Manager Partner Platforms, Partner Platforms Management, eCommerce

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

The goal of the eCommerce (eCom) team is to deliver one integrated consumer journey to create a premium and seamless experience so that we not only meet their expectations, but also exceed them while meeting our targets when a consumer leaves our touch point.

This role is created for the development of Partner Platforms (Marketplace) as a sales driver of our eCommerce business. The Account Partner Program Manager is the key point of contact between adidas and accounts on all Marketplace topics.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive and pilot Marketplace sales and implement optimizations: highlighting any products that are not performing and discussing improvements with partner.
• Build and manage the Marketplace range offer with E-com Buying team.
• Forecast business activities and validate high-level buying for the accounts.
• Build the Marketplace marketing activation calendar taking into account ranging, account profile, and existing trade marketing operations.
• Coordinate implementation of marketing activations with partner account trade marketing.
• Facilitate the introduction of new collections into the partner product portfolio, for example, coordinating with internal stakeholders on Master Data management.
• Manage the product content for Marketplace.
• Monitor logistic performance in compliance with SLAs.
• Create and maintain internal processes to enable us to manage the business and cost optimization more efficiently.
• Represent the assigned accounts internally as an “ambassador” toward all functions.
• Act as a day-to-day contact for all Marketplace related to queries on assigned accounts.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Entrepreneurial mindset – Results & Profit oriented
• Analytical and independent problem-solving skill to moderate complex problems
• Strong communication, negotiation and presentation skills (*Convince others inside and outside the organization to accept modified standards or concepts with common desire to reach agreement, but with differing opinions about the procedure.)
• Have strong IT skills across all applications
• Feel comfortable with working in an international environment
• Have an excellent analytical and problem-solving skill, an excellent organizational and planning skill and an improvement-focused mind able to challenge the norm
• Strong PowerPoint skill and Advanced Excel skill; High proficiency in spreadsheet analytical skills

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree in Business Administration
• Minimum 3 years of working experience in eCommerce business and ideally have a Sales, Trade Marketing or Merchandising background
• Experience of defining a long-term roadmap for optimization across eCommerce business
• Ideally have experience of working internationally and in settings requiring cross-cultural sensitivity
• Fluent English skills and Fluent Japanese preferred

Key Relationships:

• Partner Platform (external)
• DtC eCommerce Team
• Brand Activation
• CtC
• IT
• Global DBC Team
• External Technology Partners
• Wholesale
• FP&A
• Demand Planning
• Legal