Senior Specialist Buyer job opportunity at Adidas.



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Adidas Senior Specialist Buyer
Experience: 3-years
Pattern: Temporary
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loacation Cape Town, West, , South Africa
loacation Cape Town, Wes..........South Africa

Are you ready to lead the future? Join adidas’ Future Leaders Program, an 18-month journey designed for early career professionals with working experience who are ambitious, driven, and passionate about making an impact. Alongside hands-on experience in one of the world’s fastest-moving industries, you’ll gain academic knowledge on leadership through a certified course with the Graduate School of Business. This is your chance to unlock your potential, grow your career, and shape the future of sport and retail. If you’re bold, curious, and ready to lead, your next big move starts here. Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization To execute the product strategy for Concept stores. Responsibilities include an array of projects & tasks related to range building, trading and seasonal product strategy. This individual will work on cross-functional projects at both hub and cluster level and will have high interaction with other functions such as Operations, Trade and Allocation, CTC & Visual Merchandising. Key Responsibilities Create weekly product insight reports and present during trade call – store trends and performance Support in building assortments for both inline seasonal ranges, in season creation, and Hype. Support Concept stores on execution of launches by tracking campaign articles. Monthly comms to stores sharing upcoming hype, launches, new products and in season creation packs. Work closely with Omni to plan and execute launches and promotions Review bestsellers and blackhole product, suggest actions on inventory movement and top-up orders. Manage new store product strategy with CS Buyers. Pull basic reports using Power BI, and provide strong interpretation of data Completion of seasonal comp shop Maintain awareness of global trends and showcase effective ways of keeping abreast of consumer movements in store. Manage flocking process, makers lab and shoe cleaning program Work closely with T&A ,VC and Ecom teams to ensure in-season product flow and pricing is executed and maintained. Execute in-season commercial trade opportunities in line with commercial needs / stock opportunities. Work closely with CS Merchandise Buying Manager, local sourcing team and CTC to curate the City Tee program. Analyse store performance and manage weekly check-ins with store managers Create strong relationships with VC, eCOM merchandising team Key Relationships CS Merchandise Buyers and T&A team Ecom and VC Buyers CS HUB Merchandise team Cluster and HUB CTC teams Brand, Omnichannel teams Local sourcing team Field team Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications Relevant tertiary qualification 3+ years of working experience within retail of a medium-large size organization. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Excellent understanding of range & assortment building: a proven record of building compelling assortments balancing out brand & commercial ambitions Intermediate knowledge of data analysis and interpretation, must understand how to tell a story with data Strong presenting skills Excitement around product and knowledge of the sports industry Ability to use MS Word, PowerPoint Ability to communicate effectively in English, both written and verbal. Strong attention to detail Ability to exercise good judgment and decision-making skills Ability to work collaboratively within a team Ability to work under pressure. Demonstrate an ability to guide through complex and ambiguous environments

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