Adidas SPECIALIST BUYING TRADING 

South Africa, Gauteng, Johannesburg 

816611214

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

To play a supportive role in achieving divisional sales and profitability goals with a focus on Concept Stores. This role assists Buying with in-season product management, merchandising strategy, and the coordination and execution of day-to-day operations and administrative duties to ensure deadlines can be met.

Key Responsibilities:

Support the seasonal strategy for area of responsibility and help to create best in class channel relevant buys specific to our consumer and on trend that drive top line sales and profitability to achieve targets

Deliver accurate reporting and sales recaps as needed (ad hoc, daily, weekly, monthly, etc.)

Identify and support with promotional opportunities at the category, concept, collection and article level to maximize sales for both pre-season and in season

Validate essential demand planning information such as size curves and channel forecasts

Key Relationships:

Retail Operations

Demand Planning

Visual Excellence and Visual Merchandise

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

General understanding of channel operations and retail calendar

Experience with MS Office Suit and familiarity with merchandising systems/applications. Excel skills required.

Ability to synthesize data, identify trends and recommend viable solutions

Strong analytical skills, familiarity with Retail KPI’s, and understanding of retail math

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• • Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university
  • 1-2 years typical relevant work experience
  • Retail and/or Merchandising experience strongly preferred