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Adidas ASSISTANT MANAGER ALLOCATION & IST 
China, Shanghai, Yangpu District 
218151251

12.08.2024

PURPOSE & OVERALL RELEVANCE FOR THE ORGANISATION:

  • Work with the team to achieve best allocation & replenishment plan for Retail business.
  • Build up relationship with SCM team as well as own retail team by providing consistent and pertinent communication
  • Ensure to take proactive action to achieve targets

Planning
  • Develop, align and implement weekly, monthly and yearly merchandise demand plan to achieve the sales and inventory target as well as weeks coverage to maximize product usage.
  • Drive replenishment planning forecast to maximize the business opportunities and manage the workflow downstream with stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with planning team to align the inventory demand forecast based on inventory and sales target.
  • Define business opportunities through markdowns, promotion and manage stock on hand at store level.
  • upport manager to manage the whole allocation cycle from creating sales orders, collaborating with SCM team on schedule and releasing products to driving the business results and liquidation plan
  • Participate in building the allocation strategy in both new buy and excess inventory through automatic replenishment system and parameters setting in order to manage the store capacity and product’s productivities
  • Manage weekly, monthly and quarterly reporting and drive action plans proactively from promotion, markdowns, inventories, sales & week covers prospective under brands, product types, seasonality’s aspect.
  • Collaborate with operation and SCM team on product delivery including scheduling and capacity management in both warehouse and stores
Processes
  • Able to understand Retail KPI and targets, growth strategies, related policies and processes
  • Monitor data compliance, identify issues and propose solutions
  • Proactively work with stakeholders to drive the best practice
  • Concurrently review process and necessary enhancement to support the growth of the business in term of qualitive deliverable in the factory outlet team

KEY RELATIONSHIPS:

OMB Planning, Inline Buying,, VM, Marketing etc.


KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

  • Good communicate skill
  • Strong analytical and problem solving skill
  • Learning and self-development
  • Results oriented
  • Products and merchandising knowledge

REQUISITE EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND OTHER SKILL

  • University advanced degree
  • 3-5 years’ experience in allocation or planning experience with recognized retail brands (fashion or FMCG)
  • Prefer good Excel skills and ability to develop useful models/tools