Specialist Marketing Operations, SP

Job description

Country: China (Peoples Republic of)
Job Function: Marketing & Communications

State / Province: China (Peoples Republic of)
Position Type: Full time

City / Location: Shanghai
Brand: adidas

Relocation:

Somewhere, in one of our workshops right now, the future is taking shape. We are constantly working to redefine the way clothing and footwear transforms the pitch, court or course. This is what drives us: the feeling of discovery and the urge to innovate. When we create a product that makes our hearts beat faster, we know we’re onto something.

If this sounds inspiring, you might be one of us: Someone who loves to create the present, as well as shape the future. There’s a reason adidas has been at the forefront of defining sport for more than 60 years: We never stand still. Everyday, we work to improve everything we create.

At adidas, interesting, amazing and inspiring aren’t just ideas. They are what we do every single day.

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

· Maintain the product marketing database and develop accurate product analysis.
· Guide the range build process and assist on other operation process.
· Increase the service level to category team via effective communication, system tools and accurate execution.
· Raise the bar to develop better business sense, to be the solid resource of marketing and other business function.

Key Responsibilities:

Planning

· Support Category Marketing to develop overall product plan and action plans
· Find ways to improve forecasting process and accuracy for other functions.

Range Management

· Create and maintain the product database timely and assist for range communication and order consolidation to related parties
· Order consolidation from different channels and MKT orders tracking
· Buy Proposal based on consolidation and handover buy for order placement
· Posting plan communication including hard launch plan with S&OP team timely
· Find ways to improve range management process and communication between x-functional teams.

Category Analysis

· Generate regular range check report for category range set up.
· Provide YOY general analysis by category attributes for CM reference.

System and Processes

· Systematically maintain database and update the information according to the GTM process
· Ad-hod maintain the product information to meet business request by global or CM.
· Develop and upgrade the intelligence tool to meet changing business requirement

Execution and communication

· Careful and considerate.
· Respect the deadline, be pro-active.
· Good communication skill to internal customer and other business function.

Others

· Other job-related work assigned from manager

KPIS

· Execution and data maintenance accuracy
· Comprehensive, up-to-date product analysis

Key Relationships:

· Category Manager
· Purchase Order, Sales Operation
· IT
· Supply chain
· Own retail/Ecom Merchandizing team
· Fashion sales
· Multi brand team

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

· Manage Business (Processes and Projects)
· Result Orientation
· Influencing Others
· Planning and Organizing
· Provide a Framework for Performance
· Strategic Acting
· Conceptual understanding of marketing as brand building tool
· Data analysis skills, planning skills
· Project/Process management skills
· Attention to detail and highly organized
· Strong team player
· Very high level of integrity
· Communication skills, relationship management

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

· Minimum 2-3 years experience in data management and analysis in a global consumer goods company
· Experience in strategic planning a plus
· Bachelor degree or above
· Outlook – basic
· Word-basic
· Excel advanced
· PowerPoint –advanced
· Fluent in English (written and spoken) and Mandarin Chinese
· Passion for sports