Adidas SENIOR MANAGER ECOMMERCE BUYING TRADING 

China, Shanghai, Yangpu District 

759455901

Key Responsibilities:

Buying & Trading

• Responsible for steering buying, planning, and trading across the eCom channel across SEA.

• Steer OTB and in-take ratios within established expectations across the region for the SEA eCom landscape

• Collaborate with the SEA Assortment Planning team to implement product mix according to the share of the business, the share of categories, gender-mix, etc,, for eCom business

• Deliver best practice end-to-end in-season management including management of best sellers and worst sellers, in-season stock cover management, and in-season reactivity including but not limited to:

• Support the implementation of key strategic priorities for eCom business across SEA in line with the business and eCom strategy.

• Partner with EM eCom Analytics teams to build, deliver & interpret regular (Daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly/seasonal) category business & trading updates

• Establish and continuously improve processes across buying, planning, and merchandising activities.

• Drive and benchmark KPIs on productivity, sell-thru, and revenue targets.

Inventory Management:

• Facilitate & provide documentation and information for monthly inventory meeting for inventory flow planning.

• Partner with EM Hub Merch teams to build tools to enable teams to drive inventory conversations with country teams on ground.

• Embed buying teams within country inventory control processes and ensure oversight and effective maintenance of inventory flows across each country.

Strategy & Team management:

• Support the implementation of key strategic priorities for eCom business across SEA and country in line with the business and eCom strategy.

• Drive and steer eCOM category strategy across SEA and support SEA Buying team enact and implement actions in support of the strategy and direction.

• Own and manage Hype merch planning for the SEA region

• Ensure appropriate leadership skills are present at every level by creating a motivational and supportive work environment in which employees are coached, trained and provided with career opportunities through development.

• Continuously monitor and evaluate team workload and organizational efficiency.

• Provide team members/direct reports with clear direction and targets that are aligned with business needs and DBC objectives.

Key Relationships:

• SEA Brand (incl. Category planning)

• SEA Assortment Planning

• SEA Demand Planning

• Country Brand teams

• Emerging Markets eCom Hub Merchandising

• Emerging Markets eCom Hub Consumer Experience

• Emerging Markets eCom Hub Planning and Analytics

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

• Advanced knowledge of Retail Management Systems – SAP AFS, SAP PGR, DVM, Microstrategy

• Dashboarding/Data Visualization experience a plus

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree, ideally in business with sales and finance focus or equivalent professional experience

• 7-10 years’ experience in merchandising or related functions (incl. buying, planning, trading)

• eCom experience a plus