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Purpose & Overall Relevance to the Organization: 

To support the Senior Manager Sales and/or (Senior) Director Sales in driving profitable and sustainable sales and market share growth within assigned accounts and categories while promoting and maintaining adidas' image in line with international initiatives. 

Responsibilities:  

• Know and apply adidas strategy within assigned accounts and categories 

• Build professional and personal relationships with key decision makers and buyers of assigned customers as a prerequisite for adidas to become the 'preferred supplier' 

• Support and - if required - represent assigned customers internally as 'ambassador' to all functions and vice versa and assist in interface management  

• Gain understanding of assigned customers and categories and document this in account fact books 

• Support the line manager in developing account strategies, formalizing them in strategic account plans and supporting the approval by the (Senior) Director Sales 

• Support sell-in and communication on sell-out support. Formalization in account marketing plans together with the Senior Manager Sales/Director Sales. 

• Continuous monitoring of sell-out and order backlog to ensure reliable and cost effective supply to the customer. Identify and capture sales opportunities for the customer. 

• Assist in the negotiation and enforcement of adidas trade terms 

• Utilize market knowledge - in terms of understanding the competitive landscape and trends in relevant distribution channels - to influence buying decisions that result in adidas sales 

• Club acquisition in the assigned regional sales territory 

• Establish & proactively support collaboration between club & retailer 

• Proactively support the development and execution of creative grassroots activities with customers to enhance brand image and drive customer demand (generating sales growth)   

• Support in the development and implementation of strategies to further develop the client's digital capabilities as an omnichannel player in the digital wholesale market 

• Continuous training and development of own skills as part of the learning and development opportunities offered by adidas 

• Supporting the Senior Manager Sales/ Director Sales in terms of sales target planning, potential analysis, increasing sell-through and healthy market share growth 

• Number and data-driven work through targeted use and knowledge of customer-specific sell-out, sell-in figures and digital KPIs  

Main contacts:  

• Sales Management Team  

• GTM  

• WHS Activation  

• Customer Service  

• Sales Coordination  

• Finance  

Knowledge, skills and abilities:  

• Good business acumen 

• Negotiation skills, self-confident appearance and representation skills  

• Good strategic and operational skills  

• Good influencing and communication skills  

• Results-oriented  

• Visionary and leadership skills  

• Very good team player with proven ability to work cross-functionally to achieve goals and objectives  

• Ability to influence business partners in other functional areas to achieve consensus and understanding  

• Understanding of retail sales practices as well as team sports and the ability to create practical and logical assortment plans based on selling space, inventory turnover and sell through. 

• Mental flexibility, initiative and determination  

• Fluency in written and spoken English and German ; knowledge of other languages is an advantage 

• Advanced knowledge of the MS Office package, with a focus on Excel and PowerPoint 

• Digital mindset and good knowledge of digital media  

• Willingness to travel extensively  

Required education and experience / minimum requirement:  

• Bachelor's/Master's degree 

• At least 3 years of professional experience in sales 

• Experience in sports (especially soccer), sales, marketing either in the apparel/fashion/shoe industry or in the FMCG sector