Senior Mgr jobs at Adidas in Germany

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

As a Senior Manager in Product Marketing, you lead the development of product marketing strategies that align with brand and business objectives while driving local market acceleration. You combine a global strategy with a strong local mindset, ensuring consumer-centric decision-making and the creation of compelling product assortments tailored to local needs. Through agility and entrepreneurial leadership, you guide cross-functional teams, manage complex timelines, and deliver insight-driven execution that influences category growth and elevates brand presence.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain a strong understanding ofBrand vision, strategic roadmap, and financial objectives to ensure product direction and goals remain aligned with brand positioning and evolving market demands.
• Align seasonal product portfolio plans and tactics with strategic direction and category priorities to achieve business goals and maximize consumer impact.
• Translate market and consumer insights into actionable growth opportunities within the business unit, with a focus on local market acceleration.
• Drive the execution of the product creation process and key milestones, coordinating cross-functional teams to meet timelines, quality standards, and strategic targets.
• Deliver against product creation milestones, ensure teams follow the agreed development calendar, and influence efficient range development.
• Manage accurate and complete product master data to enable downstream systems and processes.
• Own the creation and maintenance of product master data and ensure all relevant attributes are accurately managed to meet go-to-market and sales readiness milestones for assigned product ranges.
• Foster strong cross-functional collaboration and ensure Design, Development, and Marketing teams are aligned on product creation goals and timelines.
• Cultivate and strengthen collaboration across aJ BU and Global BU to identify opportunities and ensure strategic consistency.
• Lead the analysis of market trends, consumer behavior, and product performance to optimize product offerings and future range planning.
• Drive KPI performance (Financial KPIs) and provide actionable insights to optimize planning and product performance reviews.
• With entrepreneurship mindset, proactively identify growth opportunities and lead initiatives that deliver measurable business impact.

Key Relationships:

• Partnerships across global functions, markets, and creation centers.
• aJ/global Business Unit
• aJ Business Unit
• Cross-functional teams, Designer, Operation (Developer).
• External partners, key accounts, and market stakeholders.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• In-depth knowledge of sport/style industry dynamics and product category expertise
• Strong familiarity with cross-functional marketing and go-to-market planning
• Advanced analytical, strategic, and tactical planning proficiency
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Clear and engaging presentation capabilities for internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to resolve conflicts and align cross-functional stakeholders
• Experience executing change management in fast-paced environments
• Strong consumer-centric mindset in product decisions
• Creative and lateral thinking to challenge the status quo and drive innovation
• Ability to travel and represent brand passion for sports

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree (BA/MA) in Marketing, Business Administration, Product Management, or related field.
• 6–8 years of experience in Product Marketing or Category Management, specifically in Footwear.
• Deep understanding of consumer behavior and segmentation across markets.
• Familiarity with global retail environments, e-commerce, and omnichannel strategies.
• Proven track record in leading product creation processes from concept to launch.
• Fluent in English and Japanese (native level).
• Digital fluency in Office 365 applications and product and marketing tools.

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

This role is responsible for maximizing the profitability of the Adidas Own Retail & Franchise by securing real estate in alignment with the India store growth targets. This function will be accountable for providing guidance and strategic insight on potential site identification, assessing viability, lease negotiations as well as ensuring that financial hurdles are met in the overall development of adidas retail locations.

Key Responsibilities:

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• Elevate the brand awareness by ensuring key markets and locations have brand presence
• Drive performance management of the portfolio by reviewing and recommending performance enhancing opportunities with DTC counterparts
• Actively develop and execute the expansion strategy at a regional level
• Execute within Group guidelines and criteria for site selection, deal-making and the management of landlord relations.
• Manage external real estate resources in locating and evaluating potential sites.
• Evaluate existing store portfolio to actively drive rent reductions, recommend lease renewals and terminations and negotiate renewals and extensions where appropriate, also linked to store lifecycle
• Make Market-level commercial decisions by analyzing the retail KPI’s and local retail trends and needs.
• Maintain key relationships with Mall owners/Landlords at a portfolio level

Key Relationships:

• Internal -India Real Estate, Store Development, Store Operations, Legal, Finance, Marketing, HR, Global Teams.
• External - Landlords, brokers, industry developers and operators, architects, legal partners.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Entrepreneurial spirit
• Ability to think strategically, define business opportunities and problems, collect, interpret and analyze abstract and concrete information, and create strategic, value-add solutions.
• Good IT skills (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Good numeracy in real estate, verbal and written communication skills
• Strong Presentation and Communication Skills
• Geographical mobility

• Proven ability to work cross functionally to achieve goals and objectives
• Ability to work independently on multiple projects
• Strong knowledge in Real Estate regulatory controls and policies

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree with an emphasis in real estate or finance preferred, or equivalent professional experience
• Minimum 10 years of experience with global consultancy/ Retail developer/ Retail Brand

Key Responsibilities:

• Management and development of assigned accounts mainly through the B2B platform CLICK to achieve business objective & sales targets and improve customer experience with our brand.
• Preselect range and offer for assigned accounts based on seasonal focus products, technologies and concepts. Present and promote adidas products to potential and existing clients.
• Co-ordinate and arrange seasonal showroom days for defined accounts. Ensure digital content is created to provide virtual sell-in material to the accounts (e.g. product, category, highlight and technology presentations).
• Be part of negotiation and close to sales agreements to maximize revenue.
• Build and maintain strong, long-lasting customer relationships with adidas partners.
• Prepare monthly sales forecast (IBP) for respective accounts and B2B partners on category level.
• Closely monitor the order intake and orderbook development of the assigned accounts and ensure customers place orders according to our sales timelines. Provide regular sales reports and updates to management.
• Stay up to date with industry trends and competitor activities, conduct market research to spot trends and opportunities for growth.
• Identify and acquire new business opportunities within the B2B sector.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure customer satisfaction and seamless order processing
• Secure handling of daily account requests via Click tool with Customer Service, Credit Management and others. Ensure customers are compliant to our e-com policy and following our terms and conditions.
• Communicate with customers through the CLICK platform by using the Salesforce Sales and service tools.
• Ensure customer segmentation and master data is up-to and work closely with Finance on risk management, annual review and cleanup of account database.
• As a Key user for Digital Wholesale solutions perform user acceptance test for new features on Digital Wholesale solutions and ensure end-to-end process testing (incl. SAP AFS with Customer Service and local IT support).

KPIs:

• Net Sales Sales & Sales Deduction target achievement
• Account portfolio development
• DSO targets

Key Relationships:

• Retail partners
• Zone East Digital Wholesale Solutions
• Zones East WHS teams
• Zones East Sales Development
• GTM Teams
• Account Operations
• FP&A, Credit Management

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Strong communication skills: written, verbal and presentation
• Ability to build strong relationships, both internal and external
• High customer focus, ability to sell and negotiate
• Advancedskills in: Microsoft office, Newsletter/activation tools, Salesforce, PowerBi
• Affinity to digital tools and e-processes
• Good organisational and analytical skills
• Commercially driven
• Fluent in written and spoken in English. Skills in other languages are an added plus

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Successfully completed professional training in a commercial or service orientated industry
• 2 - 3 years within a commercially driven organization, preferably with sales, customer service or marketingexperience withinadidas or comparable.
• Cross-functional experience ideally with Customer Service/ Operations/ IT/ Sales/ Finance
• Previous industry experience including sporting goods, fashion, FMCG would be a plus
• Experience in Digital Marketing, e-Commerce, B2B und B2C.

What you’ll do:

As a Sr Manager Strategic Accounts, you are responsible for activating brand strategies, manage key Nordic accounts, and lead the creation of annual and multi-year account plans with accurate forecasting. You will develop and support a high-performing team while building long-term customer partnerships and driving a clear seasonal go-to-market process. You will work closely with cross-functional partners across Brand, Finance, Account Operations and more to ensure aligned and effective execution.

Skills you’ll need:

• Ability to build strong relationships and collaborate effectively with key customers and cross-functional teams across the Nordics and Europe to drive strategic account execution.
• Apply strong commercial, analytical and KPI-driven skills, using tools such as SAP, Sales Tools, PowerBI and Microsoft Office.
• Capability to take full ownership of one to two business categories, serving as the main point of contact and driving the strategic plan and execution in close partnership with the account.
• Lead leaders and wider teams effectively, fostering strong cross-functional alignment.
• Bring deep knowledge of the Sports & Lifestyle marketplace, plus strong digital/omni-channel and change management experience.
• Hold a business-focused university degree and bring 5+ years of sales experience, ideally including team leadership.

We offer an annual bonus scheme,private health insurance &, generous employee discount, public gym & pool facilities.

To ensure everyone feels welcome we endeavour to accommodate everyone at all stages of the application and interview process. Should you need it, please let your recruitment partner know and they will be more than happy to help.

GOVERNANCE

• Drive the Inbound transportation lead-time seasonal update to ensure system calculations remain accurate, reliable, and future-ready.
• Align the criteria to determine product arrival dates from factories with the real-time operational landscape across Emerging Markets.
• Monitor Inbound Logistics performance and lead the Inbound Monthly Business reviews through advanced reporting and root cause analysis to ensure excellence across the region.

OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE

• Identify and implement Inbound process improvements, driving both efficiency gains and cost optimization, such as optimized new routes or ship modes.
• Partner with Global Logistics to develop and deploy best practices and innovative tools to support local operations.
• Support Global Logistics and regional operations teams in the tendering process to find and on-board new service providers.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

• Design and execute the roadmap for Inbound projects across Emerging Markets, providing full PMO support where required, including the roll-out of planning tools and best practices, aiming for higher standards of harmonization and automation.
• Lead the expansion of Direct Shipments, enabling faster and more efficient deliveries across the diverse geographies in the region.
• Optimize packaging at source initiatives to boost productivity and speed across the entire supply chain.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• EM Supply Chain Senior Leadership team
• EM Supply Chain Development team
• Cluster SCM Inbound & Customs teams
• Cluster SCM Orderbook Fulfillment teams
• Cluster Channel teams
• Global Logistics team
• Global Sourcing team
• Global Distribution team
• Global Product Owner teams
• Tech

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Strong expertise across multiple stages of the Supply Chain, with proven specialization in International Global Logistics.
• Prior experience with Freight Forwarders, including tenders; and the setup and operations of CFS/CY are considered valuable.
• Solid understanding of Incoterms and experience with international customs are considered a plus.
• Strong IT affinity: proficiency in MS Office and Teams; experience with SAP and Power BI is a valuable advantage.
• Exceptional problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to analyze complex issues, manage risks, and make sound, timely decisions.
• Skilled communicator and influencer with excellent analytical, interpersonal, and stakeholder management abilities.
• Resilient under pressure, able to perform in fast-paced environments while meeting critical deadlines.
• Action-oriented, solution-driven, and self-motivated team player who thrives in collaborative and multicultural settings.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in Supply Chain Management, with a strong background in International Inbound Logistics.
• At least 2 years of proven Project Management experience and Leadership roles.
• Experience working in multi-national, diverse environments, ideally in fast-moving, high-growth industries.

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organisation:

Manage the footwear product development process by supporting the respective Business Unit(s) and directly interact with Tier 1 supply partners. Provide an effective transition of footwear designs from prototyping into production. This role combines the aspect of actively executing the professional content of a Manager Development with managerial responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities: 70% Product Developer:

• Translate design vision and consumer needs into products which support the Business Units’ product strategy.
• Engineer workable prototypes which address desired function, cosmetics, market appeal and manufacturability and meet adidas quality standards.
• Communicate all necessary information and coordinate all necessary tasks that support on time Color Way Activation for all assigned projects.
• Manage the direct development process between HQ and Tier1 partners in a collaborative, effective and result oriented manner to achieve optimum results for your area of responsibility.
• Take ownership for the entire project management process for assigned products, with an emphasis on quality product development and timely completion of all tasks in accordance with the applicable product creation calendar.
• Drive the inception of new and innovative footwear designs, components, processes, materials and concepts into a manufacturable and marketable finished product
• Establish and maintain a strong working relationship with key relationships as listed below.
• Ensure that all materials, processes and development samples are fully tested to ensure adherence to adidas’ quality standards.
• Manage the direct development process for your area of responsibility, by actively engaging with your team members as well as Tier 1 counter parts to understand and help resolving business critical issues in an effective, collaborative and result oriented manner.
• Own an increased responsibility for model level product costing by ensuring that all activities that are necessary to align with Design, Marketing and Tier 1 partners in achieving cost and margin targets for your area of responsibility, take place.
• Assume an increased responsibility to ensure that the delegation of BOM data entry and maintenance at Tier1 suppliers yield optimum results within your area of responsibility.
• Assume an increased responsibility to ensure that design information is at a level which allows and enables an optimized use of design information for tech. package creation at HQ and/or Tier 1 in the context of the direct development process.
• Organizational tasks and communication responsibilities including Sample Request Form completion and use of the adidas Product Data Management System (where necessary and applicable); Management of the Colour Way Activation (CWA) Process.
• Actively collaborate with the Team Lead Technical Management to prioritize resources (at Tier 1 suppliers and internally) versus work load.

30% Managerial content:

• Establishes a team-based culture where effective teamwork and identification with team are key.
• Evaluates the competencies and job performance of his/her subordinates on a regular basis with regard to performance and potential e.g. myBest and TLU.
• Allocate project work to team taking into consideration experience, product complexity and workload.
• Provide input to Senior Manager Development on areas of concern within team and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Actively mentor, coach and support your team members to further their growth in all aspects of the professional content of the project management role.
• Set objectives and evaluate performance of your direct reports
• Grow into a managerial role by supervising the respective team and taking on additional management responsibility and tasks as agreed upon with the Director Development.

• Marketing
• Design
• Advanced Development
• Tier 1 supply partners
• Material Development
• Product Creation Technology
• Sourcing
• Fit and Wear Test Department
• Quality Assurance
• Costing
• Supply Chain Management
• Customs

Knowledge, skills and abilities:

• Ability to manage and motivate a team.
• Strong communication (both written and verbal) and facilitation (small and large groups) skills.
• Ability to create, plan and effectively deliver presentations in formal and informal settings.
• Ability to anticipate problems and develop solutions through to resolution
• Ability to cope with change, make decisions and act comfortably with risk and uncertainty
• Advanced Knowledge of material construction and related testing .
• Advanced knowledge of costing and ability to negotiate as required.
• Technical training in footwear engineering and product development; knowledge of sourcing.
• Ability to create, plan and deliver presentations.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken); German an advantage.
• Strong IT skills (MS office etc.)
• Travel, domestic and international as required by business needs

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Four-year college or university degree.
• At least 5-7 years of related work experience in the athletic footwear industry, specializing in product development, design and / or marketing.
• First experience in managing a team
• Proven record of accomplishment in the field of footwear development.