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Senior Specialist Category Management Local Production & Football & Motorsports (Istanbul, Istanbul, TR) @ adidas

Istanbul, Istanbul, TROnsiteFull-time
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<p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:AdiHaus;color:black"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Key Responsibilities: </span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 60.0pt;text-indent:-0.25in;background-color:white;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus;color:black">Manage all aspects of range management, including segmentation and distribution for.</span></li> <li style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus;color:black">Establish pricing of the range to deliver target margins, volumes and value, including pricing harmonization across all categories.</span></li> <li style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus;color:black">Create impact in respective categories showroom and sell-in setup.</span></li> <li style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus;color:black">Develop defined parameter-level forecasting, provide all relevant KPI reporting and provide any required scenario analysis related to respective category.</span></li> <li style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus;color:black">Follow up global product launches to ensure alignment with local launches.</span></li> <li style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus;color:black">Actively collaborates and supports communication &amp; omni &amp; sales teams with regards to launch timing, products, tools and product performances for necessary actions to be taken.</span></li> <li style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus;color:black">Continuously seek additional</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:72.0, sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus;color:black">opportunities to grow Football &amp; Motorsports business.</span></li> <li style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus;color:black">Highly active role in clubs/feds licensed apparel business in terms of both product and relations. Plan all relevant timelines and coordinate meetings during the collection creation lifecycle.</span></li> <li style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus;color:black">Work very closely with adidas Global Football BU for licensed apparel design and development.</span></li> <li style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus;color:black">Support constantly analyzing the success of the marketing plans across all communication channels and sharing that learning with Global Brand Marketing. </span></li> <li style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus;color:black">Follow-up and analyze competition in local market.</span></li> <li style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus;color:black">Contribute managing reports as an integrated team in line with team objectives, targets and guidelines.</span></li> <li style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus;color:black">Assist BU Football &amp; Motorsports to ensure leading exposure in local and brand relevant channels.</span></li> <li style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus;color:black">Assists Manager CTC adidas in preparing and analyzing reports by providing and consolidating data and by using analytical skills and know-how.</span></li> <li style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus;color:black">Track Football Club Launch Plan with including Production phase communication in Turkey.</span></li> <li style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus;color:black">Actively works with Football director &amp; team in terms of football clubs’ requirements and time phases, and LO for perfect execution of signed team jersey plans</span></li> </ul> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus;color:black">To increase local production volume, working closely with all category managers and the local Louison Office,</span></li> <li style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus;color:black">Concluding, planning, and monitoring seasonal agreements for all embellishment processes applied locally,</span></li> <li style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus;color:black">Monitoring and controlling the processes of contracts with agreed local manufacturers regarding production and embellishment.</span></li> </ul> <p style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:AdiHaus;color:black"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">KPIs:</span></strong></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus;color:black">Brand Health KPIS (Brand momentum, Net Promoter Score, net sales)</span></li> <li style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus;color:black">Carry out go to market plans ensuring timelines</span></li> <li style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus;color:black">Brand reputation through fast and high quality response time to external world</span></li> <li style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus;color:black">Executional excellence in global campaign implementation and localization.</span></li> <li style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus;color:black">Brand Reach and Perception</span></li> </ul> <p style="background-color:white;margin:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif"> </span></strong></p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif"> </span></strong></p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">Knowledge, Skills and Abilities</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdihausDIN, sans-serif">: </span></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px" type="disc"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus">Strong analytical skills</span></li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus">Strong interpersonal skills (e.g., relationship management, collaboration, creativity, confidence and facilitation)</span></li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus">Strong cross functional experience, across merchandising, category management, brand and sales</span></li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AdiHaus">Structured, organized and process oriented.</span></li> </ul> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:AdiHaus;color:black"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Excellent presentation skills</span></li> </ul> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px" type="disc"> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus">Fluent in written and spoken English is a must. </span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus">Key Relationships:</span></strong></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px" type="disc"> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus">CTC Manager and entire adidas Turkey Brand Team</span></li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus">EM Turkey Channel Teams (DTC, e-Com, Wholesale)</span></li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus">EM Hub Bus and CTC</span></li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus">EM Turkey, SCM</span></li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus">EM Turkey, Mops</span></li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus">EM Turkey Demand Planning</span></li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:AdiHaus">LO office &amp; Local Suppliers</span></li> </ul>

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