PURPOSE & OVERALL RELEVANCE FOR THE ORGANIZATION
The NAM Manager of Reporting and Analytics at adidas is responsible for building the adidas retail data foundation and delivering cutting-edge data to stakeholders, enabling them to make fact-based decisions.  This person will maintain strong relationships with the data community both locally and globally to ensure retail is developing and implementing data solutions that are continuing to drive growth in the retail fleet.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Oversee and develop retail reporting for retail back-office partners, fleet and store leaders.
• Create, automate and maintain dashboards and reports to ensure data accuracy and consistent reporting for retail.
• Monitor analytics and metrics results to identify improvement opportunities.
• Ensure data quality and integrity by implementing best practices for data governance and management.
• Recommend and evaluate new technologies and tools to enhance analytics capabilities.
• Work cross-functionally with teams to identify business needs and gather requirements to deliver data to drive business decisions.
• Work closely with global data and analytics team to ensure retail data sources are maintained and updated appropriately.
• Effectively communicate changes and updates to all stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment.
• Train and support teams on new reporting tools and data solutions, ensuring stakeholders are confident and proficient in using them.
• Develop and execute change management strategies to ensure smooth transitions when implementing new data solutions or decommissioning old ones.
• Identify, analyze and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets and share out results to stakeholders in a timely manner to drive quick data driven business decisions.
• Incorporate predictive models and machine learning to forecast business outcomes.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• Global Data and Analytics Team
• Financial Planning
• Merchandise Buying, Planning, and Allocation
• Retail Finance Team
• Visual Merchandising
• Retail Activation and Marketing
• Store Operations
• Retail Training
• Store Development
• Retail Fleet teams (Sr. Director of Stores, Regional Directors, District Managers and Store Managers)
• Commercial Partners (Wholesale, Ecom and Omni)

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Familiarity with data and analytics platforms (Databricks highly desired).
• Familiarity with data warehouse processes and leading the execution of analytical projects.
• Excellent communication skills, comfortable presenting complex topics to stakeholders at various organizational levels both in-person and virtually.
• Ability to work independently without direction at times.
• Strong business intelligence skills along with logical reasoning.
• Experience in managing projects, including the ability to lead projects or work on several projects simultaneously.
• Experience in effectively managing change, including training and communication to stakeholders.
• Proven experience in developing and implementing data solutions including data warehousing, data integration and ETL processes.
• Ability to remain agile and adapt to the needs of the business.
• Python/R skills a plus.

REQUISITE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE / MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Advanced SQL required
• Proficiency in Power BI required
• University degree in the field of Business, Finance, Computer Science, Statistics, Economics, related field or equivalent professional experience
• 5+ years of experience in analytics, strategy, financial planning, business intelligence, market or customer research

adidas celebrates diversity, supports inclusiveness and encourages individual expression in our workplace. We do not tolerate the harassment or discrimination toward any of our applicants or employees. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

adidas offers robust and progressive medical, including HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer funding or FSA (Flexible Spending Account) options, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, adoption, with surrogate and fertility support, short and long-term disability, and basic life and AD&D insurance, which can be supplemented with employee-paid coverage. Employees are able to enroll in adidas’ 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match. Full-time employees are eligible for education assistance and generous Leave policies including 12 weeks of paid parental leave.

Employees are eligible to earn a 10% bonus. Employees accrue prorated flexible time off in the amount .4388 hours per day that increases with years of service,  eleven paid holidays throughout the calendar year and Service Time Off during milestone years.

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. For work requiring a high degree of collaboration or an in-person presentation, in-office attendance is required even on Friday. The working location of this position is Portland.