adidas

Manager

• Provide leadership and direction to a geographic group of stores to meet or exceed Global and North America Visual Merchandising standards
• Coach and develop Store Leadership to drive visual excellence for both visual merchandising and in-store communication tools
• Establish effective and impactful delivery of visual merchandising and product knowledge programs and initiatives across the US Retail organization
• Drive flawless execution as the cross-functional lead with merchandising, sourcing, store development and store and fleet operations
• Deliver yearly, quarterly, and monthly training needs to the NAM Fleet in partnership with VM Training Managers and Fleet leadership
• Track and measure the impact and effectiveness of program implementation and quality of program delivery to provide feedback to Regional Visual Merchandising Manager, Director of Visual Merchandising, and the Directors of Merchandising
• Visit stores to role model and assess learning culture and behaviors, and to deliver trainings that amplify Visual Merchandising and Product knowledge

District Visual Manager

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Prepare business reporting (actual, forecast, budgets) incl. database maintenance, ensuring data integrity, completeness, and consistency across systems and reports.
• System uploads of required forecast and budget with reconciliation performed by due time.
• Extract and validate data from SAP and other internal systems, ensuring proper financial reflection into daily reports.
• Drive continuous improvement in reporting, data flow, and process efficiencies.
• Develop and deploy automation solutions using Power BI, Power Query, Python or other coding tools to strengthen data delivery.
• Support cost control, partnering with finance controllers and business stakeholders, in assigned cost planning functions during actual, forecast, budget cycles.
• Coordinate and execute month-end closing tasks: journal entries, accrual validation, system data extraction, actual reports preparation and analytical review.

Assistant Manager, FP&A

• Lead business analysis & planning as a strategic business partner
• Operate financial planning and forecasting processes in cooperation with business partners
• Support inventory management, standard margin management, and logistics cost analysis
• Ensure consistency between company strategy, budget, forecast, and actual performance
• Act as a finance partner to Market Channel, Marketing, and Supply Chain teams
• Facilitate alignment and consensus across functions
• Operate and continuously improve standardized performance reporting
• Analyze and manage cost variances across key cost components
• Build and continuously improve ROI analysis frameworks for marketing expenses and capital expenditures
• Develop and enhance reporting environments using Power BI
• Execute daily FP&A operations in accordance with established procedures

Director

• Monitor daily and weekly sales performance
• Develop and execute in-season trading strategies
• Drive inventory clearance strategies
• Establish and monitor KPIs to track effectiveness of trading and inventory actions
• Analyze trading and marketplace data to identify opportunities for revenue and margin improvement

Director, Commercial Planning

• Supporting the Store Manager in managing, motivating, and leading the team
• Monitor and analyze performance data and make necessary adjustments
• Effectively managing all retail operations within a fashion store environment
• Be a role model for customer service and meeting or exceeding customer expectations
• Guide and train team members on brand product knowledge and customer service
• Coordinate team members to consistently execute and maintain Visual Merchandising standards
• Coordinate team members to ensure efficient inventory processing and a seamless stock-to-floor process
• Share best practices to drive overall store team performance

Assistant Store Manager

• Join the team shaping pricing and promotions for adidas Factory Outlet Stores across the US.
• Guide pre‑season and in‑season strategies that support sales, inventory health, and margin performance.
• Analyze trends, review opportunities, and recommend actions that strengthen commercial performance and elevate the consumer experience.
• Develop preseason and quarterly pricing and promotions plans aligned to sales, margin, and forecast targets.
• Collaborate with Marketing Activation and Traffic teams to align on promotional activity, offers, and in‑store moments.
• Manage the Talon One promotions tool to ensure all pricing and promotional updates are accurate and operational.
• Analyze historical pricing and business trends to recommend actions that maximize sales and margin.
• Lead a team of two direct reports while partnering with cross‑functional teams to ensure strong in‑store communication and execution.

Merchandise Planning Manager – Pricing & Promotions

Sales

• Create emotional connections with every customer as a passionate and enthusiastic adidas Brand ambassador
• Build relationships and work collaboratively with team members to achieve common goals
• Exceed customer expectations using retail experience
• Inspire and connect by being a creator
• Foster a culture centered on creativity, confidence, and collaboration

P/T Retail Sales Associate

Software Engineer

• Manage the footwear product development process by supporting the respective Business Unit(s) and directly interact with Tier 1 supply partners and LO’s.
• Provide an effective transition of footwear designs from prototyping into production.
• Take ownership for the entire project management process for assigned products, with an emphasis on quality product development and timely completion of all tasks in accordance with the applicable operating calendar.
• Drive the inception of new and innovative footwear designs, components, processes and materials into manufacturability and a marketable finished product.
• Collaborate with Design to ensure design input into the critical phases of the development process meets agreed upon requirements for correctness and completeness of information and allows an optimized use of design information for tech. package creation at HQ and/or at source/Tier 1 partners.
• Engineer workable prototypes which address desired function, aesthetics, market appeal and manufacturability and meet adidas quality standards.
• Collaborate and interact directly with dedicated development teams at our Tier 1 partners to ensure that all critical deliverables for key development milestones are met, specifically OTIF provision of high quality development prototypes.
• Collaborate with Tier 1 partners to resolve routine business issues in an efficient and result oriented manner.
• Identify critical issues and fundamental road blocks during the direct development process with Tier 1 partners, provide necessary action plans and timely follow-up and escalate critical issues if necessary to direct supervisor.
• Monitor and guide the creation of Bill of Material information at Tier 1 suppliers according to established guidelines and calendar milestones, and assume full accountability for the accuracy of the BOM content at key milestones.
• Rationalize the selection of materials to support an optimized use of the material tool box and to allow economies of scale.
• Ensure that all materials, processes and development samples are fully tested to ensure adherence to adidas’ quality standards.
• Drive margin maximization and cost target achievement at model level in alignment with Marketing, Design and HQ Costing and assume responsibility for addressing critical costing issues and conducting recaps to liaison offices and/or T1 partners to achieve price targets.
• Promote awareness of main product cost drivers to Marketing, Design and independently coordinate/conduct predictive costing and/or pre-costing activities as well as costing reviews at critical milestones.
• Responsible for communicating all necessary information and coordinate all tasks that support on time Color Way Activation for all assigned projects.
• Establish and maintain a strong working relationship with key parties as listed below, managing designated projects to ensure an on-time color way activation performance.
• Support and guide Assistant Project Managers in the team to further their growth in all aspects of Project Management.

Manager, Footwear Developer

Operations

• Support the operations leadership team by contributing to labor allocation
• Lead meetings
• Assign job duties
• Coach for success
• Create a safe & collaborative work environment
• Drive process improvement
• Act as cultural ambassador
• Monitor work flows, manage dwells, and drive overall shift performance

Operations Lead – Decant

Marketing

• Responsible for the execution and implementation of Visual Merchandising (VM) and ISC strategies across wholesale partner doors
• Ensure that store execution aligns with brand standards, supporting product storytelling, consumer engagement, and sell-through at the point of sale
• Work closely with field teams, retail partners, and vendors to ensure seamless execution
• Conduct store audits and adapt global directives to varied store environments
• Play a role in seasonal launches, store refreshes, and ISC activations
• Execute and oversee the implementation of seasonal VM & ISC directives
• Lead seasonal transitions, product launches, and in-store activations
• Ensure timely updates and refreshes of ISC materials
• Pilot new VM & ISC strategies in key wholesale accounts
• Execute consumer navigation and wayfinding principles
• Manage third-party vendors, installation teams, and agencies
• Track and analyze execution performance metrics

Manager, WHS, Visual Direction

Customer Support

• Delivery Note (DN) and e-invoice collaboration with channels and customers.
• Maintain and execute order according to the customer’s expectations.
• Allocate stock to orders using SAP and other control systems.
• Create return authorization and execution for return process.

Customer Service Specialist

Payroll

• Lead payroll strategy and operations for a retail organization
• Oversee end-to-end payroll for 1,000+ employees
• Ensure compliance with CLT and local labor laws
• Manage payroll growth during high-volume hiring and terminations
• Ensure accurate processing of salaries, benefits, and taxes
• Lead negotiations and compliance with 21+ union trades
• Partner with HR, Finance, and Legal
• Drive automation and process improvements

Senior Manager – GBS Payroll

• Join the Consumer Experience team and help shape how athletes and creators discover products across digital platforms.
• Execute and maintain digital merchandising experiences across navigation, search, filters, sorting, and product recommendation modules.
• Analyze consumer behavior and site performance to identify trends and recommend optimizations.

Assistant Manager – Digital Merchandising

• Assist management in day-to-day store maintenance while providing excellent service
• Ensure the highest level of adidas service is given to each customer
• Complete any regular sales transactions involving cash, credit, checks, etc.
• Involved indirectly with ticketing of products as well as checking paperwork against items received
• Assists in product flow from stockroom to sales floor on a fill in basis
• Ensure that Company assets and stock is always secured in order to alleviate shrinkage
• Assists in the development of displays of merchandise or follow suggestions or schedules provided by the store management team
• Attain proficiency with the point-of-sale system by acquiring system utilization skills
• Ensure integrity is maintained through attention to policy and procedure
• Use selling techniques such as add on sales and describing technical information to customers to enhance salesmanship and reach store and position sales goals
• Greets customers in the store and assists them in finding the right product
• Occasionally, serves primarily as a Greeter at the front door during busy workdays
• Maintaining general housekeeping standards
• Safekeeping of Company assets

Retail Sales Associate

• Conduct and execute long-term tactical plans for assigned adidas stores in line with global and local strategic plans and guidelines.
• Define yearly marketing activation priorities, KPIs, budgets and calendars based on global and European activation toolkits while leveraging local opportunities such as partners, holidays, tourism periods and local sports moments.
• Create seasonal account marketing plans, integrating digital channels and CRM (adiclub) to connect offline and online initiatives and increase sell-through, traffic and conversion.
• Implement marketing activities for assigned stores, including product launches and store events, ensuring flawless and consumer-relevant execution across all store touchpoints in alignment with Visual Merchandising.
• Develop hyper-local campaign executions that deliver an exciting and seamless consumer experience across windows, digital tools, launch zones and category lead-ins.
• Leverage existing communities such as adidas Runners, as well as entertainment, influencer and sports marketing partners to amplify store activation plans.
• Develop and execute local activation plans for new concept store and factory outlet openings, store relocations and store anniversaries.
• Prepare briefs and manage local and global agencies for trade tools, activation and media plans, in line with brand communication guidelines and internal non-trade procurement procedures.
• Collaborate closely with retail sales teams to proactively assess performance issues and develop tactical retail marketing solutions to address traffic or conversion challenges.
• Monitor marketplace activity and campaign performance, evaluate return on investment, manage the assigned marketing budget and ensure campaigns positively impact store profitability.

District Visual Manager

Assistant Manager, FP&A

Assistant Manager, FP&A

Director, Commercial Planning

Assistant Store Manager

Merchandise Planning Manager – Pricing & Promotions

P/T Retail Sales Associate

Manager, Footwear Developer

Operations Lead – Decant

Manager, WHS, Visual Direction

Customer Service Specialist

Senior Manager – GBS Payroll

Assistant Manager – Digital Merchandising

Retail Sales Associate

Retail Marketing Activation Manager – Temporary 12-month contract