Assistant Manager, eCom Planning

Job description

Country: United States
Job Function: Digital

State / Province: Oregon
Position Type: Full time

City / Location: Portland
Brand: adidas

Relocation: No

Somewhere, in one of our workshops right now, the future is taking shape. We are constantly working to redefine the way clothing and footwear transforms the pitch, court or course. This is what drives us: the feeling of discovery and the urge to innovate. When we create a product that makes our hearts beat faster, we know we’re onto something.

If this sounds inspiring, you might be one of us: Someone who loves to create the present, as well as shape the future. There’s a reason adidas has been at the forefront of defining sport for more than 60 years: We never stand still. Everyday, we work to improve everything we create.

At adidas, interesting, amazing and inspiring aren’t just ideas. They are what we do every single day.

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organisation

· Support in pre-season Planning within the market for the Brand's owned E-commerce channel (e-com) and manage in season OTB process.

Key Responsibilities

· Participate in overseeing pre-season sales and receipt guidance and post-season hindsight to drive product category sales growth by season and product buy plans by season
· Support in the implementation of the OTB process to meet sales, margin, and inventory turn targets and category-level inventory receipt plans and markdown plans
· Contribute to the development annual channel sales, margin and receipt plans for annual budgeting process
· Participate in major go-to-market milestones to gain insight to key seasonal brand and BU strategies and initiatives
· Work with CTC and peers to incorporate new tools and processes into way of doing business
· Support in implementing best practices for the planning function and partner with RFC/IT to ensure that we are getting the best and necessary data for the team to analyze the business
· Support in market seasonal stock position assuring the right volumes are available on Ecom and distribution centers, and inform of changes to Allocation teams
· Contribute to market in-season trading, assuring timely sales forecast by product, stock intakes and in-season markdowns
· Assist in managing stakeholders to receive input to Market CTC Assortment Planning teams in regards to range needs by cluster
· Work with global/local colleagues to assist in defining and implementing best in class eCom planning best practices and KPI tracking mechanisms focused on optimization of the eCom experience through in season trading best practices

Key Relationships

· eCom cross functional partners, including but not limited to: Buying, Data Analytics, Operations, Consumer Experience and Customer Service
· Market CTC (esp. Assortment Planning and Price Architecture)
· Market Finance teams

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

· Broad and deep theoretical understanding of channel operations
· Understanding of customers, competitors and retail trends, preferably within sports apparel and footwear market
· Experience with planning software/tools and merchandise management systems
· Understanding of retail math; sales forecasting and gross margin profitability planning
· Experience interpreting financial sales data to make decisions and recommendations
· Experience creating reports, sharing and distributing data
· Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate
· Intermediate knowledge of MS office applications, specifically Excel including creating spreadsheets, complex formulas, pivot tables

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications

· University degree or equivalent education required; Business, Finance, Sales, Fashion, Marketing or a related field preferred
· 2+ years of work experience, preferably with experience in Buying, Planning, Allocation and/or Vendor Sales