Current Vacancies at Adidas Group

Job Purpose
Assist management in day to day store maintenance while providing excellent service and observing and maintaining all store policies and procedures.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Includes the following. Other duties may be assigned.

•  Ensures the highest level of adidas service is given to each customer.
•  As needed, completes any regular sales transactions involving cash, credit, checks, etc.
•  Involved indirectly with ticketing of products as well as checking paperwork against items received.
•  Assists in product flow from stockroom to sales floor on a fill in basis.
•  Ensure that Company assets and stock is always secured in order to alleviate shrinkage.
•  Assists in the development of displays of merchandise or follow suggestions or schedules provided by the store management team.
•  Attain proficiency with the point of sale system by acquiring system utilization skills. Ensure integrity is maintained through attention to policy and procedure.
•  Uses selling techniques such as add on sales and describing technical information to customers to enhance salesmanship and reach store and position sales goals.
•  Greets customers in the store and assists them in finding the right product. Occasionally, serves primarily as a Greeter at the front door during busy workdays.
•  Maintaining general housekeeping standards.
•  Safekeeping of Company assets.

Skills required

•  Listening
•  Excellent customer service
•  Meeting sales goals
•  Selling to customer needs
•  People skills
•  High energy level

Education and experience requirements

•  Matric certificate
•  0 – 1 years of retail experience

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Job Purpose
Assist management in day to day store maintenance while providing excellent service and observing and maintaining all store policies and procedures.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Includes the following. Other duties may be assigned.

•  Ensures the highest level of adidas service is given to each customer.
•  As needed, completes any regular sales transactions involving cash, credit, checks, etc.
•  Involved indirectly with ticketing of products as well as checking paperwork against items received.
•  Assists in product flow from stockroom to sales floor on a fill in basis.
•  Ensure that Company assets and stock is always secured in order to alleviate shrinkage.
•  Assists in the development of displays of merchandise or follow suggestions or schedules provided by the store management team.
•  Attain proficiency with the point of sale system by acquiring system utilization skills. Ensure integrity is maintained through attention to policy and procedure.
•  Uses selling techniques such as add on sales and describing technical information to customers to enhance salesmanship and reach store and position sales goals.
•  Greets customers in the store and assists them in finding the right product. Occasionally, serves primarily as a Greeter at the front door during busy workdays.
•  Maintaining general housekeeping standards.
•  Safekeeping of Company assets.

Skills required

•  Listening
•  Excellent customer service
•  Meeting sales goals
•  Selling to customer needs
•  People skills
•  High energy level

Education and experience requirements

•  Matric certificate
•  0 – 1 years of retail experience

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Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organisation 

•  Drive all stores profitability by meeting or exceeding all sales and profit targets

Key Responsibilities 

•  Take full ownership of all stores and its commercial success and support District Manager in the commercial success of the district 
•  Analyse relevant data to probe and challenge the status quo within stores and district
•  Address identified improvement areas, involving the District Manager or other Retail Back Office partners as needed 
•  Drive continuous improvements in all store’s sales, productivity, and profitability 
•  Ensure the legal and financial integrity of the stores 
•  Lead service by example, maximizing the amount of time spent selling and leading team members on the sales floor while coaching Store Supervisors to meet this expectation in your absence
•  Ensure there is always a manager on duty on the sales floors, focusing team members on the customer and on selling when you are not able to assume the responsibility yourself
•  Schedule staff to properly serve customers, drive sales and execute tasks in all stores
•  Be a Brand Ambassador, consistently exhibiting the Brand Attitude and Values
•  Ensure proper in store brand execution according to established standards and directives in all stores
•  Ensure proper in store Brand execution according to established standards and directives in all stores
•  Ensure all store team members are trained on Foundational and Seasonal Brand and product knowledge in all stores 
•  Manage all store operations in a systematic and efficient manner, as per established policies and procedures in all stores
•  Ensure all established Visual Merchandising and In Store Communication standards are consistently executed and maintained in all stores
•  Manage all store operations in a systematic and efficient manner, as per established policies and procedures in all stores
•  Lead and implement all applicable loss prevention policies and procedures in all stores 
•  Maintain a safe and productive shopping and working environment in all stores
•  Ensure all HR policies and procedures are adhered to in all stores
•  Create a high performance culture by setting clear expectations, analyzing performance, and giving appropriate and prompt feedback, including actively managing poor performance in all stores 
•  Work with the District Manager to identify and develop select strong performers with potential for growth along the Retail Field Career Ladder
•  Share best practices to drive the collective performance of all market stores
•  Complete all applicable training programs and effectively apply the learning on the job
•  Seek coaching and learning opportunities to continually improve your performance 

Key Relationships 

•  Retail Operations
•  Customers 
•  Peers and supervisors 
•  Vendors and support functions 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities 

•  Broad and deep knowledge of retail operations and finance 
•  Systems and computer literate  

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualification 

•  18 months’ work experience in a sports/fashion customer  and commercial focused retail environment with a minimum of 12 months of Store Management experience
•  Minimum 18 months’ work experience of managing the operations of more than 1 store at any given time
•  Matric or equivalent
•  Further tertiary qualification in Retail Management will be of an advantage 

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Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organisation: 

• The purpose of the Category Management team is to develop locally relevant product ranges by category to best meet the needs of the local consumers, profitably.

For this role specifically: 

• Deliver a globally aligned and locally relevant product range for EMS, focusing on delivering the company sales growth aspirations per sales channel 
• Sustainably grow profitability and market share for each category
• Support the seasonal go-to-market (GTM) process to build the optimal product offering, considering the unique local consumer and channel requirements.
• Be the product expert and provide the relevant support for all Marketing GTM plans

Key Responsibilities:  

• Deliver a compelling range/concept selection for EMS by balancing local consumer, global brand and commercial considerations and supporting the overall business strategy of the channels. 
• Lead GTM process to engage channels and customers and collaboratively build the strongest viable product mix.
• Deliver net sales and profitability (GIM) by managing pricing, margin, and the product mix.
• Ownership of product demand forecasting which most accurately reflects the customer and consumer demand in the market.
• Seasonal analysis of marketplace to understand trends, competitor product assortments and pricing.
• Proactively drive cluster range enhancements that meet local needs and reflect differentiation in marketplace where required. Work closely with the HUB BU’s and local-souring apparel team to deliver these.
• Drive the range architecture for the cluster considering range guidance, brand focus and local pricing requirements.
• Monitor and maintain the accuracy of product data available to the business via the pricing matrix.
• Conduct monthly analysis of sell-through performance, sell out, of the relevant categories and make adjustments to the range where necessary.
• Support seasonal Brand Activations by aligning with BA/Omni team on Marketing plans; communication tools; activation tools; and providing sports marketing support to ensure our partners get access to the best of adidas.

Key Relationships:

• Manager Category Management EM South (line manager)
• Director Category Management & Mops EM South
• EMS Cluster Category Management Team.
• Cluster Demand Planning team
• EMS commercial channel Teams (DTC, Ecom, WHS)
• EM BU’s

KPIs:

• Net Sales and GIM%
• Range efficiency targets; range size and efficiency (incl. overlap)
• Market Sales vs Plan

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:  

• 3-5 years experience in a Merchandising role (buying/range building), Sports/Lifestyle brand/retail preferable
• Experience working in a complex matrix organization
• Elite user of MS Office software; advanced MS Excel skills critical
• Strong presentation/communications and influencing skills
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree and/or a minimum of 5+ years equivalent professional experience
• Fluent in English

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Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organisation

Works closely with the Human Resource Business Partners and Payroll team to ensure the overall HR operations and administration of the Retail and Backoffice departments are running efficiently and accurately. Partners with Human Resource Business Partners as key stakeholders as well as Retail Store Manager, Deputy Managers and District Managers for any IR related cases to ensure a seamless execution of all HR administration. 

Key Responsibilities
Payroll and Administration

•  Creation of all new contracts of employment for Retail through input and instruction from the HRBPs, including preparation of all forms and documents for Benefits providers.
•  Creation of onboarding packs for all new starters, includes all starter administration; access cards  etc. 
•  To ensure segregation of duties, collate all payroll information for all Retail movements; new  joiners, terminations, promotions and any other employee movements onto the Retail smartsheets to hand over to the Payroll Administrator for all monthly input on        SAP.
•  Ensure all policies; processes and agreements are up to date for all HR.
•  Complete exit interviews with all Deputy & Store Managers where required.
•  Work closely with the payroll team to ensure data accuracy for retail.
•  All payroll filing and maintaining employee records both hard copy and online, as well as archiving.
•  Manage all the visas, service letters and bank letters or any additional admin request from employees.
•  Ensure all long service employees within Retail are highlighted; letters created and signed and added to the necessary checklists for payments. 
•  Update org charts monthly and share with relevant individuals.

Employee Relations

•   Together with the HRBP and relevant District Managers or Store Managers, manage all employeerelations (IR) incidences which occur within stores.
•   Be the main point of contact for all IR related issues for all the retail team. 
•   When required, represent the company at CCMA.
•   Train and empower Store Managers to make decisions and issue disciplinary action according to the  Disciplinary Code.
•   Train the Store Managers on all IR-related content when and if required to ensure a level of self- sufficiency on more simple employee relation issues in store.
•   Manage service level agreements and relationship with LabourNet in supporting on all IR matters where needed.
•   Visit stores and staff across the region

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications

•  Relevant Bachelor’s degree or National Diploma.  
•  3+ years working experience within an HR department of a medium-large size organization, with proven track record in employee relations matters. 
•  Proven track record in learning and development.  

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

•   Able to consult and coach the business on all HR/ people related topics.
•   Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. 
•   Ability to write routine reports and correspondence, as well as policies and procedures.
•   Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, and     percentages.  
•   Intermediate level for MS Office applications.  
•   Ability to communicate and influence effectively in English, both written and oral.
•   Ability to exercise good judgment and decision-making skills.
•   Ability to build rapport and relationships and influence key stakeholders.
•   Ability to effectively present to moderate size groups.