Senior Specialist Category Management Local Production & Football & Motorsports

Sits within the Merchandising & Planning team and focuses on local production and Football & Motorsports. It drives and coordinates local production activities across relevant categories, working closely with Category Managers and the local Liaison Office to increase local production volume. The role leads planning and follow-up of local production processes, seasonal agreements and embellishment processes, and monitors agreed local manufacturers.

• Drive and coordinate local production activities across relevant categories, working with Category Managers and the local Liaison Office to increase local production volume.
• Lead the planning and follow-up of local production processes, ensuring alignment with seasonal timelines and business requirements.
• Plan, monitor and coordinate seasonal agreements and production/embellishment processes with agreed local manufacturers to ensure timely execution.
• Track Football Club Launch Plans, including local production phases and relevant communication in Türkiye.
• Coordinate football clubs' requirements with the Team Sports & Football Director and Liaison Office to ensure effective execution of signed team jersey plans.
• Work with adidas Global Football BU on licensed apparel design and development.
• Manage range management aspects including segmentation and distribution, and support pricing decisions to deliver target margins, volumes and value.
• Develop forecasting, KPI reporting and scenario analysis, support the Manager CTC adidas with reporting, data consolidation and analysis, and support brand health and reach metrics including brand momentum, Net Promoter Score, net sales, brand reputation and perception.
• Follow up on global product launches and collaborate with Communication, Omni and Sales teams to align local launch timing and execution, ensuring go-to-market plans and global campaign implementation/localisation meet timelines.
• Coordinate product-related requirements and timelines for clubs' and federations' licensed apparel throughout the collection creation lifecycle, identify opportunities to grow the Football & Motorsports business, monitor local competition
• And support BU Football & Motorsports in ensuring strong exposure across local and brand channels.

• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including relationship management, collaboration, creativity, confidence and facilitation.
• Strong cross-functional experience across merchandising, category management, brand and sales.
• Structured, organised and process-oriented.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Fluent in written and spoken English is a must.

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