Adidas SENIOR SPECIALIST PRICING PROMOTIONS ECOM 

China, Shanghai, Yangpu District 

462857756

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

This role is responsible for maximising the sales, profitability and brand equity of Emerging Markets eCommercethrough the management and execution of both:

• Pricing management for all product categories in eCom, in line with the company brand strategy and financial goals (net sales, margin, markdown and inventory targets).
• Support the definition and execution of product Life cycle management, including MSS and EOSS.
• Provide Product and Pricing insights/actions with regards to key commercial moments to ensure there is enough inventory to maximize sales forecast within the markdown parameters.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the execution of thedefined key merchandising principles related to pricing and promotions in day-to-day business and regularly give feedback to management.
• Input to Director of Merchandising eCom on overall pricing and markdown strategy for upcoming seasons and key commercial moments.
• Ensure price alignment between wholesale, ecom and retail and to price articles within the local price structures in accordance with pricing policy.
• Maintainhistorical promotion performance documentation to ensure proper future planning. Maintain article lists comp performance across seasons.
• Load Markdown prices in the central and local systems and maintain systems accordingly.
• Manage and maintain price change history as well as documentation around exclusion lists required for pricing compliance.

• Assist end-to-end preparation and timelines adherence to key commercial inventory forecasting processes including sale dates definition, articles selection, discounts strategy, leftover transfer strategy.
• Assist in all promotions on site that have product implications.
• Issue key Merchandise Management Reports related to price, margin and markdown management. Issue reporting pack for effective analysis of promotional activities incl. sales period.
• Plan and execute price actions (mark-ups- downs, promotions, sale activities) and drive analyses that provide the financial impact of these actions.
• Maintain knowledge base (country specific legal restrictions, special sales periods, special sales actions like friends and families etc.) to improve future pricing actions.
• Work pro-actively, propose changes in processes in order to avoid irregularities.
• Ensure all Point of Sale (POS) have a retail price per stock keeping unit (SKU)
• Other duties as requested by your manager.

Key Relationships:

• eCom Team
• Emerging Markets Local Merchandising Teams
• Emerging Markets HUB and Local Marketing Activations
• Emerging Markets HUB and Local CTC Teams
• Emerging Markets Consumer Direct Finance/Controlling

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Leadership and influencing skills.
• Ability to work effectively within a team environment and under pressure.
• Strong analytical skills
• Structured, organised and process-orientated.
• Attention to detail.
• Fluent in English
• Additional language is an advantage.
• Advanced user of MS Office suite of products – esp. Excel, Powerpoint, SQL
• Advanced knowledge of Retail Management Systems – SAP AFS, SAP PGR, DBM, Power BI
• Geographically mobile

Requisite Education and Experience/Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree, ideally in business with sales and finance focus or equivalent professional experience
• 5+ years’ experience in Retail merchandising (incl. buying, planning, distribution, budgeting)
• Multi-store experience essential
• 0-3 years’ management experience
• Functional awareness of Store Operations and Finance