Adidas ASSISTANT MANAGER ALLOCATION & IST 

China, Shanghai, Yangpu District 

218151251

PURPOSE & OVERALL RELEVANCE FOR THE ORGANISATION:

• Work with the team to achieve best allocation & replenishment plan for Retail business.
• Build up relationship with SCM team as well as own retail team by providing consistent and pertinent communication
• Ensure to take proactive action to achieve targets

• Develop, align and implement weekly, monthly and yearly merchandise demand plan to achieve the sales and inventory target as well as weeks coverage to maximize product usage.
• Drive replenishment planning forecast to maximize the business opportunities and manage the workflow downstream with stakeholders.
• Collaborate with planning team to align the inventory demand forecast based on inventory and sales target.
• Define business opportunities through markdowns, promotion and manage stock on hand at store level.

• upport manager to manage the whole allocation cycle from creating sales orders, collaborating with SCM team on schedule and releasing products to driving the business results and liquidation plan
• Participate in building the allocation strategy in both new buy and excess inventory through automatic replenishment system and parameters setting in order to manage the store capacity and product’s productivities
• Manage weekly, monthly and quarterly reporting and drive action plans proactively from promotion, markdowns, inventories, sales & week covers prospective under brands, product types, seasonality’s aspect.
• Collaborate with operation and SCM team on product delivery including scheduling and capacity management in both warehouse and stores

• Able to understand Retail KPI and targets, growth strategies, related policies and processes
• Monitor data compliance, identify issues and propose solutions
• Proactively work with stakeholders to drive the best practice
• Concurrently review process and necessary enhancement to support the growth of the business in term of qualitive deliverable in the factory outlet team

KEY RELATIONSHIPS:

OMB Planning, Inline Buying,, VM, Marketing etc.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Good communicate skill
• Strong analytical and problem solving skill
• Learning and self-development
• Results oriented
• Products and merchandising knowledge

REQUISITE EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND OTHER SKILL

• University advanced degree
• 3-5 years’ experience in allocation or planning experience with recognized retail brands (fashion or FMCG)
• Prefer good Excel skills and ability to develop useful models/tools