PURPOSE & OVERALL RELEVANCE FOR THE ORGANIZATION:
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Support the team in strategic planning as well as translating strategic business targets into seasonal and sub-category targets
- Ensure financial guidelines are respected, identify critical process improvement areas.
- Enable a fact-based decision-making process by creating transparency on key performance indicators with respect to business plans (Net Sales, volume, margin, range size, pricing, FOB, IDL, inventory year-end.)
- Support the team to create transparency and analysis for seasonal brand guidance meetings including presentation of these contents to Senior Management of BUs
- Support improvement of reporting and analytical tools regarding range efficiency, drop rounds, margin calculation, market overlap etc. This includes standard reporting, ad-hoc analysis etc.
- Support the senior manager E2E, to connect inventory, buy and seasonal range
- Support the creation of seasonal planning tool which continuously feeds the fiscal tool and build logic how to connect seasonal and fiscal on monthly basis
KEY RELATIONSHIPS:
- DP clusters team
- EM Brand team
- Merchandising team
- Marketing Operations
- CTC team
- Finance
- DNA
- SCM
- Global IBP team
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
:- Comprehensive business understanding of processes and structure
- Challenger mindset towards Business Partners combined with customer orientation
- Ability to operate cross-functionally and understanding of external business drivers
- Very good communication skills for persuasion and convincing others
- Business fluency in English (written and spoken)
- Ability to work under pressure and in very dynamic environment
- Ability to think and act strategically
- Excellent analytical skills, managing large data quantities from multiple sources
- Prior experience in margin planning is a plus
REQUISITE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE / MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- University degree in Business Administration/Finance/Controlling
- Comprehensive understanding of system landscape (IBP, SAP, Power BI, Microstrategy, M-3 & master data systems)
- 4+ years working experience in Finance department
AT ADIDAS WE HAVE A WINNING CULTURE. BUT TO WIN, PHYSICAL POWER IS NOT ENOUGH. JUST LIKE ATHLETES OUR EMPLOYEES NEED MENTAL STRENGTH IN THEIR GAME. WE FOSTER THE ATHLETE’S MINDSET THROUGH A SET OF BEHAVIORS THAT WE WANT TO ENABLE AND DEVELOP IN OUR PEOPLE AND THAT ARE AT THE CORE OF OUR UNIQUE COMPANY CULTURE: THIS IS HOW WE WIN WHILE PLAYING FAIR.
COURAGE: Speak up when you see an opportunity; step up when you see a need..
OWNERSHIP: Pick up the ball. Be proactive, take responsibility and follow-through.
INNOVATION: Elevate to win. Be curious, test and learn new and better ways of doing things.
TEAMPLAY: Win together. Work collaboratively and cultivate a shared mindset.
INTEGRITY: Play by the rules. Hold yourself and others accountable to our company’s standards.
RESPECT: Value all players. Display empathy, be inclusive and show dignity to all.