Director, Strategic Planning, Business Development
Purpose & Overall Relevance For The Organization
To support profitable and sustainable market share growth for all brands (adidas) in the Market by providing strategic insights through internal and external data synthesis, decision-support analysis and strategic planning processes.
Support the execution of the Korea priorities by working closely with the Korea BD and PMO team on key strategic cross-functional projects and initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Planning process:
Drive the global and local Strategic Business Planning (SBP) process (e.g., document development, local alignment, global submissions, communication packages), for the future 2-5 year period.
Within the mid- and long-term ambition of Korea’s strategic gameplan to win customers, consumers and marketplace, develop and support driving the Strategic Plan/ Priorities across Brands, Channels and enabling functions as well as developing yearly priorities.
Data Driven Decision Making Support
Develop financial and quantitative models relevant to strategy planning (e.g., business simulation, revenue projection, market share development, financial statement analysis).
Synthesize data and prepare analysis to support senior management decision-making on priority topics (typically working cross-functionally) – scorecard, priority results, priority roadmap
Strategic Documents Development
Develop strategic presentations and business planning documents to Senior Leadership Team.
Drive the development of executive level presentations and reports.
Korea Transformation
Drive the execution of Korea transformation plan supporting the Mono channel with strategic approaches and frameworks for Decision making.
Support on planning thought process and strategic approach to growth journey for mono-transformation and be a sounding board to the channel partners.
External Consultancy And Research
Support strategic thought process for external research activities, including agenda-setting, consultant selection and research planning.
Special Projects
Engage on regular and ad-hoc major cross-functional projects, esp. at strategic development stage (workshops, individual briefings
Key Relationships
Senior Leadership Team of adidas Korea
Sales Director (and Sales Management Team)
Brand Director (and Marketing Management Team)
Global Sales Strategy and Business Development team
Kpi
Proper management of SBP process and deliverables
Quality of market and competitor data reporting
Quality of data analysis
Effectiveness and impact of external research projects
Overall business impact
Knowledge, Skills And Experience
Experience with a global apparel / consumer goods brand-retailer or Consulting
Experience in working closely with middle and senior leaders across functions
Strong analytical skills, problem solving skills and communication skills
Project management experience
Expert Power Point user, Expert Excel user, Thinkcell or visualization tools familiarity
Requisite Education And Experience / Minimum Qualifications
Minimum 7-9 years of general business experience (ideally in more than one business function); equivalent experience in management consulting firm with strategic planning experience
University degree or above; MBA or other business-related qualification preferred
Open mind-set, curiosity, continuously challenging the status-quo
Passion for sport/sporting goods industry
Fluent in English and local language (good to have)
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