Head of Category Management

Asst Mgr Cat Mgmt SPW & TRG

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

 

This role will be expected to deliver on the following:

1. Execute short-term and medium-term India cluster objectives, sustainably grow profitability and market share for SPW & Training
2. Implement Global Concepts-to-Consumer strategies for range management in a locally relevant way to support the brand strategy and positioning.
3. Drive a compelling range/concept selection for India and develop local products balancing both Brand and commercial success.

 

Key Responsibilities:

 

1. Drive product segmentation across channels
2. Select import vs local articles in the range plan basis Profitability and Global direction.
3. Build profitability for the category by managing Pricing, FOBs, Margins
4. Financial KPI- GIM, Range Architecture, Range efficiency, Sell-in targets
5. Deliver a complete GTM proposition to merchandising team and drive seasonal sell-in, secure NS thru channel partners and key accounts.
6. Deliver clear and substantive commercial input and market specific product development.
7. Navigate professionally throughout all company hierarchies and external business partners with strong commercial and collaborative communication skills.

 

Key Relationships:

 

• Category Director India
• Category and Brand adidas team
• EM Category and BU Teams
• Channel teams

•  SCM

• Demand Planning

• Merchandising

 

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

 

• University degree in Business/Fashion or a minimum of 4 years equivalent professional experience, ideally in merchandising/range planning/product team

• Strong product understanding

• Commercial acumen

• Fluent in English

• Advance excel and power-point skills

 

Experience Level

Executive Level