Jobs at Adidas in China, Yangpu District

At adidas we have been challenging the status quo for over 70 years and we’re not done yet.

We could list tired, old bullet points about Store Associate tasks but we’re confident you already know that. Here’s a bit about the kind of Store Associates we are looking for:

Ready to apply? Here’s what you need to know:

• Availability must be flexible and include evenings and weekends.

• Hours are part time and will vary based on business needs.

• You must have or be pursuing a high school diploma or general education degree (GED).

• Three to six month’s experience working in a retail environment preferred.

• Basic numeracy, literacy, and verbal communication skills required.

• Must be 16 years of age or older.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.  The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms.  The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and operate a Brannock device.  The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 12 kg and occasionally lift and/or move up to 34 kg.

• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Why adidas?

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at adidas means championing individual uniqueness and cultivating a culture of belonging in which everyone can create at their best.  We embrace diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives and seek to create a workforce that reflects our consumers and communities.

• adidas offers Part-Time employees working between 20-29 hours per week a robust and progressive medical plan, including HSA (Health Savings Account) prescription drug coverage and fertility support. adidas offers Part-Time employees working less than 20 hours per week receive discounts for prescription drug coverage and vision services. Once eligibility criteria is met, employees are able to enroll in adidas’ 401k plan, Stock Purchase Plan with employer match and for education assistance.

• Employees are eligible to earn monthly and quarterly incentives.

• Employees accrue prorated flexible time off in the amount 1 hour per every 30 hours worked. Part-time employees receive premium pay when working on one of the seven retail designated holidays.

• The anticipated low and high end of the base pay range for this position is [$17.25- $20.00].. Actual salary will be based on various factors, such as a candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills and competencies, proficiency for the role.

• Though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is English.

PURPOSE & IMPACT ON ORGANIZATION: Contributes to meeting or exceeding store sales and KPI targets by: Building an emotional connection with customers and living the Brand Values Serving and selling to customers and conscientiously executing store operations Using his/her expertise and experience to provide feedback and support to selected team members KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Is aware of store targets and actively works to meet or exceed these by using all the resources available inside and outside of the store Identifies improvement opportunities and communicates suggestions to store management to drive commercial success Is a role model for customer service and boosts sales and Brand experience by using advanced sales techniques and appropriate elements of the adidas customer service model Shares his/her customer service experience and trains selected team members to fine-tune their service skills Uses advanced Category expertise and enthusiasm for the Brand to drive sales and customer loyalty in his/her Category Guides and trains selected members of the team on basic core and seasonal product knowledge Maintains an appealing, easy-to-shop environment for customers by consistently executing visual merchandising and housekeeping standards Complies with store policies and procedures to maintain a safe shopping and working environment Ensures the product offer in the store is made available to customers by assisting with deliveries and replenishing the sales floor Completes sales transactions quickly and accurately while adhering to cash protection procedures Minimizes loss by actively maintaining sales floor awareness while serving customers Collaborates productively and respectfully with team members to meet or exceed store goals Makes himself/herself available to support other team members when needed Communicates a desire to learn and seizes all available opportunities to drive his/her development and increase performance AUTHORITIES: Not applicable KEY RELATIONSHIPS: Customers Peers and Supervisor KNOWLEDGE, CAPABILITIES AND EXPERIENCE: Intermediate speaker of English and fluent local language Advanced Retail Professional Competencies MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Minimum 6 months’ work experience in a sports/fashion customer- and commercial-focused retail environment with advanced selling experience and solid product, retail and industry understanding Basic numeracy and literacy and advanced verbal communication skills (additions based on market needs)

At adidas we have been challenging the status quo for 70 years and we’re not done yet.

We could list tired, old bullet points about Store Associate tasks but we’re confident you already know that. Here’s a bit about the kind of Store Associates we are looking for:

Ready to apply?Here’s what you need to know:

• Availability must be flexible and include evenings and weekends.
• Hours are part time and will vary based on business needs.

• You must have or be pursuing a high school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• Three to six month’s experience working in a retail environment preferred.
• Basic numeracy, literacy, and verbal communication skills required.
• Must be 16 years of age or older.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and operate a Brannock device.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Why adidas?

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at adidas means championing individual uniqueness and cultivating a culture of belonging in which everyone can create at their best. We embrace diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives and seek to create a workforce that reflects our consumers and communities.
• adidas offers robust and progressive medical, including HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer funding or FSA (Flexible Spending Account) options, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage,adoption, with surrogate and fertility support,short and long-term disability, and basic life and AD&D insurance, which can be supplemented with employee-paid coverage. Employees are able to enroll in adidas’ 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match. Full-time employees are eligible for education assistance and generous Leave policies including 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Employees are eligible to earn quarterly bonuses based on store performance with full 12 months employment. Employees accrue prorated flexible time off in the amount .3512 hours per day that increases with years of service, seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year and Service Time Off during milestone years.
• Though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is English.

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyze, develop new and adjust existing end-to-end processes/services, standards or operational plans, and deliver results with direct impact on R2R stream, other streams and markets
• Work towards the GBS priorities, KPI’s, OKR and overall GBS roadmap
• Manage and execute transformation initiatives including GAP analysis related to the GBS operation centers/markets and provide process competency with a specific focus on R2R core processes (e.g.: BSR, JE, IC…)
• Develop and implement process standardization, harmonization and automation
• Manage and execute new R2R systems/ technology/methodology roadmap and process change, upskill, train and execute
• Lead medium-sized projects with the respective profound process and technical knowledge within the boundaries of time, cost & quality, focusing on the customers expectations, implement results and ensure sustainability of solution.
• Possess ownership of R2R processes and act as a subject matter expert and expertise for R2R areas in line with latest taxonomy/ activity split, processes and technology towards operational and market finance teams
• Contribute to the definition of policies, accounting standards and guidelines for process improvement
• Take responsibility for understanding stakeholder requirements, collecting data, delivering analysis, problem resolution and recommending options
• Develop and implement adequate communication packages to present derived results, recommendations and solutions
• Manage compliance and global process guidance

Key Relationships:

• GBS VP’s
• GBS R2R Director
• Global GPO O2C, S2P, Controlling and Reporting, H2R
• Operational R2R Teams in Operations Centers
• GBS Global Governance
• Corporate Finance, Corporate Accounting, Corporate Treasury & Taxes
• Support Functions, i.e. TECH
• Other business function: Global Operations, Brand Marketing, Sales (Wholesale/Retail/e-com), HR
• Finance markets
• External system providers/ consulters
• External contacts/ corporates for knowledge sharing and trends

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Profound understanding of financial processes
• Experience in process design, process mapping, improving process quality, process review and compliance
• Deep and broad SAP FI/CO knowledge
• Fluent in English (verbal and written)
• Excellent Communication skills and an international mindset
• Excellent analytical mindset
• Cross functional mindset
• Ability to work independently
• Result orientation and pro-activity

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:
• Degree in Business Administration or IT or related areas, or equivalent combinations of educations
• Minimum of 5-7 years of relevant work experience in finance functions/ R2R
• Understanding of accounting processes
• Experience in data management
• Ideally multiple years of experiences in shared service center organizations
• Strong understanding & knowledge of regional and global market landscape and the respective customer
• Project management experience