Senior Specialist Merchandiser Adidas UAE

Adidas is actively seeking experienced and qualified individual to take on the role of Senior Specialist Merchandiser Category MGT Originals FTW in Dubai. Candidate will be responsible for supporting the BU Originals footwear (FTW) team in achieving short and medium-term objectives for the Emerging Market (EM) Business Unit. Also support in the implementation of Global Concepts-to-Consumer strategies in a regionally relevant manner. This includes maintaining local systems, optimizing data management, distributing the EM newsletter, and supporting with key Go-to-Market milestones. The job holder will also include the responsibility of building the footwear range for the specified category. Ensuring that the product range meets the needs of the EM Hub and Clusters, is competitive in terms of completeness, structure, price, and margin.

Responsibilities of Senior Specialist Merchandiser

• Support the inline footwear team with reporting and analysis on key footwear franchises & campaign performance across EM.
• Single point of contact (SPOC) for all global/local system maintenance & uploads for the entire Originals BU.
• Lead the BU Originals EM newsletter for the entire inline team.
• Facilitate efficient communication with respective Cluster and Channel stakeholders, to enable executional excellence.
• Assist with preparing range presentations & sell in tools for key GTM milestones.
• Go-to-market (GTM) & ranging strategy for specified sub-category for the Originals inline FTW team.

KPIs

• Operational excellence with System maintenance.
• On time delivery of EM Newsletter, range analysis & FTW franchise performance reporting.
• Understanding of key Retail KPIs  Rate of sale/full price sell through, etc.
• Delivery efficient FTW range offering (for selected subcategory) that caters to the cluster business requirements.

Key Relationships

• EM Business Unit Originals team.
• EM Horizontal Brand Teams (Mops, CTC, Brand Activation).
• EM Business Units (Running, Football, Training, Outdoor).
• EM Cluster/Country Category Management/CtC.
• EM Channel, Finance, Demand Planning.
• Global Business Unit Originals.

Requirements for Role of Senior Specialist Merchandiser

• University Degree in Business or Marketing.
• 2+ years of experience working as Visual Merchandiser for an international luxury fashion brand.
• Category Management/ Ranging/ Merchandising- or Account Marketing/Sales Experience.
• Experience in Category Management, Merchandising, Consumer Experience is a plus.

Skills And Knowledge Desired

• Passion for Sport, Fitness & Fashion.
• Respectful Team-player.
• Understanding of lifestyle footwear market, distribution channels & consumer trends.
• Strong analytical skills structured and process oriented.
• Ability to communicate with Senior Leadership in Global & Local teams.
• Ability to lead stakeholders x-functionally.
• Advanced user of Excel and PowerPoint.
• Fluent in English (verbal and written).

Store Supervisor Adidas UAE