Senior Sales Planner (6 month LTD)

Purpose: Drive category growth and franchise health through consistent and consolidated pre-season planning and in season management across channels and key product franchises.

Key Accountabilities:

* Lead dynamic game plans that support current & long-term business ambition. Support pre-season go-to-market milestones in collaboration with channel planning teams, while driving planning-led initiatives across channels (wholesale channels, retail, ecom)

* Facilitation and collaboration of consolidated future year strategic plans across Commercial Teams at a category level.

* Align plans across cross functional brand and commercial teams

* Prepare reporting and analysis to support pre-season business reviews of commercial category plans.

* Prepare regular reports for Commercial Management, Finance and Marketing to provide detailed overview of business performance by channel/account

* Identify opportunities and risks in the business in-season against plan and provides actionable recommendations to improve results.

* Analyze and provide insights on channel performance. Facilitates internal business review to hindsight brand performance

* Develop and support commercial planning alignment processes including communication, timelines, roles and responsibilities

* Support the greater planning organization with tools, processes and participating in planning projects to improve our approach

* Build positive working relationships with cross functional partners

* Drive the development of new and automated reporting to create efficiencies, provide review of business and facilitate strategic action

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

* Strong understanding of retail math and interpreting sell through data to recommend changes that positively impacts the business.

* Experience and understanding of developing consumer, retail and competitor trends.

* Ability to build, plan and flow product assortments based on current trends that can address both targeted objectives and channel-specific needs while maximizing sales, margin and inventory turn.

* Ability to think strategically, synthesize complex data and develop creative and innovative solutions within an entrepreneurial environment. Ability to provide in-season recommendations that will further account and adidas performance.

* Ability to think cross functionally and develop solutions in a fast-paced environment * Strong prioritization skills, the ability to be detail oriented and accomplish assignments simultaneously under tight timelines

* Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers, stakeholders, cross functional business leaders, sales representatives, peers, clients, and customers.

* Strong Excel skills, including pivots, X/V-Lookups, complex formula building a plus.

Qualifications:

* Four-year degree in Business, Merchandising, or related field

* Minimum four years' experience in planning/buying or related field

* Industry specific experience preferred

* Advanced excel skills required