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Assistant Manager Go-To-Market - NCAA, Licensed, Team

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Support Merch leads to provide functional and operational needs for Merchandising and Go-to-Market (GTM) process in assigned Team sport categories to help deliver business requirements and sales goals.

 

 

Key Responsibilities:

  • Deliver Sell-In Needs for assigned categories, including: sample ordering, system management, building sales collateral, internal/external product presentations, etc.
  • Ensure GTM Excellence by collaborating with key functions to deliver products deliver on time and in full (Demand Planning, Purchasing and Order Fulfillment)
  • Support Merch strategies based on Consumer and Marketplace needs while also meeting Key Business Metrics/KPIs (focusing on the sport categories assigned)
  • Lead Business Tracking and Reporting for assigned categories, including: bookings/sell-through analysis, forecast/inventory planning, launch recaps, seasonal hindsighting, etc.
  • Own full GTM process for selected categories and vendors, as needed

 

 

Key Relationships: 

  • Sales Teams
  • Category Teams, Business Units
  • Comms/Sports Marketing, SCM, Demand Planning, Collateral
  • Retail, Wholesale and eCommerce

 

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Proven ability to be Highly Collaborative and Influential across all functions and levels of the organization
  • Excellent presentation, written and verbal communication skills
  • Competence in analyzing and manipulating data to make decisions and communicate objectives
  • Excellent Systems Competence (examples below)
  • Microsoft Office Suite - especially Excel and Powerpoint
  • Merchandising Systems/Tools, Power BI
  • Ability to be Proactive and Solution Oriented

 

 

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

  • A bachelor’s or master’s degree with emphasis on the areas of merchandising, business, finance, or marketing or comparable professional experience.
  • 2 years of merchandising, product marketing or planning experience

 

 

 

**At adidas we offer a hybrid work policy which requires attendance in the office Monday through Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Friday each week**

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  • COURAGE: Speak up when you see an opportunity; step up when you see a need..
  • OWNERSHIP: Pick up the ball. Be proactive, take responsibility and follow-through.
  • INNOVATION: Elevate to win. Be curious, test and learn new and better ways of doing things.
  • TEAMPLAY: Win together. Work collaboratively and cultivate a shared mindset.
  • INTEGRITY: Play by the rules. Hold yourself and others accountable to our company’s standards.
  • RESPECT: Value all players. Display empathy, be inclusive and show dignity to all.


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By recruiting talent and developing our people to reflect the rich diversity of our consumers and communities, we foster a culture of inclusion that engages our employees and authentically connects our brand with our consumers.

Job Title:  Assistant Manager Go-To-Market - NCAA, Licensed, Team

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Location:  Portland
TEAM:  Merchandising & Planning
State:  OR
Country/Region:  US
Contract Type:  Full time
Number:  537729
Date:  Dec 19, 2025
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