Ecom Merchandising Manager Buying & Trading jobs at Adidas in United States, Antioch

As a Legal Counsel specializing in Sports Marketing and Brand Marketing, you will be the bridge between legal intricacies and commercial success. Your legal expertise, combined with a keen business sense and passion for sports, will empower you to provide strategic guidance to our teams. You'll leverage your interpersonal skills to build strong relationships, contribute proactively, and drive results. You will work closely with stakeholders across various departments (including football, tennis, track & field and brand marketing) to provide timely and pragmatic legal advice while driving the achievement of our business objectives. This role requires a candidate who possesses a solid foundation in legal principles, a strategic mindset, a keen ability to balance legal risks with business goals, and, above all, a real passion for sport.

Key responsibilities:

• Commercial and Strategic Legal Support:Partner closely with the Sports Marketing and Brand Marketing teams to provide pragmatic legal advice that supports strategic business objectives. Balance legal considerations with commercial goals, ensuring a seamless integration of legal expertise within our business initiatives.
• Sports Marketing:Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of contracts and agreements, including sponsorship -and endorsements agreements across a variety of category areas, including Football, Basketball, Tennis, Track and Field, Outdoor and Training. Advise local market legal teams and sports marketing teams on best practices with respect to legal sports marketing topics.
• Brand Marketing:Support Brand Marketing matters as and when required, providing sharp and meaningful advice to relevant stakeholders.
• International Focus:Manage legal matters with an international scope, considering cultural nuances and the wider global impact of the role.
• Efficient Processes:Champion the use of legal technology and efficient processes to streamline workflows, enabling quicker decision-making and enhancing overall productivity.
• Continuous Improvement:Strive for excellence and be proactive in identifying opportunities for improvement within legal documentation, templates, processes and strategies.
• Team Contribution:

Key relationships:

• Global Brand & Sports Marketing | Legal & Business Affairs department.
• Global + Local Sports Marketing departments.
• Global Communications / Digital Marketing / Global PR.
• Global Intellectual Property / Finance & Controlling / Tax.
• External partners, e.g. agents, senior representatives of governing bodies, federations, clubs and athletes.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Commercial Mindset:Proven ability to provide practical, business-oriented legal advice that supports strategic objectives in a global context.
• Efficiency Advocate:Adept at leveraging legal technology and process improvement to optimize workflows and decision-making.
• Passion for Sports Genuine:Enthusiasm for sports, coupled with an understanding of the industry's legal dynamics.
• Interpersonal Excellence:Outstanding interpersonal skills to build strong relationships, establish credibility, and facilitate collaboration.
• Adaptability: Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and dynamic business environments .
• Problem-Solving Skills:Proven ability to analyse complex issues, think creatively, and provide actionable solutions.
• Team Player:

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Legal Expertise:Bachelor's degree in Law and admission to a recognized bar association. A minimum of 3-5 years of relevant legal experience, preferably with a focus on sports law, marketing law, intellectual property, and sustainability within a leading international law firm or within sports industry.
• Language Skills:Proficiency in English (German, French and/or Spanish languages are a plus).

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organisation

GBS, the engine that designs, builds and operates consistent adidas end-to-end business services & solutions globally to drive the transformation TO ONE ADIDAS enabling our Business Partners to focus on core business.

GBS prioritizes executing transitions, process and solution roadmaps. Implementing one service framework, performance measurements and GBS customer board. Furthermore, GBS is driving the implementation of robotics process automation (RPA).

The I2C stream is one of the global streams who designs and implements end to end services & solutions as Global Process Owner (GPO). GPO’s can effectively cross-collaborate with multiple stakeholders to define the current and future state of adidas business and its processes, identifying issues and risks, suggesting mitigation strategies and driving towards technology solutions.

GBS Operations operate by executing Global Process Owner services and solutions.

I2C collaborates with the stakeholders in adidas to create a customer journey that exceeds the expectations of the customer & consumer.

Scope of I2C

• Credit and collection management
• Dispute management
• Cash Application

Key Responsibilities and General Accountabilities

• Develop new and adjust existing end to end processes/ services, standards or operational plans, and deliver results with direct impact on I2C stream, other streams and markets.
• Significantly contribute to the I2C priorities, KPI’s and OKRs within the overall GBS roadmap
• Manage transformation initiatives including GAP analysis related to the GBS operation centers/markets and provide process competency with a specific focus on I2C
• Design, develop and implement process standardization, harmonization, automation, RPA, AI
• Manageand execute newI2C systems/ technology/methodology roadmap and process change, upskill, train and execute
• Contribute to selection of tools, techniques and systems according to architectural requirements and demands
• Assess concepts and systems by finding scalable and future proven solutionapproaches in the standard solution, with workarounds or custom developments where needed.
• Evaluate issues or new business requirements and translate into system enhancements.
• Assist with defining new requirements associated with global integration projects
• Manage testing supportfor new system enhancements and project implementation
• Collaborate with delivery teamsto ensure efficient and effective design, development, and implementation of new tools
• Identify improvement potential, problems and feasibility of process change with stakeholdersthrough variance analysis and effective usage of data, create transparency on priorities, develop solutions/ processes/ deliverables and facilitate recommendations for fact-based decisions ending into regular continuous improvements.
• Support standardized reporting, measurements, KPI and ad hoc analysis in line with SLA’s together with Delivery Excellence team securing quality, timeliness, compliance and productivity of services and processes
• Lead medium – large sized projectswith 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.
• Use and recommend project control solutions for planning, scheduling and tracking projects
• Provide comprehensive expertise for I2C areas in line with latest taxonomy/ activity split, processes and technologytowards operational and market finance teams
• Coach, guide and develop assigned team members

Key Relationships

• GBS O2C Senior Director
• Global GPO O2I
• Operational O2C Teams in Operations Centers
• GBS Global Governance

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Extensive experience and understanding of GBS / Shared Service environments
• Deep understanding of GBS processes
• Holistic end-to-end thinker
• Understanding of the relevant I2C sub-processes
• Experience in process design, process mapping, improving process quality, process review and compliance
• Experience of digital transformation including Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Broad SAP knowledge (SD, FICO, etc)
• Ability to communicate technical information with business relevance to both technical and business audiences
• Ability to apply continuous process improvement concepts and tools
• Willingness to travel
• High degree of customer orientation
• Fluent in English (verbal and written)
• Excellent communication skills and an international mindset
• Ability to think strategically as well as tactically
• Excellent analytical mindset
• Cross functional and cross GPO mindset
• Familiarity with project management, strong planning and organization skills, and ability to work and deliver in changing environments, under limited guidance while adhering to specified deadlines
• Ability to work independently
• Understand the purpose and benefits of modelling as subject matter expert and contributes to usage of knowledgebase
• Ability to provide a clear framework for performance to team
• Result orientation and pro-activity
• Identify the appropriate stakeholders for your area of work and manage these relationships to meet stakeholders’ business needs and align expectations.

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications

• in Business Administration or IT or related areas, or equivalent combinations of educations
• Minimum of 5-8 years of relevant work experience of I2C
• Ideally multiple years of experience in shared service center organizations
• Strong understanding & knowledge of regional and global market landscape and the respective customers
• Project management experience

: Global

Brand Marketing

Direct Reporting Line: SeniorSports Marketing

Indirect/secondary reporting line: -

Cost Center/Budget and/or Revenue Responsibility: -

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

• This role plays an instrumental part in the way the brand is portrayed and leveraged in association with ourTeam China partnerswithin the China market and ensures on a day-to-day basis that we continue to raise the awareness and image of adidas as theleadingGlobalSports

• Team China

• Key driver and implementer of the brand marketing plans forTeam China

• Team China partners, and furthermore implement the mutually agreed local & global strategy, driving return on investment and delivering towards the brands position as thetopinChina.

• Creation and implementation of a mutually agreed local strategicpartnerplan (based on the global plan) that forms the guiding principle for how the adidas brand manages, leverages and commercializes the association, ultimately delivering against agreed KPI’s (qualitative and quantitative)

• Drive and coordinate the adidas marketing process on a local level towards optimizing the activation of the association.

Key Responsibilities:

• ocal dedicated adidas contact, and main local relationship manager forTeam China partners.
• Lead Team China teamonannual strategic planning forAthletes/Partnerswithin the China market.
• Ensure full alignment with all relevant functions and departments on a Global and Local level including but not limited to: local entities and sales forces, business units, and all other relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure proper implementation of the Global BrandPartnershipStrategy in the local market and use of contractual rights, such as seasonal campaigns with strong focus on consumer activation and adidas focus topics (i.e. CRM, digital / social media etc).
• Responsible for the effective application / implementation of contractual rights granted on the local level.
• Develop a mid / long term strategic business plan in the local market in close cooperation with the GlobalPartnerDirectors / Senior Managers that provides all business functions / adidas network with tangible set direction from which to activate and commercialize the association on a local level.
• Drive, steer and implement seasonal local marketing plans for thepartnerswhich deliver towards the overall strategic plan in partnership with key business functions, including
  • Drive Commercial / Product Marketing Strategy products including local B2B.
  • Driving the BrandPartnershipStrategy in close alignment with Global and Local Brand Communications
• Drive, challenge and develop thepartnerbusiness against predefined global / local Net Sales targets, as assigned within the Strategic Marketing plan.
• Constant tracking and analysis ofTeam Chinabusiness, working with key business functions on contingency plans as required.
• Lead Team China team effectively manage and implement the budgets.
• Ensure premium service whileglobal SPSP Partnersare in China (tours, local extensions, etc.)

• Work with both Global and China organizations to align to wider SBP documents.

Key Relationships:

• adidas Brand Comms GCA
• adidas Global SPSP functions
• BBon–site offices/representatives

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

. Additional the individual must possess / be:

• Resolute and a good problem solver
• Strong project management skills
• Fluent in English and Chinese
• Strong market and industry awareness
• Good negotiation skills
• Good Interpersonal skills
• Driven to succeed and deliver against expectations

KPI’s:

• Net Sales/Profitability
• SKU Efficiency
• Marketing Budget Application (ROI)
• Realization of contractual rights
• Sets team and individualobjectives, guidelines to develop functional & social skills of direct reports. Measure performance

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree in business / marketing
• Strong connection with Team China associations or China national heroes
• Minimum12years’ experience working in Marketing, preferably with some experience in Sports Marketing and/orStrategic Planning.

You can dive into a complex problem and come out the other end with the simple solution no one else saw coming.

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

Excellent Skills in operating personal computers, POS systems, and various software packages including MS office.

Knowledge and understanding of profit and loss statement and store KPIs to make commercial decisions based on sound financial judgment.

Strong interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to lead discussions in diverse groups of varying size.

Excellent time management and problem-solving skills as well as the ability to use good judgment and make strong independent decisions.

Well-developed ability to speak, read, comprehend, and write English.

Ability to maintain reliable and consistent attendance and punctuality.

Ability and willingness to travel by car and air domestically.

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.

Ability to work for long periods of time, typically 10-12 hours per day during peak seasonal periods.

Must be 18 years or older.

The anticipated low and high end of the base pay range for this position is 95,000.00 - 122, 370.00. Actual salary will be based on various factors, such as a candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills and competencies, and proficiency for the role.

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We could list tired, old bullet points about General Manager tasks but we’re confident you already know that. Here’s a bit about the kind of leaders we look for:

Innovators- You can dive into a complex problem and come out the other end with the simple solution no one else saw coming.

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

• Must possess and consistently exhibit the competencies relative to the position.

• Excellent Skills in operating personal computers, POS systems, and various software packages including MS office.

• Knowledge and understanding of profit and loss statement and store KPIs to make commercial decisions based on sound financial judgment.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to lead discussions in diverse groups of varying size.

• Excellent time management and problem-solving skills as well as the ability to use good judgment and make strong independent decisions.

• Demonstrates an inspirational attitude that contributes to a positive team environment.

• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with team members along with willingness to set and maintain high standards of performance.

• Well-developed ability to speak, read, comprehend, and write English.

• Ability to maintain reliable and consistent attendance and punctuality.

• Ability and willingness to travel by car and air domestically.

• 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.

• Ability to work for long periods of time, typically 10-12 hours per day during peak seasonal periods.

• Must be 18 years or older.

• 4-year college or university degree in business, retail management, or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Minimum 18 months experience working in a sports/fashion customer & commercial focused retail environment with a minimum 6 months of Retail Supervisory experience.

Please Note:

• 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.

• The pay scale for this role is$103k – $155k.This range represents the anticipated low and high end of the pay range for this position. Actual salary will be based on various factors, such as a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role.

• Employees are eligible to earn ​an annual bonus based on both company and personal performance.​ Employees accrue prorated flexible time off in the amount ​.3512​ hours per day that increases with years of service, 7​ 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

1. Talent Management & Succession Planning
• Execute the annual Talent Review and Succession Planning process in collaboration with HRBPs and business leaders.
• Track and maintain talent profiles, readiness data, and succession pipelines.
• Facilitate and document key Talent discussions (e.g. HiPo calibration, development plans).
• Manage follow-up action items from Talent Reviews and ensure visibility with business leaders.

2. Learning & Development (L&D)
• Conduct needs analysis in partnership with HRBPs and business stakeholders.
• Localize and coordinate implementation of global/regional L&D programs.
• Track learning completion and effectiveness; collect feedback for continuous improvement.
• Support IDP (Individual Development Plan) creation and usage across teams.
• Organize and facilitate learning workshops, manager sessions, and development dialogues.

3. Employee Experience & Onboarding
• Coordinate local onboarding experience and ensure smooth new hire integration in collaboration with HR Ops and business.
• Support employee engagement initiatives and team development activities (e.g. engagement surveys, action planning workshops).
• Ensure ongoing communication and promotion of internal career development tools and frameworks.

4. Talent Program Operations
• Support rollout and tracking of all global Talent core products and local programs.
• Collect, analyze, and report on key Talent KPIs on a quarterly basis.
• Own training administration and logistics including vendor coordination and budget tracking.
• Ensure compliance with mandatory training (local/global) and provide operational support for execution.
• Liaise with global and regional Talent teams to share local insights and feedback.

5. Stakeholder Collaboration
• Partner closely with HRBPs to align Talent activities with workforce needs.
• Act as a connector between local business stakeholders and the global Talent organization.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners (e.g., Corporate Communications, DEI Committee…) to ensure consistent employee messaging and experience.

• Local HRBPs and functional leaders
• Global & ASIA Talent teams (JP&GCA)
• Corp Communication teams
• External vendors or training partners

• Strong knowledge of talent management and learning practices
• Solid facilitation and presentation skills
• Experience with program implementation and project management
• Analytical mindset and proficiency with HR data and metrics
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Business fluency in Korean and proficiency in English
• Familiarity with HRIS tools (e.g., SuccessFactors), and MS Office (especially PowerPoint/Excel)

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business Administration, Psychology, or related field
• Minimum 6–8 years of HR/Talent experience, preferably in an international/matrix organization
• Experience supporting talent programs (e.g. Talent Review, L&D, Engagement)
• Project coordination or change management experience preferred
• Experience facilitating learning or development sessions is a plus

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

& Channel

Key Responsibilities:

• sales & qualitative market share
• Develop the assigned customer or group of customers by searching new opportunities for growth
• Proactively search, address, evaluate and service the commercial needs of the customer for adidas including existing and new business opportunities
• Being the local reference also for the adidas AKA teams to align and support with local expertise for country specific activation and/or expansion plans (together and in close alignment with BD)
• Support of long-term business planning for the respective accounts, by determining sales, gross-profit plans, implementing business, digital and marketing strategies
• Analyse consumer demand, category trends and competitor assortment on the account’s platform and identify gaps in current assortment with the aim to drive sell-through across all customer touchpoints in online and offline channels
• Optimize individual accounts’ profitability
• Provide the input to the monthly sales forecast process (IBP) for the respective accounts on category level
• Take responsibility for the analysis of the accounts to spot trends, resolve problems and to correct any procedural errors being made
• Monitor competitors’ activities within our customers environment and propose win-win action plans to increase market shares
• Achieve short, mid and long term business targets
• Continuously improve and develop key sales & digital & customer service processes to provide excellence in service and efficiency in the organization

Authorities:

• as per the adidas authorization matrix

Key Relationships:

• Retail partners
• Other EE sales channels
• Europecounterparts
• Account Operations
• Sales Development
• Omnichannel department
• Brand Activation department
• GTM managers
• DPC and Digital structures

KPIs:

• Net sales target achievement
• Sales deductions target achievement
• Standard margin target achievement
• Contribution target achievement
• DSO targets
• DPC targets

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Sales manager with a proven track record of successfully managing accounts in mid to large sales organization (Key Account Manager, Senior Key Account Manager)
• Be able to work in virtual teams
• High analytical skills for strategy development, business planning and decision planning
• The natural passion for social media, digital advertising and new technologies will be an additional leverage
• Interpersonal skills - good communications and negotiating abilities as well as relationship management
• High degree of commercial and business acumen knowledge (e.g. sales, retail, trade marketing, customer service, finance and controlling)

• Mental flexibility, initiative and determination

• Fluent in written and spoken local language as well as English.

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree preferably in Business
• Functional: > 3 years’ experience in sales, marketing and / or consulting area
• Industry: consumer driven, ideally apparel/fashion/shoes or FMCG
• Leadership: ideally people management experience
• Exposure: sports/fashion