Manager Space Planning

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization

The Manager of Retail Space Management sits within the DTC Visual Merchandising organization, this role's primary objective is to serve as a key driver in optimizing profitability and facilitating growth by elevating the consumer experience within our stores. This pivotal role encompasses the strategic shaping of the retail footprint, ensuring a consumer-centric approach, and spearheading excellence in store floor planning and option counts. The responsibilities extend beyond analysis, encompassing the translation of sales data and various metrics into tangible actions that shape the overall consumer experience and guide the creation of effective floor plans. This role manages the monthly and quarterly store directive process, ensuring a seamless and strategic approach.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute innovative retail space strategies aligned with the overall visual merchandising goals.
• Analyze market trends and consumer behavior to identify opportunities for optimizing retail space and driving sales.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with both Global and NAM visual merchandising standards.
• Identify and implement innovative solutions to enhance commercial outcomes and brand presentation.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders, including merchandising and planning functions, regional directors, and district managers as well as retail marketing team members.
• Act as a strategic partner, providing constructive insights and contributing to the overall success of the visual merchandising organization.
• Develop and maintain regular reporting mechanisms to track the effectiveness of retail space management initiatives.
• Utilize data analysis to make informed decisions and drive continuous improvement.
• Show leadership through living the brand values.

Key Relationships

• DTC Merchandising
• DTC Planning and Allocations
• Marketing and ISC teams
• Visual Merchandising back office and fleet teams
• District Managers
• Store Managers | VM Leaders

Requisite Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Proficiency in developing and implementing innovative strategies, analyzing data, and identifying retail solutions.
• Comprehensive understanding of how various elements of the marketing mix impact consumer motivation, product needs and the retail experience.
• Expertise in the retail landscape, visual merchandising, retail marketing, and presentation.
• Robust project and budget management skills.
• Flexibility to work with short timelines in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to interact at all levels within an organization.
• Passion for product and brand.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills at all levels of clients, sales associates through senior managers and internal stakeholders.
• Strong project and budget management and planning skills.
• Strong influencing skills internally and externally.
• Ability to travel: Estimated at 30%.
• Excellent MS Office skills, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch up and other floor planning software.

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree (B.A.) in Marketing, Business, Merchandising or related field.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of relevant Retail, Visual Merchandising and Product experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at adidas means championing individual uniqueness and cultivating a culture of belonging in which everyone can create at their best. We embrace diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives and seek to create a workforce that reflects our consumers and communities.
• adidas offers robust and progressive medical, including HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer funding or FSA (Flexible Spending Account) options, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, adoption, with surrogate and fertility support, short and long-term disability, and basic life and AD&D insurance, which can be supplemented with employee-paid coverage. Employees are able to enroll in adidas' 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match. Full-time employees are eligible for education assistance and generous Leave policies including 14 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Employees are eligible to earn an annual bonus based on both company and personal performance. Employees accrue prorated flexible time off in the amount .4388 hours per day that increases with years of service, twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year and Service Time Off during milestone years.
• We officially returned to office in a hybrid work environment, working 3 days in office and 2 days remote. The working location of this position is Portland, Oregon.
• Though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is English.