Adidas MANAGER NCAA 

United States, California, San Diego 

736287646

Key Accountabilities:

• Recruit new business and key partners to outfit and sell adidas products directly to the athletic department, establishing a one-stop shop for athletic departments and their equipment needs within territory.

• Manage select number of NCAA properties with the purpose of servicing all sports/teams with their team apparel/embellished apparel, headwear, hardgoods, custom uniform and footwear needs.

• Build equity for the brand and position yourself as Brand Ambassador in the area and territory; requiring one to visit each campus at least once a year to ‘sell-in’ product lines
• Create an ‘all in’ environment and engage athletic administrators, equipment staff and coaches to buy into the adidas product lines, marketing and key product innovations.
• Maintain regular & effective communication with university while building relationships with institutions, equipment managers, athletes, coaches and athletic directors in the territory.
• Reach annual sales goals and manage promotional SPOMA allotments as well as T&E budgets.
• Communicate school renewals or acquisition status to adidas team & retail reps to help foster/educate the next Generation plan
• Leverage on-site relationships to drive sales with outside of athletic department programs (ie. Alumni, rec sports, office of the President) to outfit all departments with adidas products & services.
• Leverage NCAA SPOMA school assets to drive High School and team acquisition strategy

Knowledge Skills & Abilities:

• Strong written, verbal, presentation and negotiation skills.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers.
• Ability to calculate and understand discounts, proportions, percentages and ratios.
• Solid understanding of the NCAA college environment with an understanding of the team dealer network and discount structure
• History of working/selling custom uniforms, footwear, headwear, team apparel, hardgoods
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to successfully influence decisions and outcomes both internally and externally that support business decisions, while maintaining healthy, productive, successful relationships.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
• Ability to multi-task; must have strong time management and organizational skills.
• Must have good phone skills and email etiquette.
• Technical proficiency with MS applications (Excel & Word) and PowerPoint
• The ability to travel frequently via car and occasionally via air

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university and a minimum 5 years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• NCAA experience preferred, either coach, athlete or administrator
• Merchandising and forecasting experience is preferred.