Manager Retail Operations H jobs at Adidas in United States, Spartanburg

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 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 [$15.38 - $19.99]. 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.

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

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 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.

• [Pay Transparency State ONLY] The anticipated low and high end of the base pay range for this position is [$17.28 - $22.46]. 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.

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

Retail Lead - Spartanburg ES, 6586. Greenville, SC

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• Creators – If you want to build a tomorrow better than the day that came before, you’re a creator. Creators find inspiration in unlikely places, look at the world in their own unique way, are confident and have an uncanny ability to connect dots that others just don’t see.
• Confidence – Use your retail experience to exceed customer expectations and help guide store associates. Create an emotional connection with every customer by being a passionate and enthusiastic adidas Brand ambassador.
• Collaborator – You thrive on building relationships and working with your team.

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.

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