Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization

Drive BU Basketball business success within guidelines set by Global BUs

Key Responsibilities

• Deepen consumer connection: Obtain and deliver consumer insights to create and select the appropriate product, well understand market trends and leverage them in product creation
• Merchandising strategy & planning: Deliver seasonal merchandising plan, including range architecture and product selection, segmentation, lifecycle, pricing, product range and store layout from both global and local creation and direction for assortment
• Product Creation Planning and Management: Responsible for holistic range plan, product brief, feedback integration and drive cooperation with creation team to deliver market-leading products, utilize local creation to rapidly respond to market & sell-through trends
• Routine: Including business track/sales review and system/file management including range upload, sample management etc.
• Drive Cross-Functional Communication & Alignment: This role will need smooth and effective cross functional communication including with GCA sales/channels and Global organization to align seasonal strategies and with CCS team to handle creation projects

KPI’s

• Category NS, Net Margin and Contribution across GCA
• Sell-out
• Forecast & data accuracy
• NPS
• Market share
• Achievement of key SBP initiatives

Key Relationships

• Global BU
• Creation Center Shanghai
• GCA Channels/Buying (Franchise/ECOM/OR Buying, Product Sales, Retail Training, RM, VM, etc.)
• GCA Brand and Sports Marketing
• GCA Demand Planning/Finance
• GCA Product Planning & Ops

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Understanding of China retail landscape, Basketball consumer behavior & commercial dynamics, especially APP perspective, and ability to interpret insights against strategy
• Track record of success and high-level Category Management & Merchandising knowledge from retail Industry
• Knowledge/experience related to Apparel or Basketball product creation/development will be a plus
• Presentation/communication, negotiation and influencing skills
• Data analysis skills and ability to translate and articulate data results into clear business actions
• Cross-functional and stakeholder management experience across commercial functions (e.g. marketing, sales, buying, etc.) and support functions
• Positive and organized work ethic, ability to organize teams and processes cross functionally
• Solution oriented & agile mindset, adapt to change and work effectively in a fast-paced environment
• Team player with high level of integrity & attention to detail
• Data analysis skills and ability to translate and articulate data results into clear business actions

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in category management/product required. Regional experience preferred
• University degree in Business or equivalent professional experience, ideally in Sales and/or Marketing
• Sporting goods industry experience required
• Fluent in English
• Strong Computer Skills including Outlook, Word, Excel (Pivot), Powerpoint, etc
• Passion for sports and belief that through sports we have the power to change lives