Adidas Assistant Manager, Digital Visual Merchandising

adidas AG; Vaughan; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Hybrid work policy

Education assistance

Fitness reimbursement

Employee & Family Assistance Program

Job summary

Adidas in Woodbridge is seeking an Assistant Manager, Digital Visual Merchandising to own daily performance, execution, and optimization of digital categories across adidas platforms. You will drive category health, launches, and customer experience improvements to deliver commercial results.

This role requires a data-driven mindset, strong collaboration across functions, and AB/MVT testing experience. The hybrid policy applies, with in-office Mondays through Thursdays and remote Fridays to suit

Qualifications

• 1-2+ years of relevant experience in e-commerce.
• BA/BS in Merchandising, Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field (Master's / Graduate qualification a plus) or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day performance, execution, and optimization of assigned categories.
• Grow demand and adapt strategies for local consumer and business.
• Drive sell-through through improvements to sortable and content elements.
• Analyze category performance and consumer behavior to identify insights and actions.
• Input into global/external teams to drive site merch changes.
• Identify execution risks and escalate to ensure timely delivery.
• Coordinate across Marketing Activation, CRM, Buying, Site Ops, Analytics, SEO/SEM.
• Maintain documentation and follow-through across projects and workstreams.

Skills

Product trends

Online platform knowledge

Data-driven mindset

Ecommerce affinity

A/B/MVT testing

Communication

English fluency

Education

BA/BS in Merchandising

Job description

PURPOSE

The Assistant Manager, Digital Visual Merchandising will own the day-to-day performance, execution, and optimization of assigned digital, direct-to-consumer categories across adidas digital platforms. This role is accountable for category health, product launches, customer experience improvements, and merchandising initiatives that drive commercial performance. Success in this role requires strong operational thoroughness, data-driven decision making, and the ability to influence and align cross-functional stakeholders to deliver measurable business outcomes.

The candidate should have strong digital commerce sensibility, the ability to work collaboratively across many functions of the organization, and a desire to perfect product presentation and consumer experiences. They will ensure we are adapting our site & products to the needs of our consumer and align these actions with our wider business objectives. Their initiatives will have a direct impact on the way our customers shop for adidas product.

Our goal is to enhance the website, grow our flagship app, and excite our consumers through engaging, proactive, and converting digital experiences. This role will participate directly in making adidas an industry leader in key lifestyle and performance sectors.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own the day-to-day performance, execution, and optimization of assigned categories, ensuring delivery against commercial objectives, customer experience goals, and merchandising standards
• Grow demand and adapt strategies in key areas to meet the diverse needs of our local consumer and business.
• Drive sell-through via ongoing improvements to our configurable toolset, with a focus on sorting rules, product placement, evergreen content, page content, third party vendors, and site configuration.
• Work with analytics teams to analyze category performance and consumer behavior data to identify insights, measure impact, and develop actionable recommendations that improve business results.
• Input into global & external teams' insights to drive functional changes that are needed to support and drive our adidas site merchandise experience
• Proactively identify execution risks, operational issues, and dependencies, escalating concerns and driving resolution to ensure timely delivery of key initiatives.
• Drive cross-functional coordination across Marketing Activation, CRM, Buying, Site Operations, Analytics, SEO/SEM, and other stakeholders to align priorities, remove blockers, and deliver cohesive consumer experience.
• Maintain clear documentation, communication, and follow-through across projects and workstreams.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• Product Data Management
• Buying / Category Managers
• Product Launch
• Digital Activation
• Consumer Engagement/CRM
• Site Operations
• Consumer Experience Team

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Strong understanding of product and trends
• On-line platform knowledge.
• Data driven mindset.
• Strong affinity towards eCommerce
• AB/MVT testing experience
• Strong communication skills - you should be able to adapt your message to your audience, be it developers or executives
• Fluent English (+ ideally one other European language)

REQUISITE EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• 1-2+ years of relevant experience in e-commerce.
• BA / BS in Merchandising, Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field (Master's / Graduate qualification a plus) or equivelant combination of education and experience

adidas offers a robust and progressive range of benefits, including: health and dental benefits, including prescription drug coverage, out of country coverage, short and long-term disability, basic life and AD&D insurance, and an Employee & Family Assistance Program. Employees are able to enroll in adidas' Retirement Savings Plan with employer match. Qualifying employees are eligible for our education assistance program and fitness reimbursement program.

Employees are eligible to earn an annual bonus based on both company and personal performance. We recognize the commitment of our employees by increasing vacation time with length of service. We also offer Service Awards & Service Time Off during milestone years, paid bereavement leave, and parental leave top-up to eligible employees.

At adidas we offer a Hybrid work policy which requires attendance in the office Monday through Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Friday each week. For work requiring a high degree of collaboration or an in-person presentation, in-office attendance is required even on Friday. The working location of this position is Woodbridge.

The anticipated low and high end of the base pay range for this position is $70,000-80,000 CAD. Actual salary will be based on various factors, such as a candidate's experience, qualifications, skills & competencies, and proficiency for the role.

Knowledge of English is required for this role, as the position involves regular interaction with English-speaking external stakeholders, as well as colleagues across Canadian and global teams outside Quebec whose primary working language is English.

adidas celebrates diversity, supports inclusiveness and encourages individual expression in our workplace. We do not tolerate the harassment or discrimination toward any of our applicants or employees. We are an equal opportunity employer.