Adidas

Purpose and Relevance for the organization:

Your task as an Assistant Manager Demand Planning is the creation of the Wholesale Demand Plan for your respective categories within sales area Europe. The Demand Plan is the basis for Purchasing and significantly influences the inventory management/stock turn and availability. Therefore, it is also the foundation for reaching sales and inventory targets. Main KPI is the Demand Plan accuracy in consideration of availability and inventory levels.

Key Responsibilities:

Planning

• Responsible for creating and updating of the Rolling Demand Plan (RDP) for defined business segments on article level for Wholesale in line with the Integrated Business Plan
• Forecast extrapolation 
• Create analyses and statistics
• Ensure pre-order business
• Balance the product availability for the re-order period
• Monthly distribution of the RDP reflecting market demand
• Create and update size curves
• Observance of local and global timelines and deadlines
• Liaise with cross-function departments on time (Marketing, Sales, Purchasing)

Ranging & BU strategy

• Execution of DP processes to support strategic initiatives to fulfill BU requirements
• Provide analysis for BU marketing to enable a fact-based decision making for future strategy
• Coordinate the BU launch process for WHS

KPIs:

• Demand Plan accuracy
• Demand Plan reliability
• Inventory management/stock turn
• Optimization/reduction of excess stock
• Availability

Key Contacts:

• Europe Business Units 
• Europe & Global SCM
• Europe Sales
• Europe Finance

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Good analytical skills
• Excellent numerical skills
• Good SAP knowledge (SCM & AFS)
• Good MS Excel skills
• Good knowledge of MS Office (Ppt., Word)
• Good communication skills
• Fluent in English and another European language in writing and speaking

Educational Background/Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree
• First work experience in demand planning or a similar field preferably in the sporting goods industry