Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

• Manage and lead end to end the seasonal Master Data process to achieve accurate and effective order intake, manage marketing systems connected to the ranging and forecasting process and manage the execution of sell-in tools.
• Lead the range process through Range architecture role to review and validate range size, profitability, pricing and all merchandizing related KPIs.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Master Data Management

• Lead and manage on time data delivery.
• Lead the data cleansing for accurate information.
• Lead to improve the management of master data across adidas Japan.
• Lead to coordinate and perform data support including the required training for users.
• Provide expected data with accuracy and agility.
• Supervise market related master data management like Customer Range Segmentation (Distribution strategy), Japan Sizing
• Lead smooth master transition across systems.
• Lead system enhancement and user-acceptance-testing co-work with IT.

2. Range Architecture

• Validate APAC Concept to Consumer Range Architecture (Merchandising – strategy) proposal which should be relevant to Japan market.
• Build Japan Range Architecture to align with APAC Concept to Consumer Range Architecture with utilizing Art (qualitative input) and Science (quantitative input) together.
• Work with Concept to Consumer Category Planning (Merchandising - category), Channels, Brand Activation and Supply Chain Management teams to understand seasonal strategy/priorities/insights and drive operational excellence while validating and updating the seasonal Range Architecture provided by APAC Concept to Consumer Range Architecture.
• Provide Range Architecture framework to Concept to Consumer Category Planning for effective range planning.
• Provide Retail Intro Date and Product Lifecycle guidance to Concept to Consumer Category Planning for reasonable Product Life Cycle plan to offer.
• Represent Concept to Consumer Range Architecture for various key Go-To-Market milestones.
• Create Option Plan with utilizing historical data for Concept to Consumer Assortment Planning (Merchandising – assortment) and Channel team.
• Update Option Plan along the season based on Go–To-Market process of Concept to Consumer Assortment Planning with the most recent Sell Through data.

Key Relationships:

Internal

• Brand adidas Brand Activation
• Brand adidas Marketing Operations
• Demand Planning
• Wholesale Category Sales
• Retail / FO Buying
• Ecom Buying
• Supply Chain Management
• APAC Concept to Consumer Range Architecture (Merchandising – strategy)
• APAC Marketing Operations

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Approx. 4-6 years in sporting goods or related industry
• Accurate and efficient data mining skill
• Communication skill in Japanese to accelerate master operation process with agility.

(e.g. Review and finalize master data toward Tenjikai and purchasing)

• Advanced PC Skill (MS Access/ Excel / Word / PowerPoint / Power BI)
• Fluent in Japanese and advanced in English
• Ownership, “pick up the ball” mind set.
• Teamplay, deliver my responsibility to win together.

Requisite Education / Qualifications:

• University (Bachelor) degree in the field of Business ideally in Marketing or equivalent professional experience