Adidas DIGITAL WHOLESALE SOLUTIONS MANAGER SEE TEMPORARY POSITION/MATERNITY COVER 

Portugal, Porto 

563554921

Purpose of the Role:

The holder of this position is a Digital Solutions ambassador (by utilizing digital tools, as well as inspiring and leading to the digital era through Digital Transformation implementations) and a safeguard of Sales processes & Company's policies and guidelines.

What you'll do:

• Be the Digital sales ambassador in the zone by promoting Digital tools within the sales community, keeping them always up-to-date while leading the zone’s Digital Transformation.
• Ensure a constant communication flow on status of the digital sales related projects and initiatives to main stakeholders, the Sales Leadership team and other sales and/or project-related functions.
• Manage the roll-outs of the Digital Wholesale Solutions [DWS] in the zone in collaboration with the Europe & Global roll-out teams, by driving the change management both internally (Sales/CS/GTM teams) & externally (Customers), designing the training & adoption plans and ensuring proper and timely communication to main stakeholders
• Be the zone SPOC to consolidate, document and prioritize the local user demands to Europe DWS team for required tools/process enhancements and new capabilities; Lead the User Acceptance Tests on new features (also by coordinating local stakeholders when required, ensuring end-to-end testing and providing key input to Europe and Global teams)
• Manage the resolution of the technical issues reported by customers and/or sales reps., by closely collaborating with Europe DWS team & Global IT operations
• Lead the Sell-In readiness process for the zone (as per EU's guidance) ensuring on-time systems & data setup, tools' readiness & content, defining sell-in calendar, cut-off dates & preparation plan, and coordinating communications in close collaboration with CS - GTM - IT - Supply Chain - Sales functions
• Drive Re-order & Clearance campaigns for each season based on the sales calendar and stock availability, while following the company's implementation policy; Ensure all systems readiness, on-time data's update, inventory and sales reports generation and act upon results to achieve annual targets.
• Secure Master Data excellence (portfolio classification, customer structure, customer doors, etc.) by overviewing the relevant processes & ensuring that databases and online tools are always and accurately up-to-date
• Co-ordinate the customer segmentation process and system's up-to-date status on that, as well as range segmentation by ensuring SAP is always accurately and on-time updated based on Go-to market teams' input.

• Drive special, ad hoc reporting and process related projects within the Sales Development team.

Skills you'll need:

• University degree in Business Administration, IT or relevant field
• Minimum 4 - 6 years of experience within a commercially driven organization, ideally with Sales Operations, Customer Service, Digital Transformation and/or e-Commerce function
• Commercially driven and customer-centric mindset, with good knowledge of sales and customer service processes
• Affinity to digital tools and technology, with a Digital-first mindset
• Experience in working on ERP / Newsletter / Cloud-based platforms and Digital Tools (experience on SAP and/or Salesforce is considered a plus]
• Strong communication (verbally & written) and presentation skills;
• Strong Microsoft Office skills

• Fluent in Engish
• Previous experience in team management is considered an advantage
• Exposure in Sporting Goods / Fashion / FMCG industries is a plus

Life at adidas:

• Competitive compensation
• Annual bonus
• Private life & health insurance
• Laptop
• Company mobile
• Food Vouchers
• Hybrid working model
• Premium gym membership discount
• Free access to self-learning platform
• Employee Assistance Program (personal counselling on variety of topics)