Sr. Manager, Head Office & Strategy

 

Senior Manager Head Office & Strategy

 

 

Area:                                                                                             adidas brands

Department:                                                                                Originals, Basketball & Partnerships

Direct Reporting Line:                                                               Director Head Office & Strategy

Indirect/secondary reporting line:                                       

Subsidiary/country:                                                                   North America

Location:                                                                                             Los Angeles

GSMS Grade:                                                                                      M3

Number of Personnel Managed:                                              -

Cost Center/Budget and/or Revenue Responsibility:          No

 

 

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Support creating, driving, and implementing the strategy for BU Originals, Basketball & Partnerships. Steer agenda and day-to-day business in the respective business area and manage major, strategic projects for BU/function, plus ensuring the efficient and high-performance operational creation of a compelling product offer and ensuring efficient go-to-market activities.

 

 

Key Responsibilities:

• Support manage the development of key, strategic business projects, to ensure company and brand objectives are met, cross-functional teams are aligned, critical seasonal timelines are met
• Manage together with BU/function team the development of multiple concepts and projects, running on multiple seasons, ensuring objectives, budget and timelines are met, and ensuring on-time delivery of tools to Markets
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure clear communication, optimisation of processes, on-time deliveries to stakeholders
• Collaborate with internal/external teams to ensure BU/function’s processes and annual timings are aligned and harmonized, ensuring holistic process
• Establish, communicate, and champion project methodologies
• Create project charters and objectives design briefs, project timings, and project plans
• Manage overall project workload and maintain project list
• Manage overall budget for assigned area, planning annual budgets and forecasts, strategizing best use of funds
• Organize resources and manage communication and interaction
• Provide operational, process and organizational management support to superior and senior management team
• Support teams in all operational issues
• Ensure regular communication about business area and news in the organisation
• Champion and support the fulfilment of strategies

 

Key relationships:

Depending on scope / type of project but in general:

• Product Marketing and Design at brand adidas
• Hype
• Marketing Communications
• Product Operations
• Senior Leadership Team
• Finance
• Brand Processes & Operations
• Head-office functions
• Market functions (Wholesale, Retail, eCom)
• Sales (all channels)
• Global IT
• Human Resources

 

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Proven skills and capabilities in project management & analytics, organization, time, and budget management
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong client management skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and talent to think big picture
• Strong Negotiating and Collaborating skills
• Self-starter, strong self initiative
• IT skills:  Macintosh software, Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint: advanced
• Language: English: fluent

 

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree with equivalent work experience

• At least 8 years work experience in project management, strategy, head-office functions, or related work area

• in design related area (agency or company)
• Proven experience with the entire design process (project scope and time planning, design steps, production/execution of design solution, pre-press processes)
• Passion for adidas and its mission
• Passion for sports, culture, design, brand strategy, project management

 

 

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