MANAGER ASSORTMENT PLANNING, GTM PLANNING & INSIGHT, BRAND ADIDAS

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization.
Team member of holistic Store Assortment Plans for Sales Chanels and accounts in scope, Including Shop In Shop, Cross account assortment (Common Range), working closely with Planning & Insight, Business Unit(BU), Brand Activation and Sales Channels to populate and deploy Key Brand concepts in the marketplace.
Key Responsibilities.
Combine/validate category range plans from BU, and finalize into a holistic, full store format assortment plan (width only) Sense-check, feedback and confirm the final output of each store format against brand and commercial objectives (product type, launch flow, marketing calendar, mandatory range, retail space, consumer journey, etc.) Output all merchandising boards for all store formats Handover assortment plans to Visual merchandising Team for output of Visual Merchandising(VM) renderings Handover assortment plans to the Account teams for store level planning and depth completion Deliver assortment plan(AP) presentations at Seasonal Sales Summit and provide material and support for Sales Training, Accounts Pre-lines, Tenjikai AP room Sample merchandising / Management together with BU Category and VM for Sales Training, Accounts Pre-lines, Tenjikai Sell In & Sell Through tracking & analysis Validate buy plan (where applicable)   Key Relationships.
Go To Market(GTM) Planning&Insight and BU Brand Communications Sales Channels (Wholesale Key Accounts, Retail Buying, e-Commerce) Account sales and category sales, buyers   Knowledge, Skills and Abilities.
Marketing, merchandising and/or retail experience, with a distinct track record of success Strong presentation/communications skills Advanced user of MS Office suite of products Solid merchandising experience with retail end in mind Passion for sports   Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications.
University degree in Business or equivalent professional experience, ideally in Sales and/or Marketing Minimum 3-5 years relevant working experience Intermediate in English Fluent in Japanese