Adidas SENIOR MANAGER CATEGORY MERCHANDISING 

Switzerland, Lucerne 

405365923

Key Responsibilities

• Build seasonal Canadian specific range plans that maximize our DTC partner needs and the strategic plans of our key wholesale accounts. Ensuring Canadian range aligns with the US range; as well as NAM category growth expectations and sku count projections to ensure article efficiency.
• Price all locally ranged articles to align with USD conversion, ensure we are competitive in the market and hit local margin targets.
• Work closely with the US product teams, providing market insights and feedback to build a best-in-class NAM range and GTM strategy.
• Work with US counterparts to execute in season opportunities: SMUs, Speed, In Season Injections packs to complement range and bring us closer to market.
• Develop and maintain a lifestyle and sporting goods expertise of the Canadian marketplace and consumers; as well as competitors/products that compete in this environment. This includes regular visits to key retailers to flag opportunities in our market/differences to the US market to ensure we remain competitive.
• Develop long term business plans with a focus on key items and franchise models across lifecycles to ensure brand health and growth. Building out allocation plans on key franchises to ensure we are driving sustainable growth and a successful sell out.
• Ensure all samples are ordered, organized and merchandized for key milestone meetings.
• Build and present the GTM category plans to Canadian stakeholders in Sales & DTC. This includes building and maintaining all sell in tools for the market and presenting the range to both internal and external teams.
• Work closely with Marketing Communications to ensure product highlights and key brand messages are aligned and brought to market.
• Oversee Assistant Category Manager and play an active role in their personal and professional development.

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
• Strong presentation and communication skills, written and verbal
• Ability to work within a team environment
• Strong process and organization skills
• Ability to travel both domestically and internationally as needed
• Strong business acumen in channel distribution, net sales, margin, profit and inventory
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work with and collaborate across the organization
• A thorough understanding of customer markets and trends
• Category specific understanding preferred
• Strong analytical and planning skills

Minimum Qualifications

• or related field preferred; and
• Minimum three (3) years industry related experience
• Equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be substituted for degree.
• Previous merchandising experience in the sporting goods industry 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.

*The anticipated low and high end of the base pay range for this position is [$104,000 - $124,000 CAD]. Actual salary will be based on various factors, such as a candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills and competencies, proficiency for the role.