Senior Specialist Trading & Allocation FO UAE
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About the Role
adidas seeks a Senior Specialist Trading & Allocation for the EMC DTC business in UAE. The role focuses on allocation, in-season trading, inventory management, and maximizing profit through data-driven decisions.
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Responsibilities
- Translate seasonal brand and commercial strategy into channel level range and allocation assortment plans
- Partner with Planning and Buying to align pre season assumptions on demand, launch depth, phasing, stock turns and sell through targets
- Support development of seasonal OTB and intake plans by providing market specific allocation and availability insights
- Monitor daily and weekly sales performance to identify opportunities and mitigate risks
- Develop and execute in season trading strategies to capture demand at optimal margins
- Lead markdown, promotion, and replenishment decisions to maximize sell through and profitability
- Drive inventory clearance strategies to maintain healthy stock levels across retail & e commerce channels
- Collaborate with cross functional teams to align inventory movement with consumer demand
- Implement pricing strategies that drive profitability while maintaining competitiveness
Requirements
- University degree in business/Finance/Merchandising
- Minimum 3 years of merchandising experience
- High degree of commercial and business acumen
- Strong analytical skills
- Advanced user of MS Office suite
- Fluent in English
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Purpose & Overall Relevance
- This role is critical to supporting the profitability of the business for EMC DTC by focusing on allocation, in season trading, inventory management, and maximizing profit through agile, data driven decision making.
Pre Season Strategy & OTB Planning
- Translate the seasonal brand and commercial strategy into clear channel level range and allocation assortment plans for the market, and store cluster.
- Partner closely with Planning and Buying to align pre season assumptions on demand, launch depth, phasing, stock turns and sell through targets.
- Support the development of seasonal OTB and intake plans by providing market specific allocation and availability insights across channels.
- Define success metrics for launches, seasonal conversion, and key campaign moments, ensuring clarity ahead of season start.
In Season Trading
- Monitor daily and weekly sales performance to identify opportunities for quick action on fast selling products and mitigate risks on slow moving inventory.
- Develop and execute in season trading strategies to capture demand at optimal margins and outpace competitors in key categories.
- Lead markdown, promotion, and replenishment decisions to maximize sell through and profitability.
- Drive inventory clearance strategies to maintain healthy stock levels across retail & e commerce channels.
- Collaborate with cross functional teams to align inventory movement with consumer demand and market trends.
- Ensure alignment of stock allocations and replenishments with channel specific performance goals.
- Implement pricing strategies that drive profitability while maintaining competitiveness.
- Build scalable foundations for future growth by implementing best practices and innovative solutions.
- Contribute to the development of key planning reports and be responsible for its implementation and adoption in channels.
Cross Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with Planning, Buying, Finance, Demand planning, SCM & operations teams to ensure alignment of trading actions with broader business strategies.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- High degree of commercial and business acumen
- Strong time management, planning and organizational skills
- Ability to multi task in a dynamic environment and challenge the status quo
- Leadership and influencing skills
- Advanced user of MS Office suite of products
- Fluent in English
- Advanced knowledge of Retail Management Systems
- Strong analytical skills
- Structured, organised and process orientated
- Attention to detail as error in analysis will have crucial impact to business
- Ability to work effectively within a team environment and under pressure
Requisite Education and Experience
- University degree in business/Finance/Merchandising.
- Merchandising Experience: Minimum 3 years
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