Assistant Manager, Wholesale Head Office

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at adidas means championing individual uniqueness and cultivating a culture of belonging in which everyone can create at their best.  We embrace diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives and seek to create a workforce that reflects our consumers and communities.
• 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.
• 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,  eleven paid holidays throughout the calendar year and Service Time Off during milestone years.
• We officially returned to office in a hybrid work environment, working 3 days in office and 2 days remote.  The working location of this position is Portland, OR.
• Though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is English.

 

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

 

This is a key position to support the wholesale leadership executive agenda & operating model, act as a gatekeeper and coordinate requests impacting the organization, support the production of key content and help connect the dots across organization’s people, processes and business.

 

Key Responsibilities

 

Executive agenda, operating model & management framework

• Support the execution of the North America wholesale operating rhythm & calendar keeping the organization engaged and aligned, including leadership meetings, townhalls, huddles, etc.
• Facilitate and coordinate meetings, with duties including collecting and organizing relevant information from necessary parties, preparating needed documents, and creating/following up on action items and agreements.
• Facilitate the coordination of obejctives across teams by managing frameworks and aligned methodologies

 

NAM Head Office liaison and content coordination & production

• Act as a support on requests coming from North America Head Offic and global counterparts, coordinating with relevant stakeholders and the collection of information.
• Collaborate with other Head Office functions in North America and beyond to ensure right representation of wholesale while facilitating communication and alignment.

 

Culture and Communications

• Support the implementation of the communication framework, tools & mechanisms the organization has to keep it’s people engaged and informed
• Support the North America Wholesale People Strategy for the organization, in partnership with relevant stakeholders fostering sense of belonging, engagement and happiness.

 

Learning & Development

• Act as support on Learning & Development Global initiatves, coordinating with relevant stakeholders and actioning all requests
• Support execution of Learning & Development programs and strategy, proactively managing timelines, stakeholders, and processes to support the channel and function

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Very advanced PowerPoint and presentation skills
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills
• Strong process management and organizational skills
• High level of professionalism
• Able to synthesize complex and diverse data to formulate actionable recommendations.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality at the highest level

 

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Relevant business experience required
• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Fluent in English, Spanish an advantage