Assistant Manager Promo Ops

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive growth and brand awareness as the sales and service rep for MLS team accounts both on a soccer operations and equipment side as well as the marketing side
• Direct the MLS Event product management including line planning with the product team, ordering with demand planning, execution through adidas DC's, and onsite at the various MLS events.
• Monitor Brand Ops inventory as it relates to the soccer business.
• Manage the PO process to ensure product is purchased within the appropriate timelines.
• Manage and communicate in regular cadence assigned MLS team's budgets for apparel, footwear, and hardgoods.
• Utilize strong business acumen and retail math to drive the top and bottom line number assigned for MLS and soccer team sales.
• Provide strong sell in presence with each account by providing tailored product assortment information and support materials to each of the accounts to soccer operations and marketing departments.
• Manage the footwear and Official Match Ball.
• Manage the Agron orders for teams' accessories.
• Become versed in adidas DC's and Agron systems to provide operational excellence through our DC's.
• Provide and maintain a high level of service to each account.
• Manage Brand Ops Specialist, including myBest goals, team workload, and performance reviews
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with accounts through team visits and account management.
• Always act in the best interest of adidas North America to improve relations and resolve issues.
• Manage all credits, claims and other account issues to resolution.
• Delivery all required reports and document requests on-time.
• Produce accurate and reliable quarterly forecasts on or before deadlines
• Manage the process to produce all orders by the requested ship date.
• Must be extremely professional and able to handle stressful situations while remaining calm.
• Conduct assigned special projects associated with MLS and Brand Ops.

Key Relationships:

• MLS Team management
• MLS League Office management
• Soccer Sports Marketing
• Product and Merchandising Managers
• Category Management
• Account Operations
• Procurement Managers at Partnering Companies
• Development
• adidas Indy Manufacturing
• Distribution Centers
• Capacity Planning
• Product Supply
• Order Fulfilment

KPIs:

• Adherence to defined contractual obligations
• Promo product delivery: agreed timelines, budgets and impact assessed

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong computer skills (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, SharePoint, Word, Smartsheet)
• Personal skills: Organized, Outgoing, Personable, Flexible, Able to Multi-task
• Ability to work with, and manage, a large number of accounts on a consistent basis, and to sell the appropriate adidas products to these designated accounts.
• Merchandising and planning skills, and the ability to apply them by connecting the merchandise plan into forecast, then executing accordingly.
• Ability to apply financial data to make decisions and influence outcomes. This includes margines, retail math, forecast/projections, probability and statistical inferences, fractions, percentages, ratios, etc.
• Ability to portray a confident and wining attitude in challenging business interactions.
• Must be results-oriented and have demonstrated ability to negotiate and influence outcomes.
• Ability to lay out practical and logical assortment plans based on inventory turn and sell through.
• Strong communication skills and ability to interface at all levels of a business vis phone, written communication and in person.
• Proven ability to delivery a high level of customer service, including the ability to respond effectively to sensitive inquiries or complaints.
• Ability to diplomatically fight for the brand to create win/win resolution with teams.
• Ability to effectively manage your time and work against business deadlines.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to read, analyse, and interpret complex documents.
• Ability to create, plan, and deliver effective and persuasive presentations.
• Ability to handle multiple projects and work in an autonomous environment with little supervision.
• Familiarity of sales processes, procedures and policies.
• Passion for sport.

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree from a four-year college or university and a minimum of three years related customer services or sales experience required. Athletic industry experience preferred. Field sales experience preferred.

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  adidas celebrates diversity, supports inclusiveness and encourages individual expression in our workplace. We do not tolerate the harassment or discrimination toward any of our applicants or employees. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
  
  
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  adidas offers robust and progressive medical, including HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer funding or FSA (Flexible Spending Account) options, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, adoption, with surrogate and fertility support, short and long-term disability, and basic life and AD&D insurance, which can be supplemented with employee-paid coverage. Employees are able to enroll in adidas' 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match. Full-time employees are eligible for education assistance and generous Leave policies including 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
  
  
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  Employees are eligible to earn an annual bonus based on both company and personal performance. Employees accrue prorated flexible time off in the amount .4388 hours per day that increases with years of service, twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year and Service Time Off during milestone years.
  
  
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  At adidas we offer a Hybrid work policy which requires attendance in the office Monday through Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Friday each week. For work requiring a high degree of collaboration or an in-person presentation, in-office attendance is required even on Friday. The working location of this position is Indianapolis , Indiana.
  
  
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  Though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is English.