Assistant Manager Category Management Running, BU Running and Motorsports, Brand adidas

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization :

DRIVE category range plans in country / cluster within guidelines set by Global.

Key Responsibilities :

• Support to build 3-5 year category plan based on overall adidas SBP (strategic business plan) process (in collaboration with Global)
• Drive GTM with focusing on Product – Story - Availability
• Responsible for category forecast within IBP across all channels
• Deliver financial expectations in NS and Sell out across all channels
• Set Japan pricing corridor for category range
• Define & implement Japan channels allocation for global allocated products
• Build powerful, compelling, commercial, viable range / concept selection for Japan to support the overall brand strategy, purpose & direction
• Lead all creation needs, validate SMU (product special make-up) requests for Japan and leverage Creation Center Tokyo to fulfill Japan needs to support the SBP
• Support Seasonal Category activation and Franchise calendar, including being consultant for Account SWB calendar
• Support to create category CI (commercial input) and the communication with Global BU to get Japan needs prioritized
• Take responsibility for Sell-through of category across Japan, be able to provide insights and to drive actions behind the performance tracking dashboards and share update with Global BU
• Proactively support category mitigation plan when OTB having the gap
• Support hosting global BU visit

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