Adidas MANAGER ASSORTMENT PLANNING & INSIGHT BRAND ADIDAS 

China, Shanghai, Yangpu District 

630689909

Key Responsibilities:

• Combine/validate categoryrangeplans from BU, and finalize into a holistic, full store format assortment plan (width only)
• Sense-check, feedback and confirm the final output of each store formatagainst brand and commercial objectives(product type, launch flow, marketing calendar, mandatory range, retail space, consumer journey, etc.)
• Output all merchandising boards for all store formats
• Handover assortment plans to Visual merchandising Team for output of Visual Merchandising(VM) renderings
• Handover assortment plans to the Account teams for store level planning and depth completion
• Deliver assortment plan(AP) presentationsat Seasonal Sales Summit and provide material and support for Sales Training, Accounts Pre-lines, Tenjikai
• AP room Sample merchandising / Managementtogether with BU Category and VM for Sales Training, Accounts Pre-lines, Tenjikai
• Sell In & Sell Through tracking & analysis
• Validate buy plan (where applicable)

Key Relationships:

• Go To Market(GTM) Planning&Insight and BU
• Brand Communications
• Sales Channels (Wholesale Key Accounts, Retail Buying, e-Commerce)
• Account sales and category sales, buyers

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Marketing, merchandising and/or retail experience, with a distinct track record of success
• Strong presentation/communications skills
• Advanced user of MS Office suite of products
• Solid merchandising experience with retail end in mind
• Passion for sports

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree in Business or equivalent professional experience, ideally in Sales and/or Marketing
• Minimum 3-5 years relevant working experience
• Intermediatein English
• Fluent in Japanese