Adidas ASSISTANT MANAGER CATEGORY MERCHANDISING 

Indonesia, Jakarta Special Capital Region 

314592793

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in the planning, curating, landing, and measuring consumer right assortments for the Canadian Marketplace.
• Ensure data integrity to support product ranging, timely delivery, correct segmentation, and pricing.
• Support and capture consumer, industry and market insights to ensure a relevant product range is created to meet Canadian market needs.
• Assist in the management our key item and Franchise models across lifecycles to ensure brand health and growth.
• Work in conjunction with the Category Manager to create strategic curated assortment plans for relevant strategic wholesale channels/account including DTC.
• Present range plans and consumer insights to internal teams and key strategic wholesale partners.
• Continually monitor and communicate the analysis of the product range and sales results to maximize profitability, productivity and growth of future assortments

Key Relationships

• US Category and Marketplace Merchandising
• DTC & Ecom – both local and US based
• Canadian Wholesale Sales team
• Key external retail partners
• Brand Operations
• Brand Communications
• Sports Marketing
• Finance
• Demand Planning and relevant SCM partners

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Proficiency with MS Office Suite and working with systems/applications
• Ability to present in front of large and small groups
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-tasking, deadline-oriented environment
• Ability to travel both domestically as needed
• Ability to research and present business research
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work with and collaborate across the organization
• Category specific understanding preferred
• Strong analytical and planning skills

Minimum Qualifications

• Four-year college or university degree, preferably in Business/Merchandising or related field preferred
• One (1) year related industry experience
• Combination of education and/or experience may be substituted for degree
• Previous merchandising experience in the sporting goods industry preferred
• US marketplace experience preferred

*We officially returned to office in a hybrid work environment, working 3 days in office and 2 days remote. The working location of this position is Woodbridge, Ontario.