Adidas ASSISTANT MANAGER GO 

Portugal, Porto 

155405623

PURPOSE & OVERALL RELEVANCE FOR THE ORGANISATION

Own and drive the critical path operations and logistics that enables the Brand to be GTM ready.

Own the planning and delivery of the milestones: Concept Validation (COVA), The Handover and GTM SO. Lead the on-site showroom set-up in time for Prelines, hosting Key Accounts and Markets to sell in

Market-Account Interaction

• Support Market-Account Interaction with focus on Concept Validation (COVA) & Preview: assist in meeting preperation between Global, Markets and Accounts to validate product concepts during the creation process
• Support Prelines preparation, incl. booking calendar for Markets and Accounts to plan their visits to HZO and manage the Global participation for the sessions. Assist with necessary showroom logistics to host the meetings

Go-To-Market (GTM) milestones

• Support Go-To-Market (GTM) milestones execution, e.g. The Handover and Go-To-Market Sign-Off (GTMSO): assist in managing those milestones to pursue high OTIF of GTM Content by supporting in planning the agenda, participants, agencies and x-teams

Showroom and Samples Management

• Support Samples Management across all relevant Go-To-Market milestones incl. the sample ordering process to order on time and the execution of sample allocation. Plan, track, inbound, unpack and allocate samples into Podium for GTMSO and Prelines
• Support the on-site- showroom set up: assist in executing the floorplan decisions, the sample capacity, the fixture & fitting needs. Assist with year round house-keeping and logistics of the showroom

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• Global BU's
• Global Events
• Global Workplaces
• Global Sales
• Global Marketing, Creative Direction
• Market MOPS and Brand teams
• Multi agencies e.g. ACT3

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Business Process Management/ Logistics experience and comprehensive end-to-end knowledge.
• Change and Project Management expertise.
• Strong solution-oriented attitude with a bias for execution.
• Track record in executing with high quality under challenging timelines.
• Strong cross-functional/cross-brand attitude.
• English fluent both orally and written
• Another European language advantageous
• Intermediate to advanced skills in MS Office suite

REQUISITE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE / MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Proven problem solving skills

• Theoretical knowledge and organizational practice or expertise across several disciplines (e.g. Marketing, Brand Operations GOPS etc..) & Digitalization desirable

2+ years of experience