Manager Ecom/Omni Merchandising Europe(m/w/x)

# Manager Ecom/Omni Merchandising Europe (m/f/d) - temp till September 2026 # **Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization** The Manager Ecom Outlet Merchandising is responsible for managing excess inventory within the European e-commerce outlet business, ensuring effective product lifecycle management and driving profitable clearance strategies. This role requires strong system knowledge, advanced Excel skills, and a high level of attention to data accuracy, as data quality underpins all product flow, inventory decisions, and performance reporting. The ability to work with complex datasets, extract insights, and provide clear, accurate reporting to stakeholders is essential. This role works closely with inline merchandising, buying, planning, and supply chain teams to ensure product transitions are well-managed and excess inventory is effectively cleared through the e-commerce outlet channel. --- **Key Responsibilities** * Own and execute the Ecom Outlet Merchandising Strategy with a focus on managing excess inventory and maximizing sell-through and profitability. * Partner with inline merchandising, buying, and planning teams to manage the smooth transition of products from full-price to outlet. * Ensure data accuracy across all merchandising systems and reports — including product availability, pricing, and stock movement — to enable reliable decision-making. * Conduct regular analysis of sales performance, sell-through rates, stock cover, and price effectiveness, providing clear and actionable recommendations. * Maintain and enhance key reports and tools, ensuring they provide accurate and timely visibility into inventory levels, product performance, and clearance progress. * Work with the pricing team to define markdown strategies, ensuring alignment with margin and inventory targets. * Drive regular excess inventory reviews, collaborating with buying, planning, and supply chain teams to align intake plans with ecom clearance targets. * Track and manage the flow of inventory into the ecom outlet, ensuring product availability aligns with campaigns, promotions, and seasonal peaks. * Provide accurate product and inventory data to support promotional planning and campaign execution. * Act as the key link between ecom outlet, inline, buying, planning, and supply chain teams, ensuring clear communication and aligned priorities. * Identify opportunities to improve processes, tools, and reporting to better support fast decision-making and ensure full visibility of product lifecycle stages. * Support the seasonal planning process, ensuring that excess inventory management is integrated into overall inventory and commercial planning. * Provide regular performance updates to senior leadership, highlighting risks, opportunities, and key actions. * Continuously monitor market trends and competitor activity in the outlet and clearance space to identify new opportunities for profitable inventory management. --- **Key Relationships** * Inline Merchandising Teams * Buying & Planning Teams * Ecom Commercial & Trade Teams * Supply Chain Teams * Pricing Team --- **Knowledge, Skills and Abilities** * Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, data analysis). * Experience working with merchandising and planning systems; familiarity with MicroStrategy or similar tools is a strong advantage. * High attention to detail with a strong focus on data accuracy and quality. * Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data and translate into clear insights and actions. * Excellent organizational skills, capable of managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. * Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, particularly across cross-functional teams. * Collaborative mindset with the ability to build strong relationships across teams. * Fluent in English; additional European languages are a plus. --- **Requisite Education and Experience** * University degree in business administration, merchandising, supply chain management, or related field preferred (or equivalent professional experience). * 2-4 years’ experience in e-commerce merchandising, preferably with exposure to excess inventory, clearance, or outlet management. * Experience working in buying, planning, or supply chain teams within a multi-market, multi-channel environment. * Previous experience working with large datasets and creating reports to support decision-making. AT ADIDAS WE HAVE A WINNING CULTURE. BUT TO WIN, PHYSICAL POWER IS NOT ENOUGH. JUST LIKE ATHLETES OUR EMPLOYEES NEED MENTAL STRENGTH IN THEIR GAME. WE FOSTER THE ATHLETE’S MINDSET THROUGH A SET OF BEHAVIORS THAT WE WANT TO ENABLE AND DEVELOP IN OUR PEOPLE AND THAT ARE AT THE CORE OF OUR UNIQUE COMPANY CULTURE: THIS IS HOW WE WIN WHILE PLAYING FAIR. * **COURAGE:** Speak up when you see an opportunity; step up when you see a need.. * **OWNERSHIP:** Pick up the ball. Be proactive, take responsibility and follow-through. * **INNOVATION:** Elevate to win. Be curious, test and learn new and better ways of doing things. * **TEAMPLAY:** Win together. Work collaboratively and cultivate a shared mindset. * **INTEGRITY:** Play by the rules. Hold yourself and others accountable to our company’s standards. * **RESPECT:** Value all players. Display empathy, be inclusive and show dignity to all. adidas celebrates diversity, supports inclusiveness and encourages individual expression in our workplace. We do not tolerate the harassment or discrimination toward any of our applicants or employees. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. # Job Title:  Manager Ecom/Omni Merchandising Europe (m/f/d) - temp till September 2026 Brand: Location: Herzogenaurach TEAM: Retail State: BY Country/Region: DE Contract Type: Temp Number: 528200 Date: May 2, 2025