Assistant Manager Product Creation FtW

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Manage the Footwear Creation for India

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop new product/product concepts to exceed consumer and customer expectations across FTW for Running / SPW / SPSP and other locally relevant categories
• Develop industry leading speed & service models – to enable the adidas brand to react inseason.
• Identify business opportunities and risks; respond to them by initiating key action steps and with relevant BU functions and x-functional partners.
• Presents Range both internally (Category) & externally (CR1 and CR2 with Partners)
• Ensures maintenance of all the product information systems

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Experience interpreting design intent, offering alternative solutions, and acting as a technical resource.
• Proficient working with factory vendors to ensure and improve manufacturability.
• Ability to participate in multiple seasonal projects with competing resources and deadlines
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a keen awareness of the audience. Knowing when to dive deep into the details and when to simplify the complexity.
• Unique blend of category management, development and/or sourcing experience to suit the india creation center model
• Comprehensive understanding of consumer markets, specifically in the sporting goods industry
• Strong business acumen in channel distribution, net sales, margin, profit and inventory
• Prior knowledge of taking product from conception through implementation preferred
• Knowledge of footwear concepts in construction/development strongly preferred
• Good numerical skills with the ability to negotiate
• Skill in MS Office applications (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Smartsheet)
• Ability to travel

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Four year college or university degree, preferably in Marketing/Business
• Minimum 4 years related experience
• Equivalent education and/or experience may be substituted for degree
• Experience in Footwear Marketing and or development