Adidas BUYER ORIGINALS 

Italy, Tuscany 

658106095

Key Responsibilities:
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Deliver financial targets including Net sales, Sell through, Standard Margin.
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Have a clear understanding of the competitive landscape and create strategies that will help us compete and outpace.
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Liaise with Operations to ensure we gain in depth consumer insights & implement learnings into pre-season & in-season strategy.
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Contribute to pre-season planning including Open-To-Buy (OTB) plan, pre-season product planning, option planning and ranging.
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Own the end-to-end Product lifecycle from pre-planning, ranging, deployment of ranges and assortment into stores with continued focus and tracking on sell out deploying liquidation strategies as needed based on WOS and sale periods.
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Store visits regularly to ensure strong connection to our consumer and gain insights and feedback from store leaders.
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Evaluate the competencies of his/her direct or indirect subordinates on a regular basis and provides feedback and guidance to drive high performance culture and a winning mindset.
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In partnership with Human Resources, execute performance and career path development for direct report
•Key Relationships:
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Regional: Merchandising EM, DTC EM
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Local: DTC, BUs, CTC, Marketing Activation, Finance/Controlling, Demand Planning.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
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Strong communication skills
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Strong process and project management skills
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Proficiency on MS Office Applications Excel, Word, Outlook and Power Point and Auto CAD++
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Good understanding of Retail Management processes & systems
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Ability to speak, read and write in English fluently, additional language skills beneficial
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Ability to travel both domestic and internationally as needed
Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:
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5 Years+ overall work experience in Merchandising/Retail projects.