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Senior Specialist Category Management Local Production & Football & Motorsports

adidas
Istanbul, Istanbul, TRFull TimeSeniorPosted Today

Key Responsibilities:  

  • Drive and coordinate local production activities across relevant categories, working closely with Category Managers and the local Liaison Office to increase local production volume.
  • Lead the planning and follow-up of local production processes, ensuring alignment with seasonal timelines and business requirements.
  • Plan and monitor seasonal agreements for locally executed embellishment processes and coordinate related timelines.
  • Monitor production and embellishment processes with agreed local manufacturers to ensure timely execution.
  • Track Football Club Launch Plans, including local production phases and relevant communication in Türkiye.
  • Work closely with the Team Sports & Football Director and Liaison Office to coordinate football clubs’ requirements and ensure effective execution of signed team jersey plans.
  • Work closely with adidas Global Football BU on licensed apparel design and development.
  • Manage key aspects of range management, including segmentation and distribution, and support pricing decisions to deliver target margins, volumes and value.
  • Develop forecasting and relevant KPI reporting and provide scenario analysis related to respective categories.
  • Follow up on global product launches and collaborate with Communication, Omni and Sales teams to ensure alignment with local launch timing and execution.
  • Play an active role in clubs’ and federations’ licensed apparel business, coordinating product-related requirements and timelines throughout the collection creation lifecycle.
  • Continuously seek opportunities to grow the Football & Motorsports business and follow up on competition in the local market.
  • Support BU Football & Motorsports in ensuring strong exposure across relevant local and brand channels.
  • Support the Manager CTC adidas with relevant reporting, data consolidation and analysis.

 

KPIs:

  • Brand Health KPIS (Brand momentum, Net Promoter Score, net sales)
  • Carry out go to market plans ensuring timelines
  • Brand reputation through fast and high quality response time to external world
  • Executional excellence in global campaign implementation and localization.
  • Brand Reach and Perception

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Strong analytical skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills (e.g., relationship management, collaboration, creativity, confidence and facilitation)
  • Strong cross functional experience, across merchandising, category management, brand and sales
  • Structured, organized and process oriented.
  • Excellent presentation skills
  • Fluent in written and spoken English is a must.

Key Relationships:

  • CTC Manager and entire adidas Turkey Brand Team
  • EM Turkey Channel Teams (DTC, e-Com, Wholesale)
  • EM Hub Bus and CTC
  • EM Turkey, SCM
  • EM Turkey, Mops
  • EM Turkey Demand Planning
  • LO office & Local Suppliers
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Senior Specialist Category Management Local Production & Football & Motorsports at adidas