Specialist Retail Operations Fixed Term jobs at Adidas in United States, San Diego

This role is responsible for planning and managing assigned categories to ensure our stores receive the right product at the right time. With a strong focus on segmentation, differentiation, and both quantitative and qualitative insights, this position aligns category strategy with key stakeholders, maximizes profitability, and follows regional guidelines to deliver on DTC objectives.

• Conduct assortment analysis to identify seasonal risks and opportunities.

• Plan, purchase, and allocate products across stores to ensure availability and efficiency.

• Partner with key stakeholders (Brand, Retail Operations, Supply Chain) to guarantee strategy execution.

• Build reports and provide actionable insights on campaigns, product activations, and category performance based on core KPIs (Sell-through, Rate of Sale, Weeks of Coverage, SM, etc.).

• Drive continuous improvement in product and assortment planning efficiency.

• Manage full product lifecycle (Retail Intro / Exit), ensuring effective clean-up during transitions (End of Season Sale) and maintaining depth and coverage of key articles.

• English: Intermediate to Advanced (conversational level required).

• Strong knowledge of Excel (data analysis, reports) and PowerPoint (presentations, strategy alignment).

• Analytical mindset, detail orientation, and strong communication skills.

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• Availability must be flexible and include evenings and weekends.
• The 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 months’ 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?Here’s just some of the rewards:

• Flexible Paid Time Off.
• After the first year of employment, education assistance for employees working 20+ hours a week.
• A generous Employee Discount.

Atwe have been challenging the status quo for over70 yearsand we’re not done yet.

We could list tired, old bullet points abouttasks but we’re confident you already know that. Here’s a bit about the kind ofs we are looking for:

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

• Availability must be flexible and include evenings and weekends.
• The 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 months’ 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?Here’s just some of the rewards:

• Flexible Paid Time Off.
• After the first year of employment, education assistance for employees working 20+ hours a week.
• A generous Employee Discount.

The anticipated low and high end of the base pay range for this position is [$16.50 - $21.45]. Actual salary will be based on various factors, such as a candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills and competencies, and proficiency for the role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare, update, and distribute standard reports, dashboards, and templates to support monthly IBP cycles.
• Ensure timely and accurate upload of data into IBP and related planning systems (SAC, Power BI, M-3), following defined processes and timelines.
• Support data validation by running system checks, identifying inconsistencies, and escalating issues to Specialists/Managers for resolution.
• Collect, organize, and consolidate inputs from cluster teams, ensuring that information is complete and formatted correctly.
• Maintain planning calendars, schedules, and documentation to ensure smooth coordination of IBP activities across clusters.
• Track basic performance indicators such as forecast accuracy and support the preparation of KPI reports.
• Provide administrative and technical support during monthly IBP cycles, ensuring that all deadlines are met.
• Contribute to scenario analyses and simulations by preparing datasets and running pre-defined system queries.
• Learn and gradually build expertise in IBP systems and reporting tools to increase independence over time.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Demand Planning, Finance, Supply Chain) to support day-to-day operational needs.
• Proactively suggest small improvements in reporting, templates, or data handling to increase efficiency.

Key Relationships:

• Finance (FP&A, Controlling)
• Demand Planning cluster teams
• Supply Chain Management Finance
• Commercial & Sales Teams
• Brand & Merchandising
• Global IBP Team

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Basic understanding of IBP environment
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in execution.
• Ability to maneuver in consistently changing environment
• Very good communication skills for persuasion and convincing others
• Business fluency in English (written and spoken)
• Ability to think outside the box
• Excellent analytical skills, managing large data quantities from multiple sources

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree in Business Administration/Finance/Controlling
• Comprehensive understanding of system landscape (IBP, SAC, Power BI, M-3 & master data systems)
• 1+ years working experience in Finance department

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

To ensure the delivery of sustainable and profitable retail market share growth across all Monobranded Own Retail/Franchise Stores in LAM operating within the parameters of the Global Retail Key

Responsibilities:

• Meeting or exceeding agreed net sales and profitability targets to deliver on company's expectation targets

• Leading by example on the development of a trading and service culture within the retail back office (RBO) and field teams to deliver the best consumer experience

• Motivating and inspiring the Market field and retail back office (RBO) teams to meet or exceed commercial goals and KPI’s, and build Brand equity

• Supporting the Retail Director and acting as “first amongst equals” with peer group to deliver a joined-up world class retail business

• Implementing, driving and ensuring compliance with agreed Global Retail CoE processes and standards for field and RBO operations to deliver on global policies and procedures

• Developing and executing local retail relevant and specific processes in close cooperation with the Global Retail CoE to support countries on their needs

• Lead and develop District and Store Managers to ensure high quality Store Management performance to build a talent pool for higher Operations roles

• Ensure and lead shopping experience and continuously maximize profitability from the store portfolio, in conjunction with key stakeholders, including the Retail Director and the Regional Retail Team to ensure the best consumer experience

• Make recommendations to the Retail Director on commercial opportunities at Market level by analyzing retail KPI’s and local retail trends and needs to deliver expected goals

• Create and drive a high-performance culture across the Market by setting clear expectations and targets, holding District and Store Managers accountable and giving appropriate and prompt feedback to deliver the best working environment

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• University degree or equivalent education required

• Broad and deep theoretical understanding of job function

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• 0 – 2 years experience

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the monthly IBP cycle by preparing data inputs, updating systems, and ensuring timely submissions.
• Maintain accuracy and completeness of data in the working files and related planning tools.
• Generate standard and ad-hoc reports to support business planning, ensuring consistency and compliance.
• Perform technical analysis of historical sales, forecasts and trends to support demand planning discussions.
• Provide technical support in system enhancements and data integration (IBP, SAC, Power BI, M-3).
• Ensure alignment of planning calendars, deadlines, and documentation across clusters.
• Collaborate with Demand Planning cluster teams to validate inputs and resolve discrepancies.
• Monitor KPIs such as forecast accuracy and invalid combinations, escalating issues where necessary.
• Support scenario analysis and data simulations under the guidance of the Senior Manager.
• Contribute to process improvements by identifying inefficiencies and proposing technical solutions.

Key Relationships:

• Finance (FP&A, Controlling)
• Demand Planning cluster teams
• Supply Chain Management Finance
• Commercial & Sales Teams
• Brand & Merchandising
• Global IBP Team

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Deep understanding of IBP environment
• Ability to deal with challenges with optimism and positive attitude
• Ability to maneuver in consistently changing environment
• Very good communication skills for persuasion and convincing others
• Business fluency in English (written and spoken)
• Ability to think outside the box
• Excellent analytical skills, managing large data quantities from multiple sources

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree in Business Administration/Finance/Controlling
• Comprehensive understanding of system landscape (IBP, SAC, Power BI, M-3 & master data systems)
• 2+ years working experience in Finance department