Manager Buying & Merchandising (MBC) (Gurgaon, HR, IN) at Adidas Group

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organisation:

• Deciding and recommending the most consumer centric range assortments for Channel & Accounts to deliver Net Sales targets across Key Accounts, Fashion Specialty & Field Accounts

• Lead in-season stock management by ensuring focusing on Inwards, Product Launches, Sell-outs management and Replenishments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assortment Planning by building seasonal assortment plans to ensure preorder targets are met and incremental opportunities are created.
• OTB planning to create sub-category, gender level buy-plans based on historical data and future potential. Also, ensuring that insights are shared & agreed to improve buys and mitigation of gaps.
• Lead and drive end to end GTM process and deliver all key milestones like range width, CR1, CR2, range planning allocations, pre-buy alignment meeting, partner reviews, sell-in-tools management, sell-in-strategy and presentations, buying guidelines for all categories including footwear, apparel and accessories.
• Budget Planning & Demand forecasting keeping in mind the targeted growth, category contribution across Channels.
• Partner Segmentation model i.e. to support different product strategy creation to ensure differentiation across platforms and reduce cannibalization.
• Product Performance Management with focus on inwards, sell-in, sell-outs, ST & refills.
• Building relationships with cross functional teams including, Ops, T&A, CTC, SCM, Marketing, etc. for campaign launches, deliveries, GTM calendar activities, ERP, etc.
• Leading Initiatives & Product Gaps end-to-end basis market & partner insights.
• Collaborating with Omni team on marketing calendar, Stores & Key Product Launch Management.

Key Relationships:

• Ops & Partners
• CTC, Creation Team & Sourcing
• T&A & Finance

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent attention to detail and analysis skills
• Strong work ethic willing to put long hours of work when required
• Advanced Excel capabilities
• Excellent command of English
• Structured, process oriented at the same time approachable and strong interpersonal skills
• SAP Retail, ALS knowledge is a strong advantage

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications: 

• PG Degree/Diploma in Business or Fashion
• 6+ years of merchandising experience or strong operations background.