Hybrid Assistant Manager, Buying

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About the role

  • Assistant Manager supporting the Buying and Trading process, ensuring stock and sales goals are met at adidas. Collaborating with various teams to optimize product range and market operations.

Responsibilities

  • Support to the buying process for the assigned channels and ensure right volumes are bought following market OTB plans
  • Prepare the submission of initial seasonal forecasts into applicable systems for horizontal review by global functions at key milestones
  • Assist the size breakdowns process assuring they are created according to market needs and incorporated in the buying process
  • Support market seasonal stock position assuring the right volumes are available in stores and distribution centers, and inform of changes to Allocation teams
  • Assist market in-season trading, assuring timely sales forecast by product, stock intakes and in-season markdowns
  • Chase product needs through consolidated excess process to help drive Sales and Margin
  • Support the execution according to market relevant store tiering process following global store tiering guidance
  • Assist effective flow of stock from regular DTC channels to FO channels to assure product relevance in regular stores, adequate stock clearance and margin optimization

Requirements

  • 2 years typical relevant work experience
  • University degree in business, ideally with marketing and sales focus or equivalent combination of education and professional experience
  • Ability to alternate between sitting and standing for extended periods of time
  • Familiarity with Microsoft Excel
  • Broad and deep theoretical understanding of channel operations and retail math

Benefits

  • adidas offers robust and progressive medical, including HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer funding or FSA (Flexible Spending Account) options
  • dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, adoption, with surrogate and fertility support
  • short and long-term disability, and basic life and AD&D insurance, which can be supplemented with employee-paid coverage
  • Employees are able to enroll in adidas’ 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match
  • Full-time employees are eligible for education assistance and generous Leave policies including 12 weeks of paid parental leave
  • Employees are eligible to earn an annual bonus based on both company and personal performance
  • Employees accrue prorated flexible time off in the amount .4388 hours per day that increases with years of service
  • twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year and Service Time Off during milestone years
  • Hybrid work policy which requires attendance in the office Monday through Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Friday each week

Job title

Assistant Manager, Buying

Job type

Experience level

JuniorMid level

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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