HAVE A WINNING CULTURE. BUT TO WIN, PHYSICAL POWER IS NOT ENOUGH. JUST LIKE ATHLETES OUR EMPLOYEES NEED MENTAL STRENGTH IN THEIR GAME. WE FOSTER THE ATHLETE’S MINDSET THROUGH A SET OF BEHAVIORS THAT WE WANT TO ENABLE AND DEVELOP IN OUR PEOPLE AND THAT ARE AT THE CORE OF OUR UNIQUE COMPANY CULTURE: THIS IS HOW WE WIN WHILE PLAYING FAIR.
COURAGE: Speak up when you see an opportunity; step up when you see a need..
OWNERSHIP: Pick up the ball. Be proactive, take responsibility and follow-through.
INNOVATION: Elevate to win. Be curious, test and learn new and better ways of doing things.
TEAMPLAY: Win together. Work collaboratively and cultivate a shared mindset.
INTEGRITY: Play by the rules. Hold yourself and others accountable to our company’s standards.
RESPECT: Value all players. Display empathy, be inclusive and show dignity to all.
To apply for this job please visit jobs.adidas-group.com.