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Adidas MANAGER CATEGORY MANAGEMENT TEAM SPORTS BRAND ADIDAS 
Netherlands, North Holland, Amsterdam 
352469053

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Key Responsibilities:

  • Deliver business strategy and success of the category
  • Develop category initiatives to meet key commercial goals
  • Support the development of business mid-long term division plan in alignment with global vision
  • Be the interface between Global Business Unit (BU) and market stakeholders
  • Collaborate with relevant cross functional teams to develop and execute plans
  • Deliver end to end (E2E) market strategy and execution from Integrated Business Planning, Commercial Input to in season trade and exit
  • Deliver quality delivery toward each GTM milestones
  • Deliver go to market planning excellence in compliance with targets for forecasting, pricing, profitability, range size, range flow, range adoption etc. includingsystem, catalogue and master data maintenance
  • Deliver key franchise lifecycle and inventory level to ensure brand health
  • Perform category insights and analytics including market/consumer/competitor insights and sales analysis and leverage for planning
  • Deliver the input of local product to globalBU/local sourcing partner.
  • Define sourcing strategy in collaboration with Supply Chain for local team order system/products
  • Deliver best-in-class front-end user experience for Team Order System(i.e. Locker Room) by closely working with Global BU and local souring partner.
  • Deliver cross category and functional specific initiatives
  • Present range internally and externally with sufficient sample availability
  • Participate to customer interaction in planning phase
  • Drive performance and development culture
  • Drive employee engagement, leading by example.

KPI’s:

  • Category Net Sales (NS), Net Margin and Contribution
  • Sell-out
  • Forecast & data accuracy
  • Net Promote Score (NPS)
  • Market share

Key Relationships:

  • Head Office
  • Other BU category management
  • Brand communications in BU
  • Brand Activation
  • Demand Planning/Finance
  • Supply Chain
  • Sales Channel leads
  • Creation Center Tokyo
  • Global BUs
  • External partners (i.e. Accounts, Sourcing partner)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Ability to implement strategy
  • Developing presentation/communication, negotiation and influencing skills
  • Distinct track record of success and high-level range management knowledge
  • 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.)
  • Strong industry knowledge, across divisions—footwear, apparel and accessories.
  • Experience in digital/eCommerce user experience area is preferable.
  • Expert understanding of markets’ consumers, accounts, economic environment and commercial needs
  • Ability to Manage, Coach and Develop People
  • Results Oriented Mindset
  • Strong team player with high level of integrity & attention to detail
  • Strong data analysis skills and ability to translate and articulate data results into clear business actions.

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

  • years of experience in range management/product required.
  • University degree in Business or equivalent professional experience, ideally in Sales and/or Marketing, MBA preferred
  • Sporting goods industry experience required
  • Fluent in Japanese andBusiness level English required
  • Has substantial experience working with local customers and international stakeholders
  • Developing Business Acumen
  • Strong PC Skills including Outlook, Word, Excel (Pivot), Powerpoint, etc
  • Passion for sports and belief that through sports we have the power to change lives