Senior Director Soccer & Motor Sports

Key Responsibilities

• Own and deliver the North America GTM strategy against global priorities
• Lead category management team to bring the strategy to life
• Develop a complete 3-5-year plan for the BU based on the adidas SBP, the respective global BU’s and market strategic plan
• Collaborate with assortment planning, sales, SCM and other relevant cross functional teams to execute the plan
• Align with Global on product range build, assortment strategy, and market specific needs
• Drive cross-functional execution and operational excellence

Key Relationships

• Category and Marketplace Merchandising
• DTC, Wholesale and relevant commercial partners
• Merchandising Planning and Systems
• Brand Operations (GTM, Sample, & Merch Ops)
• Brand Communications
• Sports Marketing
• Finance
• Demand Planning and relevant SCM partners
• Global Business Partners
• Local Creation teams

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Advanced cross-functional Merchandising and Marketing knowledge and Market experience in sport and/or fashion/lifestyle categories (sporting goods industry preferred)
• Leading and managing a diverse team
• Consumer-focused with deep product and range understanding and the ability to balance Brand and Commercial priorities to build channel- and consumer-specific activation plans that meet KPI targets
• Advanced user of MS Office suite of products
• Experience in both market and above market organization preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong presentation, planning, and analytical skills
• A thorough understanding of the marketplace through the lens of soccer

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, with an emphasis in Marketing/Business preferred, and 10+ years’ sports or other product marketing or related experience, 5 years at the managerial level in the Sporting Goods Industry.
• Equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be substituted for degree.