Date: May 26, 2016
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Company: adidas Group
Country: United Arab Emirates Job Function: Retail (Back Office)
State / Province: United Arab Emirates Position Type: Full time
City / Location: Dubai Brand: adidas Group
Relocation: Yes
At adidas Group, our love of sport drives who we are and what we do. But just as a ball is more than leather and thread, and a shoe more than padding and plastic, we are bigger than our products. We don’t just work to create faster shoes and lighter fabrics: We strive to help athletes everywhere perform their best. We believe that it’s hard work inventing the future of sport, and that’s why we love it; that when you push your limits, you make it possible for others to push theirs.
At adidas Group, this drive it what connects us, whether we’re working for TaylorMade, adidas, Reebok, or Rockport. We’re all working toward a future motivated by passion, original thinking, and the desire to build upon a proud legacy.
From design to production to logistics to technology, every role in all our brands is connected to this. Our roles span the range of our brands, as well as spanning the globe. No matter what you do, or what country or city you do it in, your work helps make greatness possible.
Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:
To lead and drive sustainable and profitable growth of the Retail channel across Own Retail and Franchise channel in the MENA region:
• Meeting and exceeding agreed KPI targets for net sales and profitability
• Leading and inspiring the Market field and retail back office (RBO) teams to meet or exceed commercial goals and KPI’s, and build Brand equity
• Focusing on the development of a trading and service culture across all our own retail stores along with full responsibility of Buying and Merchandising, Real Estate, Store Development and VM Execution Excellence for all sales channels across MENA
• Defining and continuously developing the hard franchise business models, taking into account industry benchmarks and Global guidelines
• Implementing and driving agreed Global retail processes and guidelines for field, RBO and Franchise operations; feeding back Market needs to the Global Retail CoE for the ongoing development of global processes and as per guidance from EM DTC
• Developing and executing local retail relevant and specific processes in close cooperation with the Global Retail CoE
Key Responsibilities:
• Drive and implement the Market Retail Strategy, focusing on the 5 P’s: People, Product, Premises, Processes and Profit, to continuously maximise profitability from the store portfolio, whilst ensuring this covers the requirements for each country and in conjunction with key stakeholders, including the Market MD, EM DTC function and Global Retail CoE
• Manage and control operational expenses in line with the Market retail budget
• Make commercial decisions at Market level by analysing the retail KPI’s and local retail trends and needs
• Create and drive a high performance culture across the Market by setting clear expectations and targets, analysing stores’ performance, holding Retail Operational leads accountable and giving appropriate and prompt feedback
• Ensure elaboration of a rolling ‘Retail deployment schedule’ by store, covering all retail marketing, visual merchandising and other activities and ensure implementation by operational coordination and close tracking
• Ensure identification and improvement of best practices by own store format and compliance within the Market retail store portfolio
• Develop and implement advanced components for enhancing the adidas Group retail business model (logistics, IT, reporting, staff deployment planning, training) with the respective functions
• Support the creation of operational guidelines in close cooperation with the CoE and ensure local implementation
• Critically look at current processes and relevance for the specific Market. Actively communicate necessary adaptation to global guidelines into the CoE
• Define organizational structure, set objectives, and manage workloads and results to achieve goals while adopting best practices and achieving continuous process improvement
• Ensure high employee engagement at every level through effective motivation, coaching, training, and development of personnel in the team
• Manage and control the store development function, including visual merchandise team, across all channels.
• Develop & implement a multichannel business strategy to penetrate the new Asian markets in particular Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, building the foundation for a sustainable mono-branded and shop-in-shop business model.
• Collaboratively implement the Franchise Excellence Project with the global SSE team in the MENA region with special implementation focus on New Africa market
• Lead and direct the real estate portfolio for RBO across MENA.
• Continuously monitor and improve the Planning, Buying & Distribution process and organization including the E-commerce Franchise business expansion particularly in the Gulf Region.
• Provide a clear vision and direction to the Retail teams across MENA with relevant objectives and KPIs
Key Relationships:
• Customers
• Market Retail Back Office (RBO) team
• District Managers and Store Managers
• Global Retail Centre of Excellence (CoE)
• Market Senior Management team
• Franchise Manager
• Local brand and trade marketing teams
• Local finance team
• EM DTC
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in the retail and trade marketing Industry, ideally in apparel/fashion/shoes or FMCG, with an operational background and working across different countries
• Strong leadership skills [diverse teams incl remote management], with a minimum of 4 years’ experience of leading multi store retail teams
• Excellent communication skills including impactful presentation skills, influencing and negotiating and change management
• Advanced numeracy and literacy, with good IT skills (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Geographical mobility
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Structured, organised with an entrepreneurial approach
• Fluency in English and local language of Market HQ
Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:
• University degree in business (ideally with marketing and sales focus) or equivalent relevant experience
Posting Notes: Dubai || United Arab Emirates || United Arab Emirates || || adidas Group || Europe, Middle East & Africa || No Selection
Click on THIS link to apply.
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Company: adidas Group
Country: United Arab Emirates Job Function: Retail (Back Office)
State / Province: United Arab Emirates Position Type: Full time
City / Location: Dubai Brand: adidas Group
Relocation: Yes
At adidas Group, our love of sport drives who we are and what we do. But just as a ball is more than leather and thread, and a shoe more than padding and plastic, we are bigger than our products. We don’t just work to create faster shoes and lighter fabrics: We strive to help athletes everywhere perform their best. We believe that it’s hard work inventing the future of sport, and that’s why we love it; that when you push your limits, you make it possible for others to push theirs.
At adidas Group, this drive it what connects us, whether we’re working for TaylorMade, adidas, Reebok, or Rockport. We’re all working toward a future motivated by passion, original thinking, and the desire to build upon a proud legacy.
From design to production to logistics to technology, every role in all our brands is connected to this. Our roles span the range of our brands, as well as spanning the globe. No matter what you do, or what country or city you do it in, your work helps make greatness possible.
Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:
To lead and drive sustainable and profitable growth of the Retail channel across Own Retail and Franchise channel in the MENA region:
• Meeting and exceeding agreed KPI targets for net sales and profitability
• Leading and inspiring the Market field and retail back office (RBO) teams to meet or exceed commercial goals and KPI’s, and build Brand equity
• Focusing on the development of a trading and service culture across all our own retail stores along with full responsibility of Buying and Merchandising, Real Estate, Store Development and VM Execution Excellence for all sales channels across MENA
• Defining and continuously developing the hard franchise business models, taking into account industry benchmarks and Global guidelines
• Implementing and driving agreed Global retail processes and guidelines for field, RBO and Franchise operations; feeding back Market needs to the Global Retail CoE for the ongoing development of global processes and as per guidance from EM DTC
• Developing and executing local retail relevant and specific processes in close cooperation with the Global Retail CoE
Key Responsibilities:
• Drive and implement the Market Retail Strategy, focusing on the 5 P’s: People, Product, Premises, Processes and Profit, to continuously maximise profitability from the store portfolio, whilst ensuring this covers the requirements for each country and in conjunction with key stakeholders, including the Market MD, EM DTC function and Global Retail CoE
• Manage and control operational expenses in line with the Market retail budget
• Make commercial decisions at Market level by analysing the retail KPI’s and local retail trends and needs
• Create and drive a high performance culture across the Market by setting clear expectations and targets, analysing stores’ performance, holding Retail Operational leads accountable and giving appropriate and prompt feedback
• Ensure elaboration of a rolling ‘Retail deployment schedule’ by store, covering all retail marketing, visual merchandising and other activities and ensure implementation by operational coordination and close tracking
• Ensure identification and improvement of best practices by own store format and compliance within the Market retail store portfolio
• Develop and implement advanced components for enhancing the adidas Group retail business model (logistics, IT, reporting, staff deployment planning, training) with the respective functions
• Support the creation of operational guidelines in close cooperation with the CoE and ensure local implementation
• Critically look at current processes and relevance for the specific Market. Actively communicate necessary adaptation to global guidelines into the CoE
• Define organizational structure, set objectives, and manage workloads and results to achieve goals while adopting best practices and achieving continuous process improvement
• Ensure high employee engagement at every level through effective motivation, coaching, training, and development of personnel in the team
• Manage and control the store development function, including visual merchandise team, across all channels.
• Develop & implement a multichannel business strategy to penetrate the new Asian markets in particular Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, building the foundation for a sustainable mono-branded and shop-in-shop business model.
• Collaboratively implement the Franchise Excellence Project with the global SSE team in the MENA region with special implementation focus on New Africa market
• Lead and direct the real estate portfolio for RBO across MENA.
• Continuously monitor and improve the Planning, Buying & Distribution process and organization including the E-commerce Franchise business expansion particularly in the Gulf Region.
• Provide a clear vision and direction to the Retail teams across MENA with relevant objectives and KPIs
Key Relationships:
• Customers
• Market Retail Back Office (RBO) team
• District Managers and Store Managers
• Global Retail Centre of Excellence (CoE)
• Market Senior Management team
• Franchise Manager
• Local brand and trade marketing teams
• Local finance team
• EM DTC
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in the retail and trade marketing Industry, ideally in apparel/fashion/shoes or FMCG, with an operational background and working across different countries
• Strong leadership skills [diverse teams incl remote management], with a minimum of 4 years’ experience of leading multi store retail teams
• Excellent communication skills including impactful presentation skills, influencing and negotiating and change management
• Advanced numeracy and literacy, with good IT skills (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Geographical mobility
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Structured, organised with an entrepreneurial approach
• Fluency in English and local language of Market HQ
Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:
• University degree in business (ideally with marketing and sales focus) or equivalent relevant experience
Posting Notes: Dubai || United Arab Emirates || United Arab Emirates || || adidas Group || Europe, Middle East & Africa || No Selection
Click on THIS link to apply.
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