Buyer (eCom)

Adidas; Portland (OR); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with employer match

Stock Purchase Plan

Paid parental leave

Hybrid work policy

Job summary

Adidas in Portland, Oregon is seeking a Digital Buying Lead to steer pre-season planning and Open-to-Buy across North American e-commerce, app, and CONFIRMED. You will translate data and insights into assortments and inventory decisions that delight consumers.

You will collaborate with planning, analytics, product launches, marketing, and business units to forecast demand and optimize digital merchandising.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in merchandising, buying, planning, or a related field.
• Experience within retail, fashion, sporting goods, or consumer products preferred.
• Digital commerce experience preferred.
• Fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Lead pre-season buying and Open-to-Buy planning across North American digital channels, aligning commercial objectives with global strategies.
• Leverage consumer insights, business trends, and analytics to optimize assortments, product allocations, and buying decisions.
• Manage product launches and inventory strategies to ensure strong availability and seamless consumer experiences across digital platforms.
• Partner with planning, analytics, product launch, marketing, and business unit teams to forecast demand and maximize performance.
• Identify opportunities to evolve buying processes, enhance KPI tracking, and deliver best-in-class digital merchandising practices.

Skills

Buying

Merchandising

Planning

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Fluent English

Tools

SAP

Job description

PURPOSE

Help shape the future of digital commerce for one of the world’s most iconic sports brands. In this role, you will lead pre-season planning and buying for North America across owned digital channels, including e-commerce, the app, and CONFIRMED. You will use data, insights, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure consumers have access to the right products at the right time, creating exceptional digital experiences that connect sport and culture.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead pre-season buying and Open-to-Buy planning across North American digital channels, aligning commercial objectives with global strategies.
• Leverage consumer insights, business trends, and analytics to optimize assortments, product allocations, and buying decisions.
• Manage product launches and inventory strategies to ensure strong availability and seamless consumer experiences across digital platforms.
• Partner with planning, analytics, product launch, marketing, and business unit teams to forecast demand and maximize performance.
• Identify opportunities to evolve buying processes, enhance KPI tracking, and deliver best-in‑class digital merchandising practices.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• Market BU team(s)
• Market Planning teams
• Market Demand Planner(s)
• Market DVM team
• Market Product Launch team
• Market Analytics team

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Experience in buying, merchandising, planning, or a related business function
• Strong understanding of buying strategies, assortment planning, and inventory management
• Ability to analyze data and translate insights into business actions and recommendations
• Experience working cross-functionally to influence decisions and deliver results
• Proficiency with buying systems and tools, including SAP

REQUISITE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE/MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• 3–5 years of experience in merchandising, buying, planning, or a related field
• Experience within retail, fashion, sporting goods, or consumer products preferred
• Digital commerce experience preferred
• Fluent in English

This role is based in Portland, Oregon. Relocation assistance is not available. Applicants must currently reside in Oregon.

THROUGH SPORT, WE HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE LIVES

adidas celebrates diversity, supports inclusiveness and encourages individual expression in our workplace. We actively encourage individuals with disabilities to apply and will provide reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process. We do not tolerate the harassment or discrimination toward any of our applicants or employees. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

• adidas offers robust and progressive medical, including HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer funding or FSA (Flexible Spending Account) options, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, adoption, with surrogate and fertility support, short and long‑term disability, and basic life and AD&D insurance. Employees are able to enroll in adidas’ 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match. Full‑time employees are eligible for education assistance and generous Leave policies including 14 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Employees are eligible to earn an annual bonus based on company performance. Employees accrue prorated flexible time off in the amount .4388 hours per day that increases with years of service, twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year and Service Time Off during milestone years.
• 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 Portland.

Though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is English.