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.
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