Manager Development & Commercialization Oa3 jobs at Adidas in United States, Spartanburg

This position will play a crucial role in timely and accurate tax return preparation and filing, reporting accurate tax provision forecast, managing audits of tax authorities and external auditors, while strategically minimizing tax liabilities.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Prepare and submit timely tax returns, tax computations and tax estimates
• Prepare group tax reports quarterly and communicate with global tax team
• Manage transfer pricing related matters and work closely with Global Transfer Pricing team to prepare necessary documentation
• Assess impact of tax legislation changes, improve internal process and provide tax advice to stakeholders
• Participate and provide tax advice on various projects to manage and minimize potential tax liability risks
• Manage response to tax audit / investigation by tax authorities in accordance with local tax regulation as a first point of contact for other departments
• Liaise with internal and external auditors

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• Finance VP & Director
• Other local Finance functions (Internal Compliance and Control, Finance Operations, Non-Trade Procurement, FP&A)
• Internal stakeholders (Market Commercial & Enable Function Teams)
• Financial Shared Services (GBS)
• Group Accounting, Tax, Treasury

• External Auditors
• Tax Authorities
• Tax Consultants

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Ability to identify and define problems, collect necessary data to establish facts and draw valid conclusions, determine and implement effective action plans
• Ability to effectively articulate issues and resolutions when presenting to management and stakeholders
• Desire and ability to work closely and collaboratively with other stakeholders on various projects/issues at market and global level
• Ability to multi-task and set priorities at a fast-paced environment
• Strong interpersonal skills to establish and develop effective communication paths with various stakeholders cross-functionally and internationally

• Advanced degree in Taxation or relevant certification
• Proven work experience, 7 - 10 years, as a tax manager at multi-national entities or professional consulting firms
• Solid knowledge of tax accounting, tax compliance and tax returns
• Fluent in Japanese and Business Level English
• Familarity with SAP, Power BI and other adidas and industry relevant Finance systems/analytical software is a major plus

General Purpose:

Technical SEO Strategy & Cross-Functional Leadership

• Lead the identification and resolution of technical SEO issues, such as crawl errors, rendering challenges and indexability problems.

• Act as the main point of contact with product teams to implement technical SEO recommendations, ensuring a smooth integration with existing technical systems and processes.

• Establish and promote robust SEO Quality Assurance processes for all development cycles, including pre-launch and post-launch checks during platform updates and new feature rollouts.

• Drive the adoption of Global tech SEO best practices, providing training, documentation and support to ensure scalability across markets.

Optimization & Testing

• Oversee key technical optimization initiatives, including site speed enhancements (e.g., Core Web Vitals metrics like LCP, INP and CLS).

• Scale the existing SEO testing framework, supporting regional SEO teams to conduct split tests that validate technical and strategic changes.

• Evaluate and optimize page rendering strategies, ensuring server-side rendering (SSR) and hybrid solutions are search engine-friendly.

• Collaborate on strategies for dynamic rendering and cache management to enhance crawlability and indexability, aligning user experience with search engine requirements.

Migrations & Insights

• Lead end-to-end planning and execution for major site changes, including platform migrations, ensuring minimal impact on organic visibility.

• Conduct post-migration audits to address potential technical issues and monitor traffic.

• Proactively identify tech SEO improvement opportunities and reporting key findings to senior leadership in a clear manner.

Key Relationships

• Regional SEO Teams

• Product Teams

• Content Delivery Network (CDN) Team

• Data Collection & Site Performance

• Site Reliability Engineering

• Content Strategy team

• Product Data Enrichment

• Analytics

• Business Units

Requirements, Education & Professional Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing or a related field.

• 8+ years of experience in SEO, with a strong background in implementing strategies within an eCommerce environment.

• Proven ability to work efficiently in a cross-functional organization, developing influential and collaborative relationships with stakeholders.

• Very good project management skills, with a proven ability to lead projects from conception to execution and deliver measurable results.

• Fluent in English, both verbally and written.

Soft Skills:

• Excellent communication & negotiation skills, comfortable presenting complex topics to stakeholders at various organizational levels.

• Strong leadership abilities, with a proven track record of guiding teams toward shared goals and fostering collaboration.

• Creative and energetic team player, driven by a passion for driving traffic growth and achieving impactful results.

Hard Skills:

• Advanced proficiency in analytics platforms (e.g., Adobe Analytics, Google Search Console).

• Extensive experience with SEO tools, including keyword tracking, keyword research, domain analysis, crawl and log analysis.

• Strong organizational and prioritization skills, with the ability to execute effectively in dynamic environments.

The purpose of the Strategy and Digital Solutions department is to enable operational excellence and future readiness in processes and systems across our supply chain, covering global functions, as well as market SCM teams. The key objectives of the department are:

• Translating strategic direction & demand into a domain strategy and product portfolio which is well-balanced between solving operational problems (12-month horizon) and enabling future readiness (3+ years horizon)
• Executing product ownership for all digital products in the domain.
• Executing business process ownership on an operational level.
• Provisioning of change management & support for these processes & the related systems.

As a Product Owner at

Partnering with internal Tech and business stakeholders to define a robust product backlog, managing capability expansion increments and leading the team towards definition of new functionalities & best practices and ensuring thorough testing, are a few examples of the activities that will be expected from this role. Additionally, you will be cooperating with various internal stakeholders (including global SCM functions, Market SCM teams as well as adjacent Global teams such as Finance & Sourcing) to drive user engagement and satisfaction, as well as upskilling to ensure future readiness.

1. Key Responsibilities

Scope: Accountable for a digital (sub) product of medium complexity

1. Product Strategy & Delivery

• Be accountable for the product success considering the value for the consumer and the company (ROI).
• Specify the product vision and roadmap as well as user stories considering the value for the user community and the company.
• Be accountable for product delivery in line with the roadmap and committed delivery dates.
• Identify and solve dependencies with other product owners to ensure efficient delivery. Coordinate interfaces between different product teams.

1. Stakeholder Management

• Represent the business for the product, fostering strong relationships with key stakeholders to ensure that their views and requirements are captured in the product backlog.

1. Backlog Management

• Prioritize the items in your product backlog. Specify the definition-of-done in cooperation with the product team(s).
• Own the refinement of your product backlog to ensure that the product team(s) is/are delivering the right enhancements to drive consumer and business value.
• Provide acceptance for delivered backlog items by the team, in line with the definition-of-done.

1. Monitoring

• Be accountable for monitoring, optimization and enhancement of the configuration, features and functionalities related to the product.
• Ensure that objective data sources and feedback are used for the optimization of the product.

Key Relationships:

• Product Team(s)
• Global SCM functions, Market SCM teams & adjacent teams (Finance)
• Global IT teams
• S&P and Market SCM Development teams

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong analytical skills
• Expert level domain knowledge
• Strong communication skills and facilitation skills especially when interacting with different levels of business
• Basic leadership skills are a plus
• Basic experience with enterprise-level platforms and technologies
• Basic understanding of IT products and capabilities
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with different international cultures
• Ability to travel, domestic or international, as required
• Fluent English (verbal and written)
• Excellent presentation skills

Requisite Education and Qualifications:

• University degree in business administration or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 5+ years of experienceworking in Supply Chain / IT
• Experience as a Product Owner in at least one product area or domain
• Market experience preferred
• Experience in working with stakeholders and experts at various organizational levels

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform month-end-closing, corrections and in-depth analysis to ensure the accuracy in the financial statement (e.g. accruals and provisions, settlement files, etc.).
• Responsible for a team of specialists accountants to achieve the goals.
• Ensure correct revaluation of the balance sheet accounts of all companies within area of responsibility.
• Monitoring of systems interfaces, review and explain variations in the different IT systems (e.g. SAP, OMNI, etc).
• Manage the review of general ledger account reconciliations within area of responsibility and analysis as part of the monthly close, investigate and resolve discrepancies.
• Prepare/update documentation of accounting and reporting procedures within area of responsibility.
• Identify, implement, and/or support process improvements and harmonization with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Advise and support local, regional, and global projects, as required; provide financial expertise in such projects.
• Ensure accurate and timely regular reporting (monthly, quarterly, annual), including internal and external audits.
• Maintains financial security by adhering to internal controls.
• Manage, train and develops associates for the job and broader responsibilities within the company.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Understanding of complex accounting matters, quick problem-solving skills and strong collaboration with other finance and non-finance teams.
• Adaptable, flexible, and able to deal with ambiguity in an ever-changing environment while maintaining a positive attitude and working collaboratively within the team.
• Ability to mediate and bring different stakeholders with different objectives to agree on a consensus and drive decision making
• Deadline driven, results-oriented, highly responsible and accountable.
• Must be extremely proactive, have strong initiative and be self-motivated. High integrity, ethics, and strong values; excellent organizational skills, detail-orientation, and a high degree of accuracy are all essential.
• Good problem-solving skills; strong decision-making skills; innovative use of IT tools and new technology; and good time management and priority setting skills required.
• Must have strong accounting skills.

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in Accounting and/or Finance.
• Fluency in written & spoken English.
• Advanced in Excel/Word/PowerPoint.
• SAP experience preferred
• +3 years of leadership experience

• Assist the regional Franchise Ops Manager in the regional customer incentive scheme
• Assist the regional Franchise Ops Manager in the quarterly POS ST target formation

• Monitor X & Y & Z store ST performance data by district and customer

(X stores are HQ Retail Ops' responsibility, Y stores are regions' responsibility and Z stores are managed by the customer)

• X store management (regional execution)

• Pay regular visits to X stores within the managed district
• Produce X store performance data report for the HQ
• Discuss with HQ Retail Ops in the performance review of X stores
• Execute the action plans formed by the HQ

• Store visits

• Pay regular visits to stores within the managed district
• Pay (combined) visits to selected stores (important or problematic stores)
• Give store performance assessment through RMS checklist
• Cross cover the pre-designed items for other Franchise Ops functions (eg. VM maintenance)
• Conduct on site problem shooting through communicating with store manager and staff
• Give coach to the store staff where applicable
• Make "comprehensive store visit reports" after the store visit

• Collect MSP reports and monitor the store performance based on the results
• Off site problem shooting

• Communicate with customer OP team to solve retail ops related problems identified during the store visit
• Consolidate problems with other Franchise Ops functions through analysis of "comprehensive store visits" from all the store visiting departments
• Communicate with and coordinate related departments to solve the problems for other Franchise Ops departments identified
• Monitor the solving of all problems concerning customer stores ST

• Coordinate retail training to own team and customers

• Communicate with regional training team to form ad hoc training plan to address the regional training needs
• Consolidate the training needs identified by the Franchise Ops departments

• Lead the Monthly ST Meeting (Regional Meeting)

• Lead the review and discussion of X, Y, Z store performance through ST data analysis
• Coordinate the functional presentation of all the Franchise Ops departments
• Lead the review of execution quality and effectiveness of action plan for the previous month
• Lead the discussion and formation of the action plan for the next month
• Coordinate the best practice sharing from OR team
• Coordinate the participation and cooperation of sales team in the Franchise Ops coverage program
• Participate in the HQ Monthly ST Meeting

• Assist the Regional Franchise Ops manager in the management of regional customer incentives budget

• Basic understanding on national business goals, growth strategies, account structure and retail related policies and processes

• Manages the Regional Retail Ops to be the "District Manager" in the Franchise Ops coverage program in the region
• Monitors the performance of Regional Retail Ops and provide coach where needed
• Responsible for the performance cross functional monitoring of other Franchise Ops departments

• Coordinate the retail training to own team and customers

Others

• Other job-related work assigned from leader

Key Accountabilities

• Point person for the category, maintaining an in-depth knowledge of and contributing to horizontal business goals and positioning strategy
• Maintain an in-depth understanding of the category athlete and surrounding culture to ensure relevant consumer insights fuel all marketing elements – this role should be the category expert and evangelist within Brand and Account Marketing
• Partner with Global to understand the global strategy, positioning and support plan for key concepts and influence the development of Global creative to ensure campaigns and tools are relevant within the US market
• Drive overall integrated Comms planning for key concepts and category initiatives, setting high level communication goals and leading a cross functional team, including PR, In-store/Retail, Events, Product, Sports Marketing, DTC, Digital and Account Marketing in the development and implementation of campaign strategies and executional plans
• Manage relationships, build and deliver briefs to internal and external design / agency partners that extend or adapt the Global creative platforms as needed and develop content and tools to support the activation of integrated marketing plans
• Drive the media and digital activation strategies and execution including digital analytics, media creative development and trafficking deliverables.
• Partner with Trade Marketing, adidas Retail, and adidas eComm to understand and leverage retail opportunities and ensure Brand Marketing toolkits are relevant, actionable, impactful and leading
• Create and deliver holistic and inspiring presentations around the key concept or category marketing plans to support seasonal sell-in of product and marketing elements
• Manage and influence the direction of category budget priorities behind related initiatives with both internal and external partners

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Passion for sports
• Experience in developing integrated marketing communications programs; hands on experience leading a digital strategy a plus
• Strong understanding of how all the elements in the marketing mix affect consumer motivation
• Experience developing innovative strategies and strong creative instincts
• Strong customer-facing abilities; ability to partner and influence
• Ability to lead and mobilize a cross-functional team without direct management responsibilities
• Strong project management and planning skills
• Strong presentation skills and extensive experience in building PowerPoint presentations

• Understanding of sporting goods industry and related retail channels a plus

Qualifications

• BA in marketing, advertising or related field.
• Minimum four years of marketing experience, preferably with a sporting or consumer goods company or equivalent account management experience at an advertising/design agency
• Equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be substituted for degree

• 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 an annual bonus based on both company and personal performance. Employees accrue prorated flexible time off in the amount .4388 hours per day that increases with years of service, twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year and Service Time Off during milestone years.
• We officially returned to office in a hybrid work environment, working 3 days in office and 2 days remote. The working location of this position is Portland, Oregon.
• Though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is English.

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Implement consumer facing activities at retail and digital consumer touchpoint, across fashion Lifestyle Account distribution channel in EE. Help to

Key Responsibilities:

• Implement the EE Omnichannel Marketing plan forLifestyle Account distribution channel

• Own in alignment with Sales EEtheselected Accounts marketingplan and activation calendar

• Execute with excellence the Cluster Lifestyle Accounts marketing plan with focus on quality, efficiency, consistency across all consumer touch points
• Create, lead and executeAccountMarketingplan in close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders
• Ensure process speed & efficiency (Budget management, communication flow, reporting, plan execution)
• Deliver appropriate channel activation sell-in tools for the Sales Launch period
• Feedback to EE Omnichannel Activation on performance of concepts and on toolbox readiness
• Own and execute Cluster special projects in alignment with EE Omnichannel activation
• Put special emphasis on a digital experience focused on a demanding group of consumers
• Excel at cross team collaboration with DPC department to deliver best in class digital campaigns focused on ROI
• Creating numerous consumer activations that will bring interest in the adidas brand along with increasing demand for the promoted product
• Closely collaborate with Account responsible teams for international banners with high relevance for our defined Trade Zone in order to deliver impactful consumer activations

Key Relationships:

• Cluster Brand Comms Team
• Cluster Omnichannel Activation Team
• Cluster Key Accounts Sales Team
• Cluster MOPS
• Cluster Sales & DPC Team
• Cluster GTM Team
• Accounts Representatives
• External suppliers and agencies

KPIs:

• Net sales, Market share,Brand NPS
• Concept full price sell-out
• Budget Management (efficiency, accuracy)
• Digital campaigns ROAS, CPA and search demand

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of full marketing mix with focus on retail (B&M, Digital, Events, Special Projects)
• Project management skills
• Business acumen with the addition of creativity, fluent in retail KPI’s
• Marketing budget management
• Own and paid media campaigns planning
• Drive to constantly pursue improvement
• Advanced user of MS Office suite of products
• Professional Experience on key EE markets is a benefit
• Strong negotiation skills, strong networking skills
• Business English
• Fashion avid who knows what current trends are

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in marketing project execution
• University degree in Business or equivalent
• Fluent in Polish and English