Manager, Buying, Planning

1 week ago

Melbourne, Australia Adidas Full time

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the Senior Manager Buying, Planning & Trading in executing the Pacific E-Commerce merchandising strategy and ensure deployment by engaging with Category Planning team locally.
- Support the delivery of Channel and Cluster financial targets including net sales, sell through, standard margin and Inventory Days Lasting.
- Hold in-depth product & market knowledge of the adidas brand, our performance categories, our consumers, and competitors to maximize sales opportunities.
- Contribute to pre-season planning including Open-To-Buy (OTB) plan, pre-season product planning, option planning and ranging.
- Own the end-to-end product lifecycle (PLC) from pre-planning, ranging, deployment of ranges and assortment into stores with continued focus and tracking on sell out deploying trading and promotional tactics.
- Collaborate with eCommerce Consumer Experience and Digital Activation teams to ensure optimal product storytelling, merchandising and trading of stock.
- Have a clear understanding of the local consumer and competitive landscape and create strategies that will help adidas compete and win market share.
- Liaise with Digital Analytics and Consumer Experience to gain in depth insights & implement learnings into pre-season & in-season strategy.
- Conduct digital and physical store visits regularly to ensure strong connection to competitors and retail landscape, gaining insights and feedback to translate into actionable plans and initiatives.
- Build and foster relationships with partners within EM eCommerce, Retail, Marketing and Brand Category teams.
- Key Relationships:
- Regional: E-Commerce & DPC EM Digital Analytics, CX and Trading
- Local: E-Commerce, CTC, Brand Activation, Membership and CRM, Demand Planning, SCM
- Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Passion for product, fashion, and sports.
- Strong communication skills.
- Strong process and project management skills.
- Proficiency on MS Office Applications Excel, Word, Outlook and Power Point and Auto CAD++
- Good understanding of Buying and Planning processes & systems.
- Ability to influence and drive consensus and solutions with cross functional teams.
- Ability to write reports, business correspondence,
- Ability to speak, read and write in English fluently, additional language skills beneficial.
- Ability to travel both domestic and internationally as needed.
- Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:
- University degree in Buying, Product Design, Fashion Design, Retail Management, Business Management, ideally with Marketing and Sales focus or equivalent professional experience.
- 5 Years+ overall work experience in Merchandising/Retail projects.

AT ADIDAS WE HAVE A WINNING CULTURE. BUT TO WIN, PHYSICAL POWER IS NOT ENOUGH. JUST LIKE ATHLETES OUR EMPLOYEES NEED MENTAL STRENGTH IN THEIR GAME. WE FOSTER THE ATHLETE’S MINDSET THROUGH A SET OF BEHAVIORS THAT WE WANT TO ENABLE AND DEVELOP IN OUR PEOPLE AND THAT ARE AT THE CORE OF OUR UNIQUE COMPANY CULTURE: THIS IS HOW WE WIN WHILE PLAYING FAIR.

COURAGE: Speak up when you see an opportunity; step up when you see a need..

OWNERSHIP: Pick up the ball. Be proactive, take responsibility and follow-through.

INNOVATION: Elevate to win. Be curious, test and learn new and better ways of doing things.

TEAMPLAY: Win together. Work collaboratively and cultivate a shared mindset.

INTEGRITY: Play by the rules. Hold yourself and others accountable to our company’s standards.

RESPECT: Value all players. Display empathy, be inclusive and show dignity to all.

**ADIDAS CELEBRATES DIVERSITY, SUPPORTS INCLUSIVENESS AND ENCOURAGES INDIVIDUAL EXPRESSION IN OUR WORKPLACE. WE DO NOT TOLERATE THE HARASSMENT OR DISCRIMINATION TOWARD ANY OF OUR APPLICANTS OR EMPLOYEES. WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.**

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- JOB TITLE:
- Manager, Buying, Planning & Trading eCommerce (12 months Maternity Leave Contract)- BRAND:
- adidas- LOCATION:
- Melbourne- TEAM:
- Sourcing- STATE:
- VIC- COUNTRY/REGION:
- AU- CONTRACT TYPE:
- Limited Duration- NUMBER:
- 512858- DATE:
- Jun 20, 2024

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