Manager Category Management Teamwear

Area:                                                                                                    Greater China Area

Department:                                                                                        Product

Director Reporting Line:                                                                    Sr Manager Category Management SPSP

Indirect/Secondary Reporting Line:                                                  -

Location:                                                                                              Shanghai

GSMS Grade:                                                                                       M4

Number of Personnel Managed:                                                       -

Cost Center/Budget and/or Revenue Responsibility:                           -

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

• DRIVE Teamwear business success within guidelines set by Global BUs

Key Responsibilities:

• To support the execution of product strategy category interface between Global BU (business opportunities, commercial input process, SMU’s, performance results, market trends/insights, category plans, etc.)
• Manage the product range strategy of customized team wear with X BU from global offering and develop local relevant products with CCS when there is product gap with capability to work independently
• Responsible for the business success of the LockerRoom incl. setting forecasts, pricing corridor, size range, RID and Sell-through
• Build the category range by channels within guidelines by Global BU, incl. inline, promo, SMU, Local Creation
• Responsible for ordering samples sets, including inline pre-sale & SMS, plus ISC, etc.
• Monitor and ensure full up-stream product readiness for digital product launch on Locker Room platform.
• Monitor site and run report daily to ensure that a premium experience is being received by all customers, independent of device and location
• Conduct pre-launch data checks in appropriate systems to confirm content is ready to be enabled ensuring a premium customer experience
• Act as a point of contact for customer service to escalate and resolve critical path issues with the site, offer or delivery
• Analyze competitor landscape and benchmark our adidas offer
• Supervisor and oversee product digital creation processes for team sport custom uniforms and 3D asset configurator creation with internal and external stakeholders
• Team player, good communication skills

KPI’s:

• Category NS, Net Margin and Contribution across GCA
• Sell-out
• Forecast & data accuracy
• NPS
• Market share
• Achievement of key SBP initiatives

Key Relationships:

• GCA BU Product and Merchandising
• Global Locker Room partner
• Creation Center Shanghai
• Sports Marketing and Sales
• Product Operations, IT, Supply Chain, Planning, Sourcing
• Wider Global Team Sports Organization

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong knowledge, understanding and genuine passion for team sports
• Strong communication and relationship skills
• Strong analytical skills, be solution driven and result oriented
• Demonstrated ability to drive results with cross functional partners
• Prior Product management and/or merchandising experience
• Strong Systems knowledge (M-3, RMA, MicroStrategy, SharePoint, Smartsheet)

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• 3-5 years of experience in category management/product required. Regional experience preferred.

• University degree in Business or equivalent professional experience, ideally in Sales and/or Marketing
• Sporting goods industry experience required
• Fluent in English and Chinese
• Strong Computer Skills including Outlook, Word, Excel (Pivot), Powerpoint, etc
• Passion for sports and belief that through sports we have the power to change lives
• Willingness to travel up to 15-20% of time