דרושים Project Director ב-United States, South Carolina, 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