דרושים Senior Manager Freight Transportation Eu ב-Adidas ב-Poland, Warsaw

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive category business success across all KPIs by executing global-local category plans.
• Deliver a complete local range plan, including range selection, pricing, go-in margin, forecasting, margin efficiency, phasing, segmentation, and campaign execution.
• Coordinates sell in process for upcoming season and make preparation for sell-in tools (Showroom preparation, sell in presentation etc)
• Manage and implement definition tools and drive conclusive competitive analysis to influence pricing considering the competition.Provide pricing inputs to the range architecture framework.
• Manages expectations of channels / accounts for the gaps in the market. Creates tactical price point products, exclusive offers in channel/account base.
• Coordinate the sell-in process for upcoming seasons and prepare all sell-in tools (e.g., showroom setup, presentations).
• Analyses the orderbook for upcoming season, defines action points and works with channels to secure the priorities of upcoming season
• Follows in season brand calendar with related teams (Supply Chain, Channel Leads, Brand Activation and Omni Channel) and takes actions for execution of the calendar
• Establish product segmentation strategy for related categories & accounts.
• Assists Manager CTC adidas in preparing and analyzing reports by providing and consolidating data and by using analytical skills and know-how.

Key Relationships:

• CTC Manager and entire adidas Turkey Brand Team
• EM Turkey Channel Teams (DTC, e-Com, Wholesale)
• EM Hub Bus and CTC
• EM Turkey, SCM
• EM Turkey, Mops
• EM Turkey Demand Planning

KPIs:

• Brand Health KPIS (Brand momentum, Net Promoter Score, Spontaneous purchase intent, etc.)
• Net Sales, GIM%, Share of Category, Gender
• Orderbook Development
• Range size and efficiency (incl. overlap)
• Local Production / SMU / Early Launch efficiencies

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong analytical skills
• Strong interpersonal skills (e.g., relationship management, collaboration, creativity, confidence and facilitation)
• Strong cross functional experience, across merchandising, category management, brand and sales
• Structured, organized and process orientated
• Excellent presentation skills
• Fluent in written and spoken English is a must.

Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree in Industrial Engineering or related field, ideally with marketing and sales focus or equivalent professional experience
• > 4 years ofCategory Management/ Ranging/ Merchandising Experience ideally in sporting goods, fashion or other youth culture brands
• Strong presentation/communications and influencing skills IT skills: Outlook and Word: Basic; Excel and PowerPoint: advanced

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organisation:

We’ll never launch a product unless we consider it perfect. Our product development teams create every shirt, every shoe and every piece of equipment for thousands of athletes and fashion lovers as if it was one of a kind. And it truly is, as they weave their passion into every single product. But translating designs, drawings and renderings into real products requires a lot of decision making. As Senior Manager Product Costing Footwear, you are Contributing to the Brand growth and profitability by gaining a full understanding of its business potential, anticipating requirements, proposing cost-based solutions to achieve Brand adidas objectives. You will be responsible to drive the overall costing performance of the Business Unit through implementation of Global Footwear Costing process and standards, assuring product cost value maximizing and company go-in margin targets are met by leading and guiding the Creation teams to optimize landed costs through a clear understanding of cost driver trends and product engineering opportunities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide product costing expertise during product creation cycles to advise on key cost drivers and options to maximize product value and costs to meet margin targets

• Provide technical costing expertise to enable design for manufacturing, facilitating conversations to maximize product cost value with cross-functional teams

• Create margin report at each of milestone and analysis gaps. Drive follow up with leaders, development, and product line manager for any variation’s vs target margin/FOBs.

• Contribute to the enhancement of systems and process to ensure costing requirements are met and to improve costing performance

• Increase awareness and understanding for cost process within organization through effective communication and training

• Drive & Implement projects to enhance Costing processes & framework in collaboration with Brand & Operations

• Actively Participate in Sourcing meetings, sharing BU challenges & opportunities, to find solutions

• Influence allocation decisions, by creating transparency of landed cost optimization

• Ensure costing standards, policies and & practices are shared, followed accurately from start to finish while following established timelines and calendars.

• Prepare & communicate additional analysis as required, Cost driver trend / FOB & Margin analysis

• Ability to bridge financial data

• Contribute to long term financial margin planning and FOB forecasting for Business Unit

• Drive Senior Leadership Costing and Margin review meeting, preparing relevant executive summaries

• Strategically manage globally assigned cost drivers and develop an E2E costing

• Ensure all relevant costing systems are maintained, partnering with relevant stakeholders

• Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to drive innovation, ensuring transparency of cost and maximizing product value

Key Relationships:

• Brand: Design, Marketing and merchandising

• Product Operations – Development, Materials, Pattern, Tooling and Planning

• Global Operations: LO/OC Merchandising, Technical Services and Costing

• T1

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong knowledge of cost drivers and experience working with engineering, supply chain and sourcing partners

• Strong knowledge of sporting goods industry, specializing in product costing, product development, or marketing

• Exceptional analytical skills and ability to provide proactive solutions with limited direction and input

• Highly collaborative with solid change management skills

• Ability to work both independently and cooperatively with a diverse group of people

• Advanced MS Office Skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, Power-Point).

• Excellent communication skills in English, convincing stakeholders up to the senior leadership level

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree in footwear technology, manufacturing, engineering or business, or technical degree as footwear technician

• Alternatively, combination of relevant education, experience, and training

• Minimum 4 years of relevant work experience in Product Costing

Key Responsibilities

• Manage all buying activities related to responsible category or brand and range selection during Sign off and Trade meetings every seasonfor own.com and eMarket place
• Collaborates with retail and brand teams and group function partners to position keystories and product, in line with on-line business and company’s strategic vision
• Responsible for ranging product category breadth and assortment by eCom channel to deliver financial and range efficiency targets (i.e. Buying budget, Sell-thru, category shares, Inventory Days Lasting and Net margin targets)
• Review and analyse trading results overseeing daily sell-thru results, inventory status and business trend, in order to identify sales opportunities
• Handover range and forecasts at agreed timelines to ensure timely Placing Orders (Pre-Season)
• Management of phasing & giving timely signals to Demand planning to pursue replenishment/re-order of fast-moving articles (In-Season)
• Supports full-price & off-price decisioning to maximize sell-thru & inventory usage
• Manage sales events for assigned channel by supporting preparation to ensure smoothoperation of the events
• Communicate with Asia Pacific stakeholders (Range Architecture, Assortment Planning) for own.com and e-market assortment plan
• Range analysis and Asia Pacific report for Country Strategic Input, Supply Network Planning, range sign off and buy review
• Review and analysis trading resultsoverseeing daily digital sales and monitor consumerresponses by tracking digital KPIs such astraffic, orders, conversion rate, Average Order Value and returns
• Monitoring competitor’s ecommerce price status and market trend for respective categories

Key Relationships

• Korea eCommerce team
• Korea Brand adidas
• Global Digital team
• Korea Finance Demand Planning team
• Korea Supply Chain Management team
• Korea 3rd party vendors

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Advanced user of MS Office suite of products
• Fluent in English and Korean
• Advanced knowledge of Korea eCommerce landscape
• Strong analytical skills
• Structured, organized and process orientated
• Attention to detail as error in analysis will have crucial impact to business
• Ability to work effectively within a team environment and under pressure

equisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications

• University degree in business, ideally with marketing and sales focus or equivalent professional experience
• Merchandising& Tradingexperience:Minimum 6years
• E-commerce experience is preferred.

PURPOSE & IMPACT ON ORGANIZATION:

• Take full ownership of the store and its commercial success
• Analyze relevant data to probe and challenge the status quo
• Address identified improvement areas, involving the District Manager or other Retail Back Office partners as needed
• Drive continuous improvements in the store’s sales, productivity and profitability
• Ensure the legal and financial integrity of the store
• Lead service by example, maximizing the amount of time spent selling and leading team members on the sales floor
• Ensure there is always a manager on duty on the sales floor, focusing team members on the customer and on sellingwhen you are not able to assume the responsibility yourself
• Schedule staff so as to properly serve customers, drive sales and execute tasks
• Be a Brand Ambassador, consistently exhibiting the Brand Attitude and Values
• Ensure proper in-store Brand execution according to established standards and directives
• Ensure all store team members are trained on Foundational and Seasonal Brand and product knowledge
• Manage all store operations in a systematic and efficient manner, as per established policies and procedures
• Ensure all established Visual Merchandising and In-Store Communication standards are consistently executed and maintainedin the store
• Ensure merchandise deliveries are processed on the same day they arrive and the store’s entire product offer is made immediatelyavailable and easily accessible to customers on a consistent basis
• Ensure cash register transactions are processed quickly and accurately
• Lead and implement all applicable loss prevention policies and procedures
• Maintain a safe and productive shopping and working environment
• Manage the recruitment and training of store team members
• Ensure all HR policies and procedures are adhered to
• Create a high-performance culture by setting clear expectations, analyzing performance and giving appropriateand prompt feedback, including actively managing poor performance
• Work with the District Manager to identify and develop select strong performers with potential for growth alongthe Retail Field Career Ladder
• Share best practices to drive the collective performance of all district stores
• Complete all applicable training programs and effectively apply the learning on the job
• Seek coaching and learning opportunities to continually improve your performance

AUTHORITIES:

• Customers
• Peers and Supervisor
• Vendors and Support Functions (e.g., Visual Merchandising, Facility Services, etc.)
• Local Administration (e.g., mall management)

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must be a Graduate/Postgraduate from recognized university
• Minimum 18 months’ work experience in a sports/fashion customer and commercial-focused retail environment with a minimum of12 months of Store Management responsibility
• Intermediate numeracy and literacy and advanced verbal communication skills

Why adidas?

• Dynamic Industry: With sports playing an increasingly important role in people’s lives, both on and off the field, we operate in a highly attractive industry with lots of potentials.
• Innovative Environment: We push the boundaries of products, quality, experiences, and services based on our deep understanding of our consumers and the authenticity of the adidas brand.
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: We champion DEI by fostering a culture where every individual feels valued, respected, and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the LO Operations team (and LO Indonesia leadership) to drive manufacturing-related improvements in digitalization, quality, efficiency and productivity.
• Monitor closely T1 supplier’s overall performance to ensure the timely delivery with the best quality.
• Support the quality and manufacturing excellence projects/activities, follow/monitor the commitments from T1 supplier.
• Analyzing and proposing improvements in method of data collection, data storage and data processing.

Requisite Education and Experience/Minimum Qualifications:

• Engineering, Supply Chain or similar field of study
• In a degree program or have completed a minimum degree program
• Good command in English spoken and written language
• Microsoft Office
• Creative, proactive and out of the box thinking
• Ability to work with minimum supervision

: CCS /Future City
Direct Reporting LineSenior Director, CCS APP
Indirect/secondary reporting linen.a.
: China


Number of Personnel Managedsee org. chart

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

As a Future City (FCC) APP Lead Designer, you will be responsible for driving apparel product design for Adidas in China’s T3–T7 markets. You will also need to manage external design teams, ensuring that the designs align with the brand’s standards while addressing the specific needs of this market segment; meanwhile, supporting the Line Manager in developing design strategies and executing them during the design process. Additionally, FCC requires a huge focus on local market trends, optimize design workflows, and contribute to the creation of commercially competitive and brand-consistent products.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design of apparel products for T3–T7 markets, ensuring alignment in colour, materials, fit, and graphics with both market needs and brand standards.
• Manage and coordinate external designers to ensure high-quality, timely, and consistent design output.
• Analyse local market trends, consumer needs, and competitor activities, translating insights into design concepts.
• Oversee the complete creative process, identifying industry trends in colour, materials, and graphics, and influence merchandising and assortment strategies
• Collaborate with the Design Director and Product Marketing teams to implement design strategies and product plans.
• Execute design tasks in compliance with Adidas brand standards and legal regulations.
• Work closely with the Product Development team to ensure feasibility and efficiency in design implementation.
• Liaise with suppliers and external resources to support product development and production processes.
• Lead and mentor the design team both creatively and organizationally, fostering an environment of innovation and collaboration
• Manage all stages of the design workflow, from concept generation to sample development, ensuring on-time delivery of commercially viable products.
• Adjust design directions or optimize existing designs based on feedback and market response.Key Stakeholders
• Product Marketing (PM)
• Product Development (DA)
• Business Unit (BU)
• Designer
• Senior Design Director
• External Resources
  

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Fashion Design or a related field.
• At least 5-8 years of experience in apparel design, preferably in mass-market or local market-focused design.
• Strong understanding of the consumer needs and design trends specific to China’s T3–T7 markets.
• Solid people management and leadership skills to hire, develop, and inspire the design team
• Prior experience managing external designers or small design teams is a plus.
• Familiarity with functional and sportswear design processes and commonly used materials (e.g., polyester, cotton, print techniques).
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across departments and external resources and clearly articulate design concepts and project requirements.
• Proficiency in design software (e.g., Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop) and office tools (e.g., MS Office).
• Strong problem-solving and time-management skills, with the ability to adapt to changes and complete tasks efficiently.
• Fluency in Mandarin/English is preferred.