Retail Assistant Store Manager jobs at Adidas in United States, Antioch

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• Availability must be flexible and include evenings and weekends.

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

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

• Ability to learn and adapt quickly in a fast-paced environment.

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

• Ability to operate independently and with discretion and work effectively under pressure.

• 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.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

• 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.

• Must be 18 years or older.

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)

• Minimum 12 months experience working in a retail environment.

• Advanced selling experience and comprehensive product, retail and industry understanding.

A generous Benefits Package which includes:

• 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 monthly and quarterly incentives. 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.

• The anticipated low and high end of the base pay range for this position is $20.55 - $26.72. 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.

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).

• A competitive salary • Retail bonus scheme • Generous employee discounts on adidas product • Career development with an iconic global sports brand

Responsibilities include assisting the Store Manager & Assistant Manager in:

• Achieving store targets and optimal consumer experience within an adidas concept store through staff productivity and fostering an active selling environment.
• Role modelling our service and selling standards to provide customers with an outstanding experience while leading and inspiring store team to meet or exceed commercial goals.
• Represent the adidas brand/company values and products in an inspiring and impactful way.
• Execute and maintain established Visual Merchandising standards and adequate shop floor replenishment
• Training and coaching team to fine tune service skills, as well as foundational and seasonal brand and product knowledge.
• Coordinate team members to ensure most efficient inventory processing procedures and a seamless stock-to-floor process
• Share best practices to drive the overall store team performance

• Retail Team Leader of men’s/women’s apparel or sports footwear • Visual Merchandising • Stockroom Procedures

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• You will be required to fill out the online applications forms, and attach a copy of your resume and cover letter which addresses all above candidate requirements

• Please note that referrals are subject to the adidas Candidate Referral Policy
• Referral Bonuses are only applicable to current employees of the adidas Pacific

Atwe have been challenging the status quo forand we’re not done yet.

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

• Availability must be flexible and include evenings and weekends.

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

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

• Ability to learn and adapt quickly in a fast-paced environment.

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

• Ability to operate independently and with discretion and work effectively under pressure.

• 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.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

• 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.

• Must be 18 years or older.

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)

• Minimum 12 months experience working in a retail environment.

• Advanced selling experience and comprehensive product, retail and industry understanding.

A generous Benefits Package which includes:

• 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 monthly and quarterly incentives. 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.

• The anticipated low and high end of the base pay range for this position is $21.60 - $28.08. 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 & 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

PURPOSE & IMPACT ON ORGANIZATION:

• Contribute to meeting or exceeding store sales and profit targets by:
• Passionately inspiring consumer loyalty to the Brand
• Effectively serving and selling to customers
• Diligently executing store operations

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Be aware of store sales and KPI targets, as well as individual performance targets, take ownership over them and use all available store resources to meet or exceed them
• Execute the Brand Customer Service standards to meet or exceed customers’ expectations
• Be a Brand Ambassador, consistently exhibiting the Brand Attitude and Values
• Use Seasonal Brand and product knowledge effectively during sales interactions
• Communicate product features and benefits and unique selling points clearly to address customers’ needs and strengthen their connection to the Brand
• Adhere to all established policies and procedures
• Execute and maintain established Visual Merchandising and In-Store Communication standards
• Process merchandise deliveries quickly and effectively, and constantly replenish merchandising fixtures to ensure the store’s entire product offer is represented on the sales floor
• Complete cash register transactions quickly and accurately
• Minimize loss in both, the stockroom and the sales floor
• Perform all store operations in a safe, effective and efficient manner
• Collaborate productively and respectfully with team members
• Complete all applicable training programs and effectively apply the learning on the job
• Seek coaching and learning opportunities to continually improve your performance

KNOWLEDGE, CAPABILITIES AND EXPERIENCE:

1. Retail Professional Competencies

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Preferably between 1-2 months working in a sports/fashion customer & commercial focused retail environment
2. Basic numeracy, literacy and verbal communication skills

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

• Help to make the best use of SVP/MDand SLT’s time by dealing with providing professional secretarial service.
• Works closely with SVP/MDto provide professional secretarial support.
• Assist Senior Leadership Team (SLT) on specific areas.

Key Responsibilities:

• MDSupport:
  • Organize and prioritize overall SVP/MD’s business schedule
  • OverallMDoffice management coordination to support the daily activities of the GM
  • Work on various projects and tasks assigned by the GM
  • Communication to colleagues on business coordination daily
  • Organize and store hardcopy documents and softcopy files, etc. and provide to SVP/MDwhen necessary
  • Take meeting minutes for SVP/MDand circulate it to participants
  • Plan and organize events hosted by SVP/MD
  • Ad-hoc support for SVP/GM if required
  • Communicate with global stakeholders to support SVP/MD
  • Coordinate & implement global visit plan and logistics
  • Coordinate business trip arrangements (flight, accommodation, expense claim, etc.)
  • Manage SVP/GM’s monthly expense claim via internal system

• SLT Support:
  • Support to arrange x-functional SLT meeting
  • Coordinate business trip arrangements (flight, accommodation etc.)
  • Global visitor coordination(VP above)

Key Relationships:

• MD
• Senior Leadership Team
• Coordination with all colleagues as needed

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Fast learner, detail oriented, results driven mindset, excellentcommunication and interpersonal skills required
• Fluent in written and spoken English is a must
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Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• More than 3 years of progressive experience
• Mature, positive attitude, well-organized with flexibility, a self-starter with enthusiasm and energetic attitude