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Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization
This role is responsible for driving the architectural development of retail concepts in Greater China, including the localization of global concepts and the creation of China-for-China concepts. The position leads the end-to-end concept journey from insight generation and concept creation to pilot execution and validation, ensuring retail solutions are desirable for consumers, executable for the business, and scalable for future deployment.
Key Responsibilities
- Concept Development & Innovation: Lead the development of retail concepts for Greater China, translating consumer, marketplace, and business insights into retail architecture solutions.
- Pilot Store Development & Validation: Lead the architectural development and implementation of pilot stores, driving concept validation through pilot execution, design reviews, and stakeholder engagement.
- Concept Localization & Adaptation: Adapt retail concepts to meet Greater China consumer, channel, and business needs while balancing local relevance with brand consistency.
- Project Leadership & Stakeholder Management: Lead cross-functional collaboration across concept development and pilot implementation, ensuring projects meet agreed objectives, timelines, and quality standards.
- Concept Scalability & Cost Optimization: Evaluate feasibility, implementation readiness, and cost efficiency, identifying scalable architectural solutions and supporting value engineering.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Expertise in retail architecture, concept development, and consumer experience design.
- Ability to lead complex projects and influence cross-functional stakeholders within a matrix organization.
- Strategic thinking, problem-solving capabilities, and commercial awareness.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Understanding of concept implementation, pilot validation, and scalable retail solutions.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or above in Architecture, Interior Design, or a related discipline.
- 5–7 years of experience in retail architecture, concept development, or store design.
- Track record delivering retail concepts, flagship, or pilot store projects.
- Understanding of retail implementation, construction, and design development processes.
- Experience working within a cross-functional and matrix organization.
- Fluency in English and Mandarin.
Company Culture
adidas promotes a culture built around courage, ownership, innovation, teamplay, integrity, and respect, with a strong focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion.