Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization
This position is responsible for inline range deployment and planning to enable DC operations in meeting business targets and customer and consumer demand. The role also plays a critical role in pre-season deployment among main distribution centers and 3PL warehouses for B2B and B2C order fulfillment, coordinating inventory monitoring and actions with cross-functional teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform deployment operations tasks in relevant systems according to DC storage and processing capacity and operations planning.
- Support and conduct inline range deployment activities from start to finish, especially B2B deployment activities and process enhancements.
- Assign the right DC to customer, store and consumer locations at the lowest cost while meeting service-level targets.
- Optimize inventory mixes for each DC and identify efficient models between initial allocation and replenishment.
- Consolidate demand forecasts across wholesale, retail and e-commerce, and monitor supply status and order fulfillment performance.
- Communicate planning updates and special project requirements to DC operational teams.
- Analyze consumer purchase behavior against DC network setup and floor operations to propose deployment strategies.
- Review and improve DC operations for effective use of equipment and people resources.
- Maintain knowledge of technology and systems supporting DC planning and KPI reporting, and provide structured feedback to IT and Systems.
- Identify training, development and process improvement opportunities while collaborating effectively across functions.
Key Relationships
Product Supply, Order Book Fulfillment, DC Operations, Transportation, OMB Channels, Finance and IT.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Knowledge and experience in supply chain and operations management.
- Strong communication, analytical and logical-thinking skills with attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks under time constraints.
- Competence with MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Power BI and Project.
- Strategic, self-motivated and open-minded, with the ability to work independently and under pressure.
Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or above, majoring in supply chain management or logistics.
- At least 1 year of work experience.
- Solid planning experience.
- Familiarity with BI systems.
- Retail or FMCG experience is a plus.
About adidas
adidas fosters a winning culture based on courage, ownership, innovation, teamplay, integrity and respect. The company emphasizes diversity, equity and inclusion to create belonging and connect authentically with consumers and communities.