דרושים Visual Merchandiser ב-Adidas ב-Netherlands, Amsterdam

• The Mission of the Visual Merchandiser is to proactively work within the Retail Marketing Department and support field sales managers to implement the suitable retail programs so as to meet the company financial projection, while pursuing the brand building effort.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversell all visual merchandising activities in HK / MACAU
• Execute VM strategies according to the Marketing plan and Sales objectives
• Maintain and implement visual merchandising concepts and standards at brand level, ensure flawless execution and followed by stores
• Works closely with field sales managers as well as well understanding on consumer profile to develop the best visual standards, shop installation, in store presentation to leverage the impact of campaigns, drive sell-through and consumer experiences
• Regular stores visit to maintain good standard of visual merchandising presentation
• Supporting in new store opening VM planning
• Deliver VM reports, provide critiques to retail and wholesale teams, effectively communicating VM concept and guidelines with various internal and external parties
• Compile regular reports for management to review VM standards and improve VM display and in-store arrangements
• Be up- to-date on market competitors and provide input where needed in VM development
• Manage logistics of VM materials required for stores, keeping a good record and database
• Responsible for events visual merchandising where necessary
• Deliver periodical visual concept presentation
• Provide trainings on concept and visual merchandising maintenance to retail & junior staffs
• Ensures smooth and timely process of campaign preparation at retail level
• Well communicates marketing concepts with field sales people as well as accounts at early stage
• Collects the campaign’s feedback, analyzes results and conveys it to communication

Training
• Providing merchandising training to retail sales operation team, sales staff of adidas/franchise shops/key retailers on regular base
• Developing effective training plan and programs for targeted accounts

• Key interfaces (internal): The entire marketing team, field sales force, retail sales operation team, buying team and finance department
• Key interfaces (external): Adidas Greater China marketing/retail team, adidas Regional marketing staff, Key Accounts, Strategic Accounts, adidas shop/franchise shops, suppliers

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Enjoys a balance of in office and out of office schedule
• Non-office hours working

IT:
• Outlook: Good
• Word: Good
• Excel: Excellent
• Powerpoint: Excellent
• Excellent spoken and written English and Chinese
• Adobe Creative Suite is an advantage

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in the Visual Merchandising department with an international brand
• Diploma / Degree holder of Art or design related discipline
• Proactive, organized, detail-minded with strong problem solving skills
• A good team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills

As part of the Digital Visual Merchandising Team within the EU eCom Consumer Experience organization, this role is responsible of creation and optimization of the digital merchandising strategy on key shopping journeys across the adidas digital ecosystem in Europe, with the focus on .com and flagship App. This role is part of the Horizontal Pillar, which requires strong communication and stakeholder management skills, as well as an ability to turn consumer data into deliverable onsite optimizations.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage execution of digital merchandising strategy for the responsible categories on EU adidas.com and adidas App, as well as the full CX and Digital Merchandising scope ownership for HR & RO Lean markets
• Provide analysis and weekly/monthly insights of the category performance
• Provide input into sitewide merchandising strategy (category and campaigns) and adapt output to meet the needs of our consumers in local markets
• Manage product sell-thru by utilizing merchandising toolset, with a focus on sorting rules, product placement, evergreen content, page content, product recommendations, product ranking, on-site search, taxonomy, AB testing, third party vendors and site configuration
• Work with analytics to ensure framework for merchandising decisions and ongoing improvements can be tracked and validated on an ongoing basis
• Work closely with Marketing Activation, CRM, Buying, Site Ops, Consumer Experience and other marketing channels to ensure wider cross-channel campaigns are translating into logical site experiences
• Manage merchandising based on monthly activation calendar and quarterly business priorities and ensure there are ongoing updates giving visibility on plans and business output to wider stakeholders and leadership team

KEY RELATIONSHIPS:

• Consumer Experience
• eCom Buying, Planning, Trading
• Marketing Activation
• Site Operations
• Analytics
• Global Digital Product Owners

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Creative and energetic team player who has a passion for digital merchandising and delivering data-based recommendations for quantifiable improvements
• Excellent communication & negotiation skills, comfortable presenting to stakeholders both in person and remotely
• Excellent time management skills, with the ability to prioritize and multi-task, and work under shifting deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Understanding in digital analytics is essential with analytical software such as Adobe, GA etc.
• Fluent English, both verbally and written

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE/MINIMUM QULAIFICATIONS:

• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience in a digital merchandising or eCommerce site experience optimization role
• BA / BS in Merchandising, eCommerce, Finance, Business, Digital or related field
• Experience in Salesforce Commerce Cloud and Fredhopper is preferred
• Experience in analytics data tools, specifically Adobe or Power BI

Visual Merchandiser- Maternity Leave

Subsidiary/Country:ISRAEL

Job Grade/Band:P1

The role seamlessly integrates office-based responsibilities with fieldwork, ensuring flexibility and adaptability to meet the demands of the position. This combination allows for a dynamic approach to the job, balancing administrative tasks with on-the-ground activities as needed.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensures that stores comply with visual standards
• Trains and guides related store personnel in visual retailing
• Ongoing professional reporting to the VM Planning manager to align with the visual standards

Additional Responsibilities:

• Responsible for VM Excellence execution in respective doors
• Full responsibility for all related VM store equipment
• Internal ongoing VM Reporting according to demand
• Store & Sale Point Zoning to maximize sales
• Remodeling & Store Opening Processes
• Monitoring Sales Data
• Planning VM Strategy Changes in alignment with the VM Planning manager
• Creating and delivering Training Programs to the teams
• Managing a monthly store visit calendar in alignment with the Line manager and VM planning manager
• Daily VM reporting to the relevant stakeholder's Line manager and VM planning manager
• Implementing ongoing VM guidelines (e.g. monthly campaigns/ layout changes etc.) according to global standards
• Ongoing support for the store teams related to VM/ In-store VM requests
• Supporting the Sell-in opening twice a year (in the showrooms) – for a week approx.
• Supporting new store opening & renovation with all channels– according to demand
• Field VM & Office Responsibilities

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Makes use of information on current stores, store plans, window specifications and graphical display areas in business plans.
• Provide regular training to store personnel about adidas visual standards. Evaluates the store’s visual performances at regular intervals. Creates systems to encourage personnel in this matter.
• Keeps track of necessary store supplies such as VM items Follows store’s maintenance, repairs and renewal needs. Resolves these needs through related parties.
• Evaluate new visual requests of retail sales specialists
• Follows new and different visual applications in the sector and brings those that are in line with adidas standards into discussion.
• Visits stores regularly and makes sure that visual display standards are at the highest level.
• Makes sure that products that need to catch attention due to campaigns or season are displayed in defined standards and properly.
• Before new store openings, work with the related line manager about the plan and make sure that store display and equipment locations fit requirements. Coordinates during store openings.

Requisite Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience
• Minimum of 3 years of dedicated VM experience
• Good numeracy, literacy, verbal and written communication skills
• Proven skills in MS Office programs
• Fluency in English is a plus
• Geographical mobility