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Manager, ReAct Planning
Area: Market GCA
Department: ReAct Planning, Product Planning and Operation
Direct Reporting Line: Director of ReAct Planning
Indirect/Secondary Reporting Line: N/A
Subsidiary/Country: China
Location: Shanghai
GSMS Grade: M4
Number of Personnel Managed: 0
Cost Center/Budget and/or Revenue Responsibility: N/A
Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:
ReAct is the most important product merchandizing and development strategy within adidas GCA, sponsored by global executive board team. The objective of ReAct is to develop a set of agile capabilities to produce what we sell, rather than sell what we produce, ensuring that we make the best product for consumers in China.
The role of the Manager, ReAct Planning, support the ReAct planning, activation and optimization to achieve ReAct objectives, as one of GCA’s top product strategies.
He/she will achieve this mission by:
- The maximization of react activation in X-functions within GCA
- Support the ReAct optimization related initiative and project implementation
Key Responsibilities:
Planning – Rationalize the ReAct presence
- Coordinate the X-function team to build the centralized ReAct product creation and go-to-market plan.
- Maximize and rationalize the ReAct operating model coverage within GCA product seasonal planning scope.
- Define ReAct related principles and rules for E2E material management to achieve material led product creation.
- Collaborate with global ReAct team to set up key processes and to develop the critical system capability to ensure successful implementation
End-to End Activation – Ensure the ReAct landing
- Support the product development and GTM plan of the key ReAct packs, to ensure the React concept execution from E2E perspective.
- Coordinate the pack level X-functional communication and group problem solving to ensure successful implementation.
- Conduct holistic pack performance assessment and socialize with X-functional key stakeholders.
Optimization – Maximize the ReAct benefit
- Identify optimization opportunities in ReAct daily operations and support the corresponding initiative and project set up
- Drive the implementation of ReAct optimization (in forms of projects) through proactively problem-solving with a structured approach.
- Manage the ReAct project timeline, resources, way of working, and communication to ensure success
KPIs:
- ReAct coverage across the GCA product plan
- ReAct key pack business performance (business performance, operation efficiency, material leftover, etc.)
- ReAct optimization Initiative(s) achievement – Time to Completion, Resource Utilisation, Impact of the results
- Qualitative feedback from Leadership, X-functional peers and Global Interfaces on overall leadership, communications, problem solving, strategic influence
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Strong communication and people management skills
- Strong process and project management skills – organized approach but also able to be flexible to meet changing needs
- Solid business sense and analytic/critical-thinking skills – able to solve problems using both conventional judgment and ad-hoc analysis
- Willingness to learn and adapt –to build business acumen and develop general management competency
- Initiative & entrepreneurial – take initiative and proactively seek opportunity for improvement
Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:
- University degree or above
- Minimum 3-5 years of general business and project management experience, Experience with leading consumer brand a plus, Experience in leading management consulting firm a plus
- Experience in and strong skills of process and project management
- Experience in working closely with middle and senior managers across functions
- Solid skills in Word, Excel, Power Point etc.
- Basic statistics and modeling knowledge
- Strong communication skills – written and spoken English and Mandarin
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OWNERSHIP: Pick up the ball. Be proactive, take responsibility and follow-through.
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RESPECT: Value all players. Display empathy, be inclusive and show dignity to all.
ADIDAS CELEBRATES DIVERSITY, SUPPORTS INCLUSIVENESS AND ENCOURAGES INDIVIDUAL EXPRESSION IN OUR WORKPLACE. WE DO NOT TOLERATE THE HARASSMENT OR DISCRIMINATION TOWARD ANY OF OUR APPLICANTS OR EMPLOYEES. WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.
JOB TITLE:
Manager, ReAct Planning
BRAND:
adidas
LOCATION:
Shanghai
TEAM:
Marketing & Communications
STATE:
SH
COUNTRY/REGION:
CN
CONTRACT TYPE:
Full time
NUMBER:
499319
DATE:
Jul 7, 2023
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