Adidas SENIOR MANAGER CATEGORY MERCHANDISING 

China, Shanghai, Yangpu District 

106355783

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the planning, curating, landing, and measuring consumer right assortments within the NAM marketplace
• Ensure we are driving the right product, at the right time, to the right segmentation, in the right volume and at the right price
• Provide and communicate consumer, industry, and market insights to Global via the GTM commercial input process to ensure a relevant product range is created to meet NAM market needs
• Prepare the line for go to market excellence, including ongoing system maintenance
• Manage key franchise models across lifecycles to ensure brand health and growth
• Own the creation of strategic curated assortment plans for relevant strategic channel/account including DTC and key accounts
• Combine market insights, key account interactions, and business analytics to drive market relevant SMU's and shape seasonal strategies
• Present the category go to market strategies, range plans and consumer insights to internal teams and key strategic retailers to land range with impact
• Continually monitor and analyse product range and sales results to determine products that maximize profitability/productivity
• Develop and collaborate on marketing and product strategies to deliver sales growth
• Potential to lead up to two direct reports, ensuring successful motivation, training and development for category and career growth

Key Relationships

• Category and Marketplace Merchandising
• DTC, Canada, and relevant commercial teams
• Global Business Partners, GTM & Product Management
• Range Architecture and Merchandising Systems
• Brand Operations (GTM, Sample, & Merch Ops)
• Brand Communications
• Sports Marketing
• Finance
• Demand Planning and relevant SCM partners

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong consumer understanding and ability to interpret insights against strategy
• A thorough understanding commercial marketplace
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong presentation and interpersonal skills
• Strong analytical and planning skills
• Strong presentation and planning skills
• Strong process and project management skills
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects at one time
• Ability to provide category management leadership, including ability to manage/mentor more junior teammates
• Excellent business acumen in channel distribution, net sales, margin, profit and inventory
• Ability to work with and influence across the organization
• Strong proficiency in MS Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word, Teams)
• Ability to travel domestic and international up to 15% of time

Minimum Qualifications

• Four-year college or university degree, preferably in Business/Merchandising or related field preferred; and
• Minimum five (5) years related industry experience within merchandising (curating product ranges or assortments using data and insights)
• Direct knowledge of the soccer product space
• Equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be substituted for degree
• Previous merchandising experience in the sporting goods industry preferred
• US marketplace experience preferred

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at adidas means championing individual uniqueness and cultivating a culture of belonging in which everyone can create at their best. We embrace diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives and seek to create a workforce that reflects our consumers and communities.
• adidas offers robust and progressive medical, including HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer funding or FSA (Flexible Spending Account) options, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage,adoption, with surrogate and fertility support,short and long-term disability, and basic life and insurance, which can be supplemented with employee-paid coverage. Employees enroll in adidas’ 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match. Full-time employees are eligible for education assistance and generous Leave policies including of paid parental leave.
• Employees are eligible to earn an annual bonus based on both company and personal performance. Employees accrue prorated flexible time off in the amount .4388 hours per day that increases with years of service, twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year and Service Time Off during milestone years.
• We officially returned to office in a hybrid work environment, working 3 days in office and 2 days remote. The working location of this position is Portland, Oregon.
• Though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is English.