Assistant Manager, Pricing & Promotions eCommerce

Adidas; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Adidas is seeking a pricing and merchandising professional to maximise SEA eCommerce sales, profitability and brand equity. The role focuses on pricing management across all product categories, lifecycle management, and providing pricing insights for key commercial moments in the SEA region.

Responsibilities include executing merchandising pricing principles, collaborating with the Director of Merchandising eCom on seasonal pricing, and ensuring price alignment across channels while maintaining

Qualifications

• University degree in business with sales and finance focus or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience in retail merchandising including buying, planning, distribution, budgeting is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage pricing and promotions execution to maximise sales and margins.
• Input to merchandising director on pricing & markdown strategy for seasons.
• Ensure price alignment across channels to local price structures.
• Load markdown prices in central/local systems and maintain history.
• Prepare reports on price, margin and promotions for analysis.
• Plan and execute price actions and analyze financial impact.
• Maintain knowledge of country-specific legal restrictions and sales periods.

Skills

Structured & organized

Team collaboration

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Fluent in English

MS Office

SAP AFS

SAP PGR

DVM

Microstrategy

Data visualization

Education

Business degree

Tools

Excel

Access

PowerPoint

Job description

Purpose & Overall Relevance For The Organization

This role is responsible for maximising the sales, profitability and brand equity of SEA markets eCommerce through the management and execution of both:

• Pricing management for all product categories in eCom, in line with the company brand strategy and financial goals (net sales, margin, markdown and inventory targets).
• Support the definition and execution of product Life cycle management, including MSS and EOSS.
• Provide Product and Pricing insights/actions with regards to key commercial moments to ensure there is enough inventory to maximize sales forecast withing the markdown parameters.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the execution of the defined key merchandising principles related to pricing and promotions in day-to-day business and regularly give feedback to management.
• Input to Director of Merchandising eCom on overall pricing and markdown strategy for upcoming seasons and key commercial moments.
• Ensure price alignment between country/channels to price articles within the local price structures in accordance with pricing policy.
• Maintain historical promotion performance documentation to ensure proper future planning. Maintain article lists comp performance across seasons.
• Load Markdown prices in the central and local systems and maintain systems accordingly.
• Manage and maintain price change history as well as documentation around exclusion lists required for pricing compliance.
• Assist end-to-end preparation and timelines adherence to key commercial inventory forecasting processes including sale dates definition, articles selection, discounts strategy, leftover transfer strategy.
• Assist in all promotions on site that have product implications.
• Issue key Merchandise Management Reports related to price, margin and markdown management. Issue reporting pack for effective analysis of promotional activities incl. sales period.
• Plan and execute price actions (mark-ups- downs, promotions, sale activities) and drive analyses that provide the financial impact of these actions.
• Maintain knowledge base (country specific legal restrictions, special sales periods, special sales actions like friends and families etc.) to improve future pricing actions.
• Work pro-actively, propose changes in processes in order to avoid irregularities.
• Ensure all Point of Sale (POS) have a retail price per stock keeping unit (SKU)
• Other duties as requested by your manager.

Key Relationships

• SEA eCom Team
• Country Supply Chain and Logistics
• Emerging Markets eCom Hub Merchandising
• Emerging Markets eCom Hub Consumer Experience
• Emerging Markets eCom Hub Planning and Analytics

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Structured, organized and process orientated.
• Ability to work effectively within a team environment and under pressure
• Strong analytical skills
• Attention to detail
• Fluent in English
• Advanced user of MS Office suite of products – esp. Excel, Access, PPT
• Advanced knowledge of Retail Management Systems – SAP AFS, SAP PGR, DVM, Microstrategy
• Dashboarding/Data Visualization experience a plus

Requisite Education And Experience/Minimum Qualifications

• University degree, ideally in business with sales and finance focus or equivalent professional experience
• 2-4 years experience in Retail merchandising (incl. buying, planning, distribution, budgeting)
• Functional awareness of Store Operations and Finance

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