Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Working for the North America Digital Partner Excellence team, within NAM Wholesale, the Senior Manager Ecommerce Catalogs will lead the team, ensuring all processes and functions are supported in development and culture. This lead position will oversee all account workload, ensuring that products launch online with all the information and data that the consumer needs when shopping on our Partners websites. The goal is to ensure Partners are able to showcase our product in the most premium way possible, whether it is through product images or descriptions. Bringing product to life on a Partner’s website is an extremely rewarding element and the backbone of our Digital performance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop the Master Data Team
• Build team culture and integrate the team into both LAM and NAM structures and teams
• Act as a hands-on business leader for all account workloads, supporting team members in completing outstanding tasks
• Maintain and optimize product data in our vendors platform by guaranteeing the correct availability of article product connect in adidas systems.
• Lead the development, implementation, and maintenance of new item setup (NIS) and enrichment processes for our digital WHS partners (direct and Partner Program)
• Structure communication plans across all accounts around status reporting, building relationships with key stakeholders
• Streamline communication around Identified localization needs by account and product
• Lead campaign process escalations and timelines by aligning launch dates and product content on time availability.
• Provide strategic solutions for data and content optimization in collaboration with MOPS and Global partners
• Align with all stakeholders on product data improvements needed to better support internal/external search, user experience or onsite navigation.

Key Relationships:

Key Account Management, Digital Partner Commerce, Digital Activation, Global Asset Creation team, Site Operations and Global IT, Wholesale Key Accounts

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to lead and inspire a dynamic team
• Excellent PC & system knowledge, especially Excel (advanced level)
• Extensive problem-solving and analytical skills and have a brand-appropriate understanding
• Ability to be detail oriented and manage multiple priorities under tight timelines
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and in writing, to interact effectively and efficiently across departments, locations and levels of management
• Aptitude for learning new software applications
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)
• Visual basic, Python, SQL or any automation language is a plus.

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree in business administration, engineer, information technology or similar discipline
• Basic knowledge in merchandising as well as basic eCommerce knowledge
• Minimum 6-8 years of professional work experience
• Ideally 6-8 years experience in team leadership, data integrity, catalogue management, etc.