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Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:
This role is responsible for managing pre-season and in-season Planning & Buying of Apparel across categories for Own Retail concept stores. In this role you are part of a team responsible for maximizing the sales, profitability & brand equity of the MENA region by building the merchandising strategy for the market.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work with Buying Manager, Senior Manager (Concept Store) and Director Merchandising MENA in executing MENA DTC merchandising goals and drive execution of DTC Strategy.
- Liaise with Operations to ensure we gain in depth consumer insights & implement learnings into pre-season & in-season strategy.
- Contribute to pre-season planning including Open-To-Buy (OTB) plan, pre-season product planning, option planning and ranging.
- Drive weekly trade reports to optimize in-season trading opportunities.
- Own the process of ranging, execution and assortment planning strategies for own retail stores.
- Store visits as needed and advised by the business.
- Deliver financial targets including Net sales, Sell through, Standard Margin.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Creative and clear passion for product and sports
- Strong process and project management skills, ability to drive consensus and solutions with cross functional teams
- Proficiency on MS Office Applications Word, Outlook and Power Point
- Excellent excel proficiencies with the ability to devise macro’s, develop and elevate buying processes through efficient excel reporting
- Good understanding of Retail Management processes & systems
- Ability to analyse data and create analytical reports
- Ability to speak, read and write in English fluently, additional language skills beneficial
- Knowledge of Power BI tools, Micro-strategy, other dynamic reporting systems
- Ability to travel both domestic and internationally as needed
Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:
- University degree in Buying, Product Design, Fashion Design, Retail Management, Business Management, ideally with Marketing and Sales focus or equivalent professional experience.
- 4 Years overall work experience in Merchandising/Retail projects
AT ADIDAS WE HAVE A WINNING CULTURE. BUT TO WIN, PHYSICAL POWER IS NOT ENOUGH. JUST LIKE ATHLETES OUR EMPLOYEES NEED MENTAL STRENGTH IN THEIR GAME. WE FOSTER THE ATHLETE’S MINDSET THROUGH A SET OF BEHAVIORS THAT WE WANT TO ENABLE AND DEVELOP IN OUR PEOPLE AND THAT ARE AT THE CORE OF OUR UNIQUE COMPANY CULTURE: THIS IS HOW WE WIN WHILE PLAYING FAIR.
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.
ADIDAS CELEBRATES DIVERSITY, SUPPORTS INCLUSIVENESS AND ENCOURAGES INDIVIDUAL EXPRESSION IN OUR WORKPLACE. WE DO NOT TOLERATE THE HARASSMENT OR DISCRIMINATION TOWARD ANY OF OUR APPLICANTS OR EMPLOYEES. WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.
JOB TITLE:
Specialist Concept Store Buying Apparel
BRAND:
adidas
LOCATION:
Dubai
TEAM:
Retail (Back Office)
STATE:
DU
COUNTRY/REGION:
AE
CONTRACT TYPE:
Full time
NUMBER:
491496
DATE:
Nov 28, 2022
