SENIOR MANAGER SALES PLANNING

Step into a leadership role where strategy meets impact. We are seeking a Senior Manager Sales Planning to lead financial planning and performance analysis across key accounts, ensuring adidas continues to deliver growth, innovation, and excellence in the marketplace. This role is about shaping the future of retail planning, building strong partnerships, and guiding a team to achieve results that matter.

PURPOSE

Lead and direct a planning team to create and drive top-line financial plans between adidas and key accounts. Influence strategic planning, retail sales forecasting, and franchise performance while ensuring transparency and accuracy in achieving business KPIs.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Create financial plans that align account KPIs with adidas objectives

• Deliver retail sales, margin, inventory, and turn forecasts that shape financial outcomes

• Drive collaboration and alignment across internal and external stakeholders

• Identify opportunities and risks in-season and lead solutions to achieve financial targets

• Lead and mentor a team of planners to strengthen account engagement and performance

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

Channel VPs Account and Sales Directors Key Account Managers Marketing and Finance teams Supply Chain and Demand Planning counterparts

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Strong understanding of retail math and sell through data analysis

• Ability to interpret consumer, retail, and competitor trends

• Proven leadership and communication skills to influence business partners

• Strategic thinker with ability to synthesize complex data into actionable solutions

• Advanced presentation skills with experience engaging senior executives and stakeholders

REQUISITE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• University degree in Business, Merchandising, or Marketing

• Five or more years of experience in buying, planning, allocation, or vendor sales for a multi-store retailer

• Athletic industry experience preferred

• Advanced Excel skills required

This is your opportunity to lead planning excellence and shape the success of adidas across key accounts. Apply now to join the three stripes brand and make your impact.

THROUGH SPORT WE HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE LIVES.

Please note:

• 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 an annual bonus based on both company and personal performance. 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, OR.
• Though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is English.