Sr Specialist, Buying & Trading, ECOM

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Create the optimal country level product planning, buying&trading plan by own.com and emarket place for the designated category by working closely with the internal/external team to drive sales performance and deploy key brand concepts in the emarket place.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing product master data and analysis historical order/Sell through/Inventory month/week on hand to support buying strategy for adidas sports&golf brand for eCom touchpoints (own .Com/eMarketplaces) to deliver financial target
• Drive trading process 2.0 next level of eCommerce trading excellence by eCom own operation and performance driven
• Monitor inventory levels and optimize DC capacity through article performance diagnosis and forecast and action driven improvements
• Drive value consumer opportunity across e-com touchpoints and platforms by optimizing on-line FO & commercial moments through operational excellence
• Lead stock replenishment process for responsiveness ranges by interacting with demand planning team based on eCom performance
• Support eCom buyers and provide strategic actions & recommendations based on analysis and trending for current & future buys regarding volume & distribution to maximize sales and profitability

• Support the enhancement of all product planning systems and tools to suit world class buying practice across global markets
• Monitor, analyse, and report the sell-thru / inventory (including old season) to eCom Buying leadership and team by weekly, monthly and quarterly including online FO & commercial events
• Communicate with SCM fulfillment, eCom agency and related stakeholders to monitor and manage weekly stock and size replenishment process/progress
• Flag and propose “plan B” if the sell-thru is underperforming or outperforming to manage eCom inventory rate

Key Relationships:

• Korea eCommerce team
• Korea Brand team (BU, GTM P& I and BC)
• Global eCom buying & trading team
• Korea Finance Demand Planning team
• Korea Supply Chain Management team
• Korea Logistic team (DC / 3PL)
• Korea IT team

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Advanced user of MS Office suite of products
• Attention to detail as error in analysis will have crucial impact to business
• Fluent in English and Korean
• Advanced knowledge of Korea eCommerce landscape
• Strong analytical skills
• Structured, organized and process orientated
• Ability to work effectively within a team environment and under pressure

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree in business, ideally with the area of economics, marketing or sales focus or equivalent are preferred.
• Merchandising & Tradingexperience:  Minimum 3 years
• E-commerce experience is preferred.