Manager Wholesale Activations - EM South (6 Month Maternity Cover)

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Ensure industry-leading execution and commercial impact of adidas marketing concepts at selected key-accounts and field-accounts. Drive brand leadership at customers’ point of purchase, with a focus on sell-out.

 

Key Responsibilities:

  • Implement and analyse competitive/customised account specific marketing plans, linked to the strategic account plans and brand strategy, for selected key accounts and field accounts
  • Manage budget & execution of the account marketing plans with sales
  • Coordinate with sales and retail to deliver concepts, on time at customer level
  • Assist with tracking implementation, ROI and discuss findings/conclusions with sales and retail teams
  • Cooperate with sales &retail teams, act as the key contact to the accounts marketing team
  • Review and suggest account business opportunities, on category level, to identify growth opportunities
  • Support the sales and marketing teams in account planning and excellence in sell-in presentations, be it during seasonal sell-in meetings or strategic account meetings
  • Relay in-store communication needs to the brand marketing team
  • Contribute to the achievement of team objectives and KPIs
  • Other duties as assigned by supervisor

 

KPI’s:  

  • Brand Health KPI’s (brand momentum, net promoter score, spontaneous purchase intent, etc.)
  • Market share
  • Market share vs plan
  • GTM responsibilities
  • Execution excellence in brand concepts/stories

 

Key Relationships:

  • Senior Manager Omnichannel Marketing EM South
  • Peers reporting into Senior Manager Omnichannel Marketing EM South
  • EM South Retail/WHS/Franchise team
  • Local sales and customer service team
  • VM team
  • Brand Activations team
  • Operations teams
  • Retailers
  • Suppliers

 

Knowledge, skills abilities:

  • Good interpersonal, negotiation & influencing skills
  • Good project manage expertise
  • Experience in the field of trade and consumer marketing with a focus on lifestyle & fashion
  • Functional expertise with sales/retail, ideally as key account manager
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Experience in dealing with cross functional organizations
  • Good Excel and PowerPoint skills 

 

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

  • University degree in Business or Marketing
  • +5 years equivalent professional experience, ideally in Marketing with a focus on Brand Management and Trade Marketing
  • Fluent in English


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Job Title:  Manager Wholesale Activations - EM South (6 Month Maternity Cover)

Brand: 
Location:  Cape Town
TEAM:  Brand Management & Communications
State:  West
Country/Region:  ZA
Contract Type:  Temp
Number:  538826
Date:  Dec 24, 2025