Manager, Buying & Trading, eCom(18 Months)

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organisation:

This role is responsible for e Commerce online business sales by leading product planning & trading and meeting sales growth targets in official .Com and e Marketplaces as well as ensuring business opportunities by developing optimal approach

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing product master data and analysis historical order/Sell through/Inventory Days Lasting to support buying strategy for adidas brand and platforms (. Com/e Marketplaces) and to deliver financial target

• Support e Com buyers and provide strategic actions & recommendations based on analysis and trending for current & future buys regarding volume & distribution to maximize sales and profitability

• Drive Trading 2.0 by enhancing data-driven and logic-based trading capabilities to maximize sell-through, optimize inventory, and drive sales growth

• Drive e Commerce ambition planning especially maximizing commercial moment performance through operation excellence, strategic assortment planning, optimized pricing & discount strategy and effective inventory management

• Support the enhancement of all product planning systems and tools to suit world class buying practice across global markets

• Monitor, analyse, and report the sell-thru / inventory (including old season) to e Com Buying leadership and team by daily, weekly and monthly report

• Control tower for management of central buy, stock replenishment, take back and stock trading where needs from each channel based on sell through status

• Flag and propose “plan B” especially product life cycle(optimized mark down) input and alignment if the sell-thru is underperforming or outperforming to manage e Com inventory rate

• Support e Commerce data analytic through business intelligence system(power BI/AI/Automation)

• People managing through structured coaching, regular feedback, and clear ownership across the team

Key Relationships:

• Korea e Commerce team

• Korea Brand Business Unit(BU) and Marketing

• Korea GTM Planning & Insight teams

• Korea Finance Demand Planning team

• Korea Supply Chain Management team

• Korea 3rd party vendors

• Global Digital buying & trading team

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong analytical skills especially fit into product

• Attention to detail as error in analysis will have crucial impact to business

• Structured, organised and process orientated

• Fluent in English and Koreans

• Advanced knowledge of Korea e Commerce landscape

• Ability to work effectively within a team environment and under pressure

• Ability to catch the trend in field and apply on right time

• People Managing Skill

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• At least 6-10 years of work experience in buying & merchandising area in Retail, e Commerce, Sporting goods, Fashion and FMCG industry

• Oustanding communication skills, drive and passion for sales - awareness of online business trends.

• University degree or above

• Advanced IT skills in outlook, work, excel, PowerPoint

• Excellent written and spoken English