Senior Specialist Buyer - EM South at adidas Group

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization

• To execute the product strategy for Concept stores (CS). Responsibilities include an array of projects & tasks related to range building, trading, and seasonal product strategy.
• This individual will work on cross-functional projects at both hub and cluster level and will have high interaction with other functions such as Operations, Trade and Allocation, Category Management(CTC) & Visual Merchandising.  

Key Responsibilities

• Create weekly product insight reports and present during trade call – store trends and performance
• Support in building assortments for both inline seasonal ranges, in season creation, and Hype.
• Support Concept stores on execution of launches by tracking campaign articles. Monthly comms to stores sharing upcoming hype, launches, new products and in season creation packs.
• Work closely with Omni to plan and execute launches and promotions
• Review bestsellers and blackhole product, suggest actions on inventory movement and top-up orders.
• Manage new store product strategy with CS Buyers.
• Pull basic reports using Power BI, and provide strong interpretation of data 
• Completion of seasonal comp shop 
• Maintain awareness of global trends and showcase effective ways of keeping abreast of consumer movements in store. 
• Manage flocking process, makers lab and shoe cleaning program
• Work closely with T&A ,VC and Ecom teams to ensure in-season product flow and pricing is executed and maintained. 
• Execute in-season commercial trade opportunities in line with commercial needs / stock opportunities. 
• Work closely with CS Merchandise Buying Manager, local sourcing team and CTC to curate the City Tee program.
• Analyse store performance and manage weekly check-ins with store managers
• Create strong relationships with Value Channel and eCOM merchandising team

Key Relationships 

• Concept Store Merchandise Buyers and T&A team
• Ecom and VC Buyers
• Concept Store HUB Merchandise team
• Cluster and HUB CTC teams
• Brand, Omnichannel teams
• Local sourcing team
• Field team

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Excellent understanding of range & assortment building: a proven record of building compelling assortments balancing out brand & commercial ambitions 
• Intermediate knowledge of data analysis and interpretation, must understand how to tell a story with data 
• Strong presenting skills 
• Excitement around product and knowledge of the sports industry 
• Ability to use MS Word, PowerPoint
• Ability to communicate effectively in English, both written and verbal.
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to exercise good judgment and decision-making skills
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Demonstrate an ability to guide through complex and ambiguous environments

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualification 
• 5-7 years of working experience within retail of a medium-large size organization.