Sr Specialist Ecom Merchandise Planning

Sr Specialist Ecom Merchandise Planning Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization :

This role is responsible for maximizing the sales, profitability, and brand equity of eCommerce through the management and execution of :

• Build, enhance, and create merchandise reports to support the Sr. Manager of Merchandising on Intake, Sales & Product Information as well as own country / cluster planning responsibilities.
• In-season article reporting and trading to ensure category and product performance meets expectations via a suite of KPIs and tools.

Key Responsibilities :

Facilitate & provide documentation and information for monthly inventory meeting for inventory flow planning.

Provide insights & updates through reporting suite to eCommerce (eCom) Emerging Markets Team and the Local Country / Cluster buying teams to build, deliver & interpret regular (Daily / weekly / monthly / quarterly / seasonal) category business & trading updates.

Manage and monitor sales plans vs actuals to make recommendations and provide insights on article level performance to enact business decisions.

Understand the data requirements needed to build tools and reports to support the team and connect with analytics on request for advancement of merchandising processes and insights.

Track, analyze, interpret and provide recommendations based on / for : market benchmarks and KPIs on productivity and sell thru, Improvement of Range Yield / Range Profitability, and other key merchandising KPIs.

Forecast planning on business unit level, net sales, margin and ASP.

Update category reports- To influence in-season & end of season markdown strategy.

Product mix according to Country, Season, Target customer, share of categories, gender mix, etc.

Provide insight and suggestion for eCommerce channels in reconciliation with the Hub Merchandisers & Country / Cluster buying teams.

Support the enhancement of all product planning systems and tools to suit world class buying practice across SEA.

Drive eCommerce capacity planning processes for all Emerging Market countries.

Provide insights and influence integrated business planning.

Work pro-actively, propose changes in processes to continually drive best in class experience for the adidas consumer.

Other duties as requested by your manager.

Key Relationships :

eCom Team

Supply Chain and Logistics

Demand Planning / Finance Teams

Marketing Activations / Campaign Operations

Emerging Markets Analytics

Consumer Experience Team

Country eCom Buying Teams

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities  :

Structured, organized and process orientated.

Ability to work effectively within a team environment and under pressure

Strong analytical skills

Attention to detail

Fluent in English

Advanced user of MS Office suite of products esp. Excel, Access, PPT

Advanced knowledge of Retail Management Systems SAP AFS, SAP PGR, DVM, Microstrategy

Dashboarding / Data Visualization experience a plus

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications :

University degree, ideally in business with sales and finance focus or equivalent professional experience

1-3 years experience in merchandising or related functions (incl. buying, planning, distribution, budgeting)

eCom experience a plus

Functional awareness of Operations and Finance

COURAGE :   Speak up when you see an opportunity; step up when you see a need..

OWNERSHIP :   Pick up the ball. Be proactive, take responsibility and follow-through.

INNOVATION :   Elevate to win. Be curious, test and learn new and better ways of doing things.

TEAMPLAY :   Win together. Work collaboratively and cultivate a shared mindset.

INTEGRITY :   Play by the rules. Hold yourself and others accountable to our company s standards.

RESPECT :   Value all players. Display empathy, be inclusive and show dignity to all.

Skills Required

Sap, Procurement, Invoice Processing, Microsoft Excel