Adidas SPECIALIST MERCHANDISE ECOMMERCE & HALO 

China, Shanghai, Yangpu District 

637899441

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

This role is responsible for maximizing the sales, profitability, and brand equity through the management and execution of:

• Build, enhance, and create merchandise reports to support the Buying & Trading Manager on Intake, Sales & Product Information as well as own planning & allocation responsibilities.
• In-season article reporting and trading to ensure category and product performance meets expectations via a suite of KPIs and tools.
• Pre-season planning support to Buying & Trading Manager.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the execution of product and assortment strategy to achieve company eCommerce and concept store targets.
• Manage and monitor sales plans versus actuals to provide recommendations and insights on article-level performance for business decisions.
• Track, analyze, interpret, and provide recommendations based on key merchandising KPIs.
• Analyze routine sales and stock data, maintaining detailed and accurate reports.
• Own the in-season replenishment process for the channels.
• Allocate products to channels as planned in pre-season buying.
• Execute stock re-allocation and consolidation between channels as required.
• Apply effective strategies to ensure optimal channel stock control.
• Facilitate and provide reports and information daily.
• Assist with seasonal product ranging.
• Work proactively to propose changes and identify opportunities to continually drive a best-in-class experience for the adidas consumer.

Key Relationships:

• eCom Team
• DTC Team
• Supply Chain and Logistics
• Marketing ActivationsTeam
• Consumer Experience Team

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Structured, organized and process orientated.
• Ability to work effectively within a team environment and under pressure
• Strong analytical skills
• Attention to detail
• Fluent in English
• Advanced user of MS Office suite of products – esp. Excel, Access, PPT
• Dashboarding/Data Visualization experience a plus

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree, ideally in business with sales focus or equivalent professional experience.
• 1-3 years’ experience in merchandising or related functions (incl. buying, planning, distribution, budgeting).
• eCommerce or retail experience a plus.
• Fluent in English