Assistant Manager Assortment Planning BU Originals, Basketball & Partnerships, Brand Adidas

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Owner of holistic Store Assortment Plans for Sales Chanels and accounts in scope, Including Shop In Shop, Cross account assortment (Common Range), working closely with Business Unit (BU) and Sales Channels to populate and deploy Key Originals and Basketball concepts in the marketplace.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist to combine/validate category range plans from BU and finalize into a holistic, full store format assortment plan
• Sense-check, feedback and confirm the final output of each store format against brand and commercial objectives (product type, launch flow, marketing calendar, mandatory range, retail space, consumer journey, etc.)
• Output all merchandising boards for all store formats
• Feedback account product range to BU category management, based on historical sellout data.
• Conduct assortment reviews, providing feedback and confirming final outputs to ensure consistency with product strategy, launch flow, and marketing calendar.
• Handover assortment plans to Visual merchandising Team for output of Visual Merchandising(VM) renderings
• Plan and brief key account SMU input based on accounts needs for responsible categories
• Assist assortment plan presentations and materials for key business meetings, including Brand Handover, Accounts Pre-lines, and Tenjikai
• Assist to build Handover assortment plans to the Account teams for store level planning and depth completion
• Assist assortment plan presentations at Seasonal Sales Summit and provide material and support for Sales Training, Accounts Pre-lines, Tenjikai
• AP room Sample merchandising / Managementtogether with BU Category management and VM for Sales Training, Accounts Pre-lines, Tenjikai
• Assist to track and analyze sell-in (SI) and sell-through (ST) data, using insights to refine assortment strategies.
• Assist to Validate buy plan (where applicable)

Key Relationships:

• Local business unit including Brand Communications
• Go To Market Head Office
• Retail Activation - VM
• Wholesale channel
• Creation Center Tokyo
• External: Wholesale Key Accounts

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Marketing, merchandising and/or retail experience, with a distinct track record of success
• Intermidiate presentation/communications skills
• Advanced user of MS Office suite of products
• Solid merchandising experience with retail end in mind
• Passion for sports/fashion
• Pro-active, collaborative and positive attitude even in changing environments

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree in Business or equivalent professional experience, ideally in Sales and/or Marketing
• Minimum 1-2 years relevant working experience
• Intermediate in English
• Fluent in Japanese

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