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Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:
Support the Partner Development Director in driving the digital development of the defined Key Account webshops across Europe, seeking to optimize our brand representation, consumer experience & ultimately growing net sales & market share
Work with Global DPC & key European stakeholders to identify and address opportunities to drive traffic and conversion for our brand within our key partner webshops
As the marketplace lead, play a key role in developing our online marketplace business across Europe, being the main point of contacts for all above market topics
Own the eMarketplace go-to-market strategy & execution across Europe for Digital Partner Commerce (DPC) – including all digital wholesale policies, terms & conditions
Role & Responsibilities:
Enhance the visibility of our brand across all digital partners, with an immediate focus on the key digital players in each country in Europe
Support the Partner Development Director in the continuous creations of best-practice documentations that can be adopted and executed by the European Cluster teams
Facilitate regular review of Digital KPI progress across European market in collaboration with Analytics and Cluster teams
Identify opportunities for and facilitate creation of relevant digital content including procurement, curation, and end-to-end process ownership
With a view on maximizing local application, implement a trade-driven reactive content workstream to generate incremental in-season sell out opportunities
Ensure alignment with Platform Trading team in Partner Program for a holistic approach to brand performance management across key digital partners
Drive the creation and adoption of new initiatives that can be adopted by our key digital partners in Europe to help achieve our DPC ambitions
Identify, on an ongoing basis, new consumer engagement mechanics to drive traffic to adidas on the sites of our key digital partners
Act as a partner to the Partner Development Director in ensuring the various cluster teams are effectively executing the European & Global DPC strategy, supporting them on this journey
Embodying a kaizen mindset, continuously look to evolve our digital capabilities with our WHS partners, in the pursuit of maximizing consumer experience, conversion and sales
Drive continuous improvement of tools, processes, and systems within the DPC scope
Act as a key contact person for global & local stakeholders across topics concerning digital wholesale in Europe
With support of data, continuously propose to the DPC organization how we can enhance the performance of our brands online
Apply effective communication methods to senior management and stakeholders
Showcase expertise in key internal & external environments (e.g. Sell-ins, KA meetings, General Manager/Sales Director meetings, Sales & Marketing meetings etc.)
Drive the exploration, piloting and implementation of different logistical, operational & commercial models through which we would interact with different eMarketplaces across Europe.
Oversee the Marketplace approval process & ePolicy implementation, ensuring that all our partners have a distinct incremental role to play & enable safe, brand enhancing consumer focused ecosystems for our brand
Ownership of the digitally related internal and external wholesale policies and contractual agreements to ensure growth of our online business
Key Relationships:
EU & Global DPC teams
Global & European Partner Program
Global Digital product teams
EU eCommerce Team: Business Operations, Master Data, Buying & Planning, Analytics
EU Key Account Management teams
EU MAT and DAT teams
EU Newsroom team
Digital IT and Digital Sales & Services (DSS)
Partner’s Business / Digital teams/ Finance & Legal
External online marketplaces and vendors
EU Channel Management teams
EU Business Units
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
BA / BS in Business, Finance, Economics or related field (MBA preferred)
Minimum 6 years professional experience in Digital activation or e-Commerce (combination of brand’s own eCom and retailer.com - preferred)
Extremely strong organizational and planning skills - flexibility to handle multiple tasks and business partners. Project Management preferred.
Extremely strong Powerpoint skills required coupled with excellent communication and presentation skills.
Advanced Excel skills and high proficiency in spreadsheet analyses. The ideal candidate must be self-motivated and passionate about deriving business insight from ecom data, improving business processes, and solving problems.
Excellent analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to present and map complex business processes (interest in technical and business eCommerce projects a must).
Quick to learn new systems and tools
Ability to work in a deadline driven environment.
Fluency in English is required; another European language would be beneficial.
Understanding of key digital metrics & how to accelerate these online
Comfortable working in an international environment
Proactive mindset, showcasing initiative and relentless tenacity to achieve results
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