דרושים Director Project Office ב-Adidas ב-United States, Spartanburg

PURPOSE & OVERALL RELEVANCE FOR THE ORGANISATION:

• Accurate order and more efficient assortment planning and merchandising were built to achieve the target and to increase profit rate for Franchise stores
• To properly land order with customers and make sure buying structures are being followed and executed
• To review and quickly react based on products’ performance to drive better STR and sold out resluts
• Right product, right time, right place
• New category/ new product implementation strategy
• Product information sharing strategy

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage assortment planning & merchandising for corresponding categories and customers.
• Participant in GTM process to represent the customer’s voice and provide feedback on products, range, etc.
• Product buying for to each stores cluster at the just in time which has been already selected product from product team.
• Be the key interface internally between BU, Products sales, Accounts Sales, and externally with customers
• Merchandizing Operations:
  • Order products to meet customer demand and forecasted sales volume. Follow up on orders.
  • Manage to create a purchase plan which is in-line with the company target.
  • Improve buying efficiency and stock turn of the FRS stores.
  • Work closely with sales team to ensure buy plan and product land to FRS stores.
  • Manage to plan and select the range for stores to meet the open-to-buy budget.
  • Manage to provide product sell-through report with recommended action plan to improve the range offering in the stores.
• Data Analysis and Management:
  • Track performance of highlight and normal product to identify sell-thru efficiency.
  • Preparing sales forecast. Identify business trends and translate them into sales opportunities in the FRS store.
  • Open-to-buy execution / Sales data analysis
• Team Management:
  • Identify developmental needs and contribute to developing training plans and programs

Key Relationships:

• GCA local management team
• BU
• Customers’ key buyers
• Product Sales
• Account Sales

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Manage business (Process and Projects)
• Manage and develop people
• Provide a framework for performance
• Result orientation
• Influencing others
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills
• Communication skills
• Decision Making
• Organization/ People management.
• Coaching skill.
• Financial acumen

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• At least 8 years of work experience in supervisory role in Retail Merchandising or buying or sales related field.
• Possess good fashion sense and consumer trend
• University degree or above
• Excellent written and spoken in both English & Mandarin
• MS office skill advanced

KPI

• Overall business performance
• FRS relevant KPIs
• Sell Through
• Range compliance ratio

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:
Recognize sport and consumer insights
Heavily influence category direction and drive its implementation
Execute strategies to tactical plans
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Manage a team and develop their functional and social skills using available resources to create a top performing team
• Set and manage strategic category direction; ensure cross-functional alignment
• Identify new business opportunities to drive innovation and / or commerciality
• Develop an "all for one attitude" within the team to ensure smooth cooperation with interlinked departments
• Have full understanding of the product creation process to drive it forward
• Be a role model for all team members in regards to strategic direction and the product creation process
• Show leadership through living the brand values while fostering a performance culture
• Manage and develop optimum relationship with cross-functional teams and with interlinked departments to enable an efficient product creation process
• Challenge the cross-functional team to ensure creation of industry leading products
• Analyze and report category business performance to ensure achievement of category KPIs
• Positively represent the Creation team for Outdoor apparel both internally and externally
• Work with the GCA BU (Business unit), Brand Marketing and Sports Marketing teams throughout the season to define strategic product direction
• Build an understanding of product information systems and the interlinking functions – clarity on respective timelines

Key Relationships:
• Steer a strong relationship and ensure constant dialogue/feedback with
• Your category across all functions, other categories and creation centers (if appl.)
• Cross-functional team (GCA Business units, CCS Design, CCS Development and souring, Materials, Costing, Planning)
• Markets and relevant key retailers Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Project management, problem solving, working through ambiguity
• Manage a team to create industry leading products
• Inspire, coach and lead; set framework for performance and growth
• In-depth knowledge of respective product category especially outdoor apparel
• Analytical skills, be solution driven and result oriented, strong business orientation
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Strong communication skills
• Lateral thinking and challenge status quo
• Profound consumer, market and retail knowledge especially in regards to different needs of different regions within GCA
• Step up to conflicts and work towards a diplomatic solution
• Execute change management
• Cooperate effectively to maintain and develop trustful relationships
• Ability to travel
• Passion for sports/outdoor
• College degree, preferably in marketing/business /textile/fashion
• A minimum of 8 or more years of experience as a senior-level Creation of Apparel. Preference will be given to candidates who have experience directing outdoor brands, with a proven track record of successful projects
• A minimum of 3-5 years of management and leadership experience, demonstrating the ability to drive teams toward achieving strategic goals
• Excellent knowledge and solid hard skill over outdoor/technical wear in terms of material and construction, testing requirement (e.g. Goretex, Pertex, Polartec, seam-sealing, insulation, etc.)
• Experienced in collaboration projects (crossover fashion & functional outdoor) with external partner is preferable
• Strong leadership skills
• Experience in trade or sales is helpful
• Fluent in English
• PC skills (MS Office programs)

Director Project Office

Area: GCA

Department: Transformation Office

Direct Reporting Line: VP Project Office

Indirect/secondary reporting line:

Subsidiary/country: China

GSMS Grade: M2

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

· Develop, support and manage key strategic initiatives, from planning to execution, across the organization to achieve adidas China’s top priorities

Key Responsibilities:

· Develop and execute a systematic approach to support senior management to identify the right strategic priorities to take action on

· Coordinate and manage initiative development, planning and prioritization processes across functions

· Drive and guide initiative owners to set initiative objectives, develop detailed plans and define KPIs

· Get alignment with the management team to ensure the PMO is focused on the strategic topics and top priorities

· Engage with initiative owners and senior management to determine role and contribution for each initiative

· Coordinate and drive initiative owners to generate regular progress updates while ensuring consistent planning and execution from function to function, and from head office to regions

Systems and Processes

· Closely track throughout the project life-cycle and organize regular updates with senior management on module/initiative progress

· During planning and execution, provide value-added analytical support to enable the management team to make fact-based decisions

· Coordinate with Human Resources on initiative KPI and performance evaluation

People Management

· Develop and lead the PMO team to fulfill its mission and targets

· Provide senior management with objective perspective on progress, priorities and directions while managing their expectations

· Provide advice and feedback to initiative owners and team to ensure high quality, timely execution

· Actively manage a network across the organization to ensure the PMO and the project portfolio are highly relevant to the business and its priorities

· Drive and guide initiative owners to further develop project management skills and discipline

The responsibilities are not limited to the above; the job holder will also follow other work assigned by his/her immediate supervisor.

· Feedback from cross-functional team

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

· 8-12 years of general business experience

· Experience with leading consumer brand

· Extensive experience in and strong skills of process and project management

· Experience in working closely with middle and senior managers across functions

· Experience in leading management consulting firm is a plus

· University degree or above

· MBA or other business- related qualification High proficiency or expertise with database, statistical and business intelligence systems (e.g., SAS, SPSS, R, SAP)

· Solid skills in Word, Excel, Power Point etc.

· Basic statistics and modelling knowledge

· Strong communication skills – written

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

• To ensure profitable market share and net sales growth within regional accounts

• To passionately lead the regional accounts organization in identifying, developing and implementing strategies for the profitable growth

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for regional accounts all business related KPI, includes but not limited to Sell in (net sales), ST, retail KPIs (comp growth and etc), inventory level, POS numbers;

• OTB Planning ,negotiation and SBP (Strategic Biz Plan) preparation

• Work with cross functional teams to provide the strong supports to key account aligned with business growth targets;

• Co-work with Product Sales team to provide range feedback based on regional accounts business reality;

• Work with territory management team to ensure POS allocation are properly managed;

• To ensure the best possible Net Sales result by setting clear targets and action points;
  

• To support negotiation and enforcement of adidas Group trade terms

• To provide realistic plans and forecasts on customers performances

• Manage and maintain a healthy A/R balance

• Control core inventory ratio and structure

• To lead team and foster performance culture within team

• To develop, train and retain key talents

Key Relationships:

• Head of Account Sales, RE, MM, BP, SO, PS, CRM, etc.

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum 10 years of sales experience within large sales organizations, ideally in apparel/fashion/shoes or FMCG

• At least 5 years’ experience of people and operational management

• A passion for and an understanding of SPORTS

• Strong communication and influence skill

• Good analysis and Solid skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, etc.

• University degree

• Willing to travel

KPI

• SI

• OTB

• Assortment Plan Execution (Package… etc.)

• Category SOB

• Account Target

• POS: Net # of POS Opening

• ST

• Trade Inventory

• Scale Growth

• Comp. Store Growth

• Customer Management

• Customer Satisfaction

• Product

• Mandatory Range Realization

• Key City

• Key City net sales

• Key City POS Opening

• Budget: Sales Budget Management

Cargo and courier tracking
Cost documentation support
Office expenses payment and expense tracking Support in obtaining signatures from SLT
Office stationery supply support
Define supplier to the system support
Event organisations support
Office guest reception and hospitality support

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

• Be the Sportswear Apparel lead by creating and executing GTM plans to drive business success with brand’s KPI and ambition

Business responsibilities:

• Drive & develop short and long term (1-3 year) category plan based on overall adidas SBP process (in collaboration with Global and GCA)
• Provide leadership within category (across all related functions & departments) on vision, strategic objectives/actions & financial targets as defined in brand SBP
• Deliver financial expectations set out in the SBP/IBP across all channels and countries.
• Define category CI and lead the communication with Global BU to deliver solution that address GCA needs.
• Define & implement category availability and pricing strategy across GCA country cluster & channels
• Deliver credible, compelling, commercial, viable range/concept/key franchise selection for GCA to support the overall brand strategy, purpose & direction.
• Create and Own Seasonal Product plan and calendar, collaborate with Brand Activation to align prioritization of category and key concepts allocation.

Team leader responsibilities:

• Lead all creation needs, validate SMU requests for GCA and leverage CCH & CCS to fulfill GCA needs to support the SBP. Effective application of speed to market.
• Lead and guide team on Sell-through and sustainable lifecycle management of the category across GCA, develop performance tracking dashboards and share update with Global BU
• Drive performance and development culture through #MYBEST
• Drive employee engagement for team development and performance rating

CCH: Creation Center Herzo

CCS: Creation Center Shanghai

GCA: Greater China

CI: Commercial input

and Experience:

• Ability to develop and implement strategy. Experience in apparel merchandising. Creation knowledge is a plus.
• Proven leadership and management abilities especially in managing a diverse ~10 people team (incl. remote management)
• Strong presentation/communication, negotiation and influencing skills, especially with senior stakeholders within a global matrix organization.
• Broad Brand management experience, with a distinct track record of success including expert Merchandising knowledge and trading mentality.
• Strong cross-functional and stakeholder management experience across commercial functions (e.g. marketing, sales, etc.) and support functions (finance preferred), as well as different organizational levels (Global, Market, etc.)
• Expert understanding of Asian markets’ consumers, accounts, economic environment, and commercial needs
• Act with agility without losing the strategic focus and ability to lead a team through ambiguity in fast-paced consumer goods market segment.

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualification

• 12-15+ years of experience in merchandising/product, marketing, sales/retail required. Regional experience preferred.

• University degree in Business or equivalent professional experience, ideally in Sales and/or Marketing.

• Previous experience in managing a global matrix organization required

• Sporting goods industry experience required
• Fluent in English
• Fluent in local language (if applicable) preferred
• Has lived and worked in different cultures or has substantial experience working in regional teams
• Willingness to travel upwards of 20% of time

Director – Outdoor Apparel Design

:

: CCS / Outdoor

Direct Reporting Line:Senior Design Director

Indirect/secondary reporting line:

: China

Number of Personnel Managed:see org. chart

Responsibilities

• Create and direct the seasonal creative narratives, ranges, and product stories, ensuring alignment across product type, colour, materials, and graphics

• Oversee the complete creative process, identifying industry trends in colour, materials, and graphics, and influence merchandising and assortment strategies

• Distil abstract business concepts and customer needs into creative solutions
  
• Take responsibility for the creative vision and the standard of output across team members who work under her/him
  
• Pitch ideas confidently and present the creative vision clearly to stakeholders, as well as communicate in the same manner to members of the design team
  
• Have strong people management and leadership skills to hire, develop, and inspire the design team
  
• Ensure that all the team’s creative output/visuals are consistent with the overall brand’s identity and qualitative level
  
• Lead multiple projects from conception to completion in accordance with deadlines
  
• Agility to manage and supervise unexpected projects, feedback, and people factors
  
• Collaborate with other team membersrelevant functions to ensure alignment with the strategic priorities of the brands
  
• Champion new ideas, ask smart questions, take risks
  
• Drive the identification of long-term and seasonal trends within the industry, contributing to innovative retail strategies that keep the brand ahead of the curve

• Guide and optimize the creative process to ensure that final products not only align with brand image but also meet commercial objectives

• Develop and implement Design and Creation strategies for key projects, setting a high standard for design excellence and expectations throughout the organization

• Lead and mentor the design team both creatively and organizationally, fostering an environment of innovation and collaboration

• lead and inspire a team of talented designers, creating meaningful and engaging experiences for users, and growing and developing your own skills and career
  
• Ensure the correct execution of Corporate Identity guidelines and against legal restrictions within the category

Key Stakeholders

• Product Marketing (PM)
• Product Development (DA)
• Business Unit (BU)
• Senior Design Director
• Design Team members
• Brand Marketing & Retail Marketing
• External Resources
  

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree / Masters / Fashion Design,or equivalent professional experience
  
• A minimum of 8 or more years of experience as a senior-level designer. Preference will be given to candidates who have experience directing outdoor brands,with a proven track record of successful projects
  
• A minimum of3-5 years of management and leadership experience, demonstrating the ability to drive teams toward achieving strategic goals
  
• Exceptional creative vision and leadership skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate a diverse team
  
• Excellent knowledge and solid hard skill over outdoor/technical wear (e.g. Goretex, Pertex, Polartec, seam-sealing, insulation, etc.)
  
• Strong Industry knowledge and high sensitivity of trend that able to conduct and incorporate it into the design work
  
• Experienced in collaboration projects (crossover fashion & functional outdoor) with external partner is preferable
  
• Ability to work with stakeholders to understand detailed requirements and determine a plan that will ensure they are met or exceeded, be open to receiving feedback and constructive criticism
  
• Excellent interpersonal skills to clearly and effectively communicate the creative vision, concepts, ideas, and solutions to stakeholders, internal teams, and clients
  
• Ability to work effectively in a team setting, including synthesizing abstract ideas into concrete design implications
  
• Extensive supervisory experience (including leadership, team-building, and delegation) leading and managing a creative team
  
• Be excited about collaborating and communicating closely with teams and other stakeholders via a distributed model to regularly deliver design solutions for approval
  
• With Performance wear experience is desirable and prioritized
  
• Fluency in English/ Mandarin with excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Proficient in Adobe Suite and MS Office.

• Suitable candidates should also apply with their portfolios