Adidas SENIOR MANAGER STORE DEVELOPMENT CENTRAL / CROSS BORDER 

China, Shanghai, Yangpu District 

556789851

Key Responsibilities

• Manage multiple retail implementation projects assigned area the latest adidas concepts and tools with European processes, to deliver on time and in budget.
• Support the market F&M team to ensure stores are always presented to a high standard and all H&S protocols are met.
• Order Store Concept Hardware. Place orders in line with required lead time to assure in time fulfilment ready for flawless implementation.
• Work with procurement and the agreed finance polices and process to ensure all purchases and appointments are done in line with agreed market protocols.
• Working with the DSD, Arrange Due Diligence reports to accurately create capex and schedules to support the BPM process for new projects.
• Coordinate projects with the back-office teams within, Merch, VM, Opps, IT, Marketing, Real estate, Profit protection, Finance and supply chain to ensure projects are delivered on time to the highest possible performance standards.
• Create accurate capex, track costs through-out live projects without pre-approved overspend. Manage all budget costs and prepare final account reports upon project completion.
• Report quality issues in real time using provided standardized processes & documents.
• Train 3rd parties as required.
• Manage & sign off all installations per market, provide documentation with required detail including Operations & maintenance (O&M) manuals.
• Manage handover of all new and remodelled sites to retail operation team.
• Initiate reverse logistics of excess equipment.

Key Relationships

• Internal - Real Estate department, Retail Store Development, Retail Store Operations, Finance, Merchandising, Marketing, HR
• External - Landlords, architects, legal partners, general contractors

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Management ability and competency to manage landlords, architects, general contractors, external project managers
• Strong inside knowledge of process management of in store implementation, architects, regional sourcing, legal partners, and general contractors.
• Ability to maximize relationships with externals
• Ability to think strategically, define business opportunities and problems, collect, interpret and analyze abstract and concrete information, and create strategic, value-add solutions.
• Ability to travel up to 75% of the time, and in some cases with limited notice.
• Strong retail business acumen (operational and fiscal).
• Strong presentation and communication skills.
• Excellent negotiation skills and ability to influence others.
• Proficiency with MS applications (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and other computer software (Internet, POS Systems, etc).
• AutoCAD skills an advantage
• Ability to speak, read and write English fluently; additional language skills beneficial

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A.), with an emphasis in real estate or finance / MBA preferred.
• 4-6 years retail specific real estate site selection experience, preferably with a major retailer
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience managing/negotiating external consultants and contractors