Manager, Marketplace Management, Retail

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

To drive profitable and sustainable market share growth within assigned major distribution chains by managing new property and contract renewal

Key Responsibilities:

Real Estate (New Property & Contract Renewal) & Channel Development

- Manage identifying potential locations & evaluate alternative locations on demand.

- Set up expansion strategy based on profit evaluation.

- Drive BPM process.

- Manage the negotiation conditions and contract status based on company's needs.

- Manage signature of contract aligned with legal team.

- Control and in charge the LMS (Lease Management system) and PAD (Portfolio activities governance) update

- Build and maintain close relationship with landlords for new store openings, rent re-negotiations of current stores before contract expire.

- Ensure to identify all channels opportunities and partners jointly with sales team member.

- Ensure to represent the assigned account (s) internally as an ambassador towards all functions and vice versa and manage all interfaces.

- Manage the set-up and the implementation of channel store development activities by collaborating as well as coordinating all involved functions.

- Assess and advise how to improve performance of wholesale stores by providing solutions.

- Monitor and report on customers and provide realistic plans & forecasts on customer performance.

- Monitor all reports and competitor's activities and propose/initiate/take actions.

- Ensure customer compliance with agreements.

- Ensure negotiation with major distribution chain and channel management.

- Ensure development of channel management and new business.

- Negotiate and enforce adidas Group trade terms

Key Relationships:

Retail and Sales department / Legal / Free Standing Store Landlords, Department Leasing Team / aGlobal Real Estate/ Buisness Development Team / Real Estate Agents etc

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

- Advanced user of MS Office

- Fluent in English and Korean

- Advanced knowledge of real estate (new property & contract renewal)

- Strong negotiation skills

- Structured, organized and process orientated

- Attention to detail as error in analysis will have crucial impact to business

- Ability to work effectively within a team environment and under pressure

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

- University degree in Real Estate business, ideally with marketing and sales focus or equivalent professional experience

- Channel / Store Development Experience: 7 years