Adidas MANAGER MERCHANDISING PLANNING VALUE STORES EM 

Portugal, Porto 

667546879

Manager Merchandising Planning Value Stores EM

Area: Emerging Markets

Department: EM Merchandising Value channel

Direct Reporting Line: Sr. Manager Merchandising Value channel EM

Subsidiary/country: Gurgaon, India

GSMS Grade: M4

Number of Personnel Managed: N/A

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Key Responsibilities:

· Define and drive the implementation of key strategic priorities in line with the business expectation & merchandising framework.

· Plan, manage, and monitor the seasonal OTB & buy to reflect planned sales and margins.

· Build and maintain monthly views of sales and stock intake including product gap overview.

· Work with store development team to ensure all new stores are built in a way to allocate optimum space to each product that we trade in our value stores.

· Work with VM & trade marketing team to standardize the instore communication tools for value stores across Emerging markets.

· Work with supply chain team to enhance supply efficiencies.

· Monitor financial targets for the channel including Net sales, Sell-through, Std. margin, Inventory, IDL & drive required actions to achieve the KPI’s.

· Ensure implementation of standard markdown / promotion processes across EM to support topline, bottom-line & inventory ageing targets.

· Setup Value channel merchandising framework & lead its implementation across EM.

· Contribute to the development of key merchandising reports and be responsible for its implementation in markets.

· Review weekly sales and stock and define gap plans in collaboration with markets to maximize sales and achieve business goals.

· Sharing of best practice from retail Value stores into franchise and within franchise across the markets.

· Action & lead relevant projects based on the business needs to achieve business goals.

· Role model the leadership framework and ONE EM mindset.

· Global Merchandising team.

· EM DTC Cluster teams.

· EM Retail Operations

· EM & cluster SCM

· EM Finance

· EM Demand planning

· EM Hub BU, CTC & DTC merchandising team.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

· Strong financial acumen and familiarity with retail math and KPIs

· Excellent direct & indirect influencing skills

· Strong trading mindset, with an entrepreneurial flair to maximize business opportunities.

· Fluent in English.

· Ability to present complex topics in a simplified and clear way to any audience.

· Excellent attention to detail and analysis skills.

· Advanced MS office skills (Advanced Excel skills is a must)

· Understanding of retail management system and back-office system

· Structured, process oriented at the same time approachable and strong interpersonal skills.

· Ability to work within a diverse team, fast-paced environment and under pressure.

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

Merchandising Experience: 6 - 8 years