Director Category Management, Originals App 1
合同类别 : 正式员工
工作性质 : 全职
职位描述
Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:
- Lead adidas China Originals Apparel & Accessories business and merchandising team. Drive strategic and sustainable category business growth in line with global Original's long-term strategy
- Obtain and deliver consumer insights into the global process to deliver local relevant products
- Contribute to the development of business Mid - Long Term division plan in alignment with global vision
- Own and deliver the GCA seasonal GTM strategy against business priorities and lead merchandising team to bring strategy to life
- Responsible for the business success of the category incl. defining product segmentation, range selection per channels, forecasting, pricing, monthly flow, local products creation briefing etc.
- Continually monitor and analyze category range and sales result , share with global and cross-functional partners, to create synergies and drive productivity & profitability
- Act as GCA category interface between Global BU, GCA functions, and country cluster (business opportunities, commercial input process, SMU's, business performance tracking, market trends/insights, category plans, etc.)
- Manage, develop, coach and motivate team / direct reports, leading by example.
- Drive performance and development culture
- Category NS, Net Margin and Contribution across GCA
- Sell-out
- Forecast & data accuracy
- Market share
- Achievement of key SBP initiatives
- Global CTC ( Concept-to-Consumer) and Product Marketing Teams
- China Channels/Buying Teams
- GCA CTC team
- CCA ( Creation Center Asia)
- GCA Brand Activation
- GCA Demand Planning/Finance
- GCA MOPS
- Expert understanding of China and Asian markets' consumers, accounts, economic environment and commercial needs and ability to interpret insights against strategy
- Strong presentation/communication, negotiation and influencing skills, especially with senior stakeholders within a global matrix organization
- Strong data analysis skills and ability to translate and articulate data results into clear business actions
- Distinct track record of success and high-level Category Management & Merchandising knowledge
- Strong cross-functional and stakeholder management experience across commercial functions (e.g. marketing, sales, etc.) and support functions (finance preferred), as well as different organizational levels (Global, Market, etc.)
- Strong industry knowledge, across divisions-footwear, apparel and accessories.
- Ability to manage, coach and mentor team and peers
- Solution- driven, results-oriented mindset
- Positive and organized work ethic, ability to organize teams and processes cross functionally
- Strong team player with high level of integrity & attention to details
- 8-10 years of experience in Category Management/product required.
- University degree in Business or equivalent professional experience, ideally in Sales and/or Marketing, MBA preferred
- Sporting goods industry or Lifestyle Fashion industry experience required
- Has lived and worked in different cultures or has substantial experience working in international teams
- Passion for sports and belief that through sports we have the power to change lives
- Fluent in English
- Strong Computer Skills including Outlook, Word, Excel (Pivot), PowerPoint, etc
- Willingness to travel up to 10% of time
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