CTC Manager Originals and Core

Job description

Country: Greece
Job Function: Marketing & Communications

State / Province: Greece
Position Type: Full time

City / Location: Athens
Brand: adidas

Relocation:

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 Organization:

Support Sport Categories business success within guidelines set by WE BUs and Global through execution of a robust category plan. Support WE BUs and local Cluster counterparts as category ambassador in respective location.

Key Responsibilities:

· Support and act as proxy local for respective category Manager BU CTC in the implementation of the category strategy in the market.
· Be ambassador of respective BU internally and externally
· Ensure operational excellence in the market for all CtC relevant topics during the GTM process
· Key contact to local sales teams, category champions & brand colleagues on category specific topics & concepts through the GTM process and extraordinary projects.
· Assist and input into WE BU on local ranging and forecasting topics such as data, mark-up, pricing maintenance, segmentation, etc. if needed.
· Give input on country price-grouping and submit requests exception throughout the pricing process
· Manages sample order process in alignment with Line Manager and MOPs guidance
· Provide operational support for category sell-in and sell out initiatives.
· Contribute and input to the creation of strategic business plan together with WE BU
· Tailor and review local sell-in tools to ensure consistency across WE and drive minimization of customized solutions.
· Maintains regular analytics on the sell-in and sell-through performance of respective category (analytical support from Finance team)

Key Relationships:

· BU Western Europe
· WE Finance
· Key retailer
· BU Demand Planning
· Brand activation teams
· Sales teams (incl. Sales Directors/ VPs)
· Local Managing Director
· Global BU

Requisite Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :

· Cross functional marketing knowledge and market experience in sport and/or fashion/lifestyle categories.
· Consumer-focused with deep product and range understanding
· Pro- active (engaging & impact-oriented) mindset, ability to think end-to-end
· Ability to work in a fast paced environment with different international cultures
· Good communication (both written and verbal) and facilitation skills (small and large groups) especially when interacting with different levels of business
· Ability to travel, domestic or international, as required

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

· University degree in business, ideally with marketing and sales focus or equivalent professional experience
· 3-5+ years of Merchandising Experience, cross-functional marketing and/or sales experience
· Fluent in English (writing and verbal)
· IT skills: Outlook and Word: Basic; Excel and PowerPoint: advanced