Management and development of assigned accounts mainly through the B2B platform CLICK to achieve business objective & sales targets and improve customer experience with our brand.
Preselect range and offer for assigned accounts based on seasonal focus products, technologies and concepts. Present and promote adidas products to potential and existing clients.
Co-ordinate and arrange seasonal showroom days for defined accounts. Ensure digital content is created to provide virtual sell-in material to the accounts (e.g. product, category, highlight and technology presentations).
Be part of negotiation and close to sales agreements to maximize revenue.
Build and maintain strong, long-lasting customer relationships with adidas partners.
Prepare monthly sales forecast (IBP) for respective accounts and B2B partners on category level.
Closely monitor the order intake and orderbook development of the assigned accounts and ensure customers place orders according to our sales timelines. Provide regular sales reports and updates to management.
Stay up to date with industry trends and competitor activities, conduct market research to spot trends and opportunities for growth.
Identify and acquire new business opportunities within the B2B sector.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure customer satisfaction and seamless order processing
Secure handling of daily account requests via Click tool with Customer Service, Credit Management and others. Ensure customers are compliant to our e-com policy and following our terms and conditions.
Communicate with customers through the CLICK platform by using the Salesforce Sales and service tools.
Ensure customer segmentation and master data is up-to and work closely with Finance on risk management, annual review and cleanup of account database.
As a Key user for Digital Wholesale solutions perform user acceptance test for new features on Digital Wholesale solutions and ensure end-to-end process testing (incl. SAP AFS with Customer Service and local IT support).
KPIs:
Net Sales Sales & Sales Deduction target achievement
Account portfolio development
DSO targets
Key Relationships:
Retail partners
Zone East Digital Wholesale Solutions
Zones East WHS teams
Zones East Sales Development
GTM Teams
Account Operations
FP&A, Credit Management
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Strong communication skills: written, verbal and presentation
Ability to build strong relationships, both internal and external
High customer focus, ability to sell and negotiate
Advancedskills in: Microsoft office, Newsletter/activation tools, Salesforce, PowerBi
Affinity to digital tools and e-processes
Good organisational and analytical skills
Commercially driven
Fluent in written and spoken in English. Skills in other languages are an added plus
Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:
Successfully completed professional training in a commercial or service orientated industry
2 - 3 years within a commercially driven organization, preferably with sales, customer service or marketingexperience withinadidas or comparable.
Cross-functional experience ideally with Customer Service/ Operations/ IT/ Sales/ Finance
Previous industry experience including sporting goods, fashion, FMCG would be a plus
Experience in Digital Marketing, e-Commerce, B2B und B2C.