Assistant Store Development Manager - Design

Purpose

Assist in the global retail concept implementation for all capital improvement projects, new store openings and remodels of existing spaces, ensuring a deliberate, impactful user experience for both our consumers and retail store teams. The Assistant Store Development Manager - Design is the leading expert in concept fixtures across all store formats and segments.
 

Key Responsibilities

• Develop floorplans and consumer journey with guidance from the Store Development Manager, Design in consideration of global retail concepts guidelines and market specific targets and building codes.
• Work with external vendors to ensure quality and consistency of fixturing across all store concepts and store segmentations to for front and back-of-house. 
• In partnership with external vendors, create detailed fixture order lists inclusive of sales floor fixtures, Visual Merchandising fixtures and tools, In-Store Communications tools, hangers, and mannequins.
• Work with Project team to secure fixture purchases from globally and locally approved vendors in compliance with company policies.
• Support Store Teams with guidance and instruction on how to correctly use fixture packages by concept, format, and segment.
• Build detailed floor layouts with options counts, category placement, to share with Buying/Planning and Marketing teams.  
• Work with local Buying/Planning team and Store team to ensure all store capacities are correctly communicated and documented. 
• Execute drawing reviews, ensuring current drawing and concept standards are met for architectural drawings as related to all capital improvement projects, new store openings, and remodels of existing spaces.
• Partner with Digital Sales Solutions and Project team to incorporate digital experience tools into design.
• Ensure all project operations comply with Company, provincial and federal policies & regulations.
• Evaluate each project after completion and implement process improvement opportunities and best practices.
• Assist the Store Development Manager, Design in project research including but not limited to lighting, materials, and experiential components.

 

Key Relationships

• Store Development
• Retail Partners in Operations, Merchandising, Marketing
• Retail Fleet teams
• External partners (ie: architects)

 

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Proficiency in software applications such as MS Office, AutoCAD (2D) is required.
• Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator or equivalent.
• Strong knowledge of design processes; technical knowledge of building components and their function; experience with contract documents and specifications.
• Strong knowledge of general visual merchandising principles.
• Strong team player with proven ability to work cross functionally to achieve goals and objectives.
• Strong influencing and communications skills, with the ability to work effectively with all levels of business and third parties.
• Ability to illustrate ideas, concepts and/or design direction.
• Ability to coach and train retail store management, store associates and Retail Back Office counterparts.
• Ability to travel up to 20% of time (nationally, regionally).

 

Education and Experience 

• A bachelor’s degree from a college or university, or a combination of education with equivalent work experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in retail store development, design & construction management.
• Bilingual in French & English is considered a plus

 

 

• 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 a robust and progressive range of benefits, including: health and dental benefits, including prescription drug coverage, out of country coverage, short and long-term disability, basic life and AD&D insurance, and an Employee & Family Assistance Program. Employees are able to enroll in adidas’ Retirement Savings Plan with employer match. Qualifying employees are eligible for our education assistance program and fitness reimbursement program  

• Employees are eligible to earn ​an annual bonus based on both company and personal performance.​ We recognize the commitment of our employees by increasing vacation time with length of service. We also offer Service Awards & Service Time Off during milestone years, paid bereavement leave, and parental leave top-up to eli