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Adidas MANAGER CATEGORY MANAGEMENT TEAMWEAR GCA 
United States, South Carolina, Spartanburg 
700960157

Yesterday

Area:Greater China Area

Department:

Director Reporting Line:Sr Manager Category Management SPSP

Indirect/Secondary Reporting Line: -

Location: Shanghai

GSMS Grade: M

Number of Personnel Managed:

Cost Center/Budget and/or Revenue Responsibility: -

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

  • Teamwear

Key Responsibilities:

  • To support the execution of product strategy category interface between Global BU(business opportunities, commercial input process, SMU’s, performance results, market trends/insights, category plans, etc.)
  • Manage the product range strategy of customized team wear with X BU from global offering and develop local relevant products with CCS when there is product gap with capability to work independently
  • Responsible for the business success of theLockerRoomincl. setting forecasts, pricing corridor, size range, RID and Sell-through
  • Build the category range by channels within guidelines by Global BU, incl. inline, promo, SMU, Local Creation
  • Responsible for ordering samples sets, including inline pre-sale & SMS, plus ISC, etc.
  • Monitor and ensure full up-stream product readiness for digital product launch on Locker Room platform.
  • Monitor site and run report daily to ensure that a premium experience is being received by all customers, independent of device and location
  • Conduct pre-launch data checks in appropriate systems to confirm content is ready to be enabled ensuring a premium customer experience
  • Act as a point of contact for customer service to escalate and resolve critical path issues with the site, offer or delivery
  • Analyze competitor landscape and benchmark our adidas offer
  • Supervisor and oversee product digital creation processes for team sport custom uniforms and 3D asset configurator creation with internal and external stakeholders
  • Team player, good communication skills

KPI’s:

  • Category NS, Net Margin and Contribution across GCA
  • Sell-out
  • Forecast & data accuracy
  • NPS
  • Market share
  • Achievement of key SBP initiatives

Key Relationships:

  • GCA BU Product and Merchandising
  • Global Locker Room partner
  • Creation Center Shanghai
  • Sports Marketing and Sales
  • Product Operations, IT, Supply Chain, Planning, Sourcing
  • Wider Global Team Sports Organization

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Strong knowledge, understanding and genuine passion for team sports
  • Strong communication and relationship skills
  • Strong analytical skills, be solution driven and result oriented
  • Demonstrated ability to drive results with cross functional partners
  • Prior Product management and/or merchandising experience
  • Strong Systems knowledge (M-3, RMA, MicroStrategy, SharePoint, Smartsheet)

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

  • 3-5 years of experience in category management/product required. Regional experience preferred.
  • University degree in Business or equivalent professional experience, ideally in Sales and/or Marketing
  • Sporting goods industry experience required
  • Fluent in English and Chinese
  • Strong Computer Skills including Outlook, Word, Excel (Pivot), Powerpoint, etc
  • Passion for sports and belief that through sports we have the power to change lives
  • Willingness to travel up to 15-20% of time