Director Franchise In Season Trading

adidas AG

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In-season trading
Merchandise allocation
Inventory governance
The Director, In-Season Trading / Merchandise is accountable for leading the end-to-end merchandise operating model across retail channels, ensuring optimal allocation, replenishment, and inventory governance to maximize sell-through, profitability, and inventory health

Job Summary

  • The Director, In-Season Trading / Merchandise is accountable for leading the end-to-end merchandise operating model across retail channels, ensuring optimal allocation, replenishment, and inventory governance to maximize sell-through, profitability, and inventory health.
  • This role defines and drives the merchandise execution strategy, translates commercial objectives into actionable operating frameworks, and builds scalable processes, systems, and team capabilities to support sustainable business growth.
  • Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing in-season trading team, defining capability frameworks and fostering a culture of accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement.

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The Director, In-Season Trading / Merchandise is accountable for leading the end-to-end merchandise operating model across retail channels, ensuring optimal allocation, replenishment, and inventory governance to maximize sell-through, profitability, and inventory health.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • In-season trading
  • Merchandise allocation
  • Inventory governance
  • Sell-through optimization
  • Retail operations strategy
  • Data-driven insights

Nice-to-have

  • Continuous improvement culture
  • Scalable processes
  • Digital enablement
  • High ownership mindset
  • Result orientation

Key Requirements

  • Minimum 10+ years experience
  • Minimum 3 years leadership experience
  • University degree required
  • MBA preferred
  • Advanced Excel modeling
  • Strong presentation skills

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