Assistant Manager

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Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

This role is responsible for maximizing the BOH operational efficiency of Market Europe Retail by ensuring that all adidas Group policies and Europe Retail Operations standards are implemented as well as enhanced when opportunity arises. The role will focus on marginal gains and ensuring efficient processes are in place to maximize business performance across our own retail fleet.

Key Responsibilities:

• Implement the foundations for BOH operational excellence in own stores.
• Responsible for the implementation of operational processes and tools for stores including, but not limited to inventory management, receiving excellence, stockroom standards, and store opening processes.
• Support RFID Process planning for implementation in the future.
• Measure and monitor business process performance and conduct analysis to improve profitability.
• Create best practices address local challenges to enhance process improvements.
• Support the implementation of operational programs related to BOH operations
• Champion the goals of operational programs and services.
• Facilitate training and coaching for individual reports and goal setting for the team.
• Serve as a conduit between EU Operational team and stores
• Establish consistent communication avenues for programs to support understanding and adoption.
• Identify and develop a balanced set of performance measurements based on strategic goals to measure continued adoption of processes and programs.

• Seek new opportunities for innovation with current processes

• Communicate regularly with store teams to identify challenges, successes, and future opportunities.

Key Relationships:

• Back office X-functions (including Store Development, Real Estate, Business Solutions, SCM)
• Retail Clusters and Operations teams
• Retail and Consumer Excellence teams
• Global Retail Operations
• VM & Marketing
• HR

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Retail operations and process improvement
• Ability to work effectively within a team environment and under pressure
• Strong analytical skills and an innovative thinker
• Good planning, communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to work and deliver in changing environments
• Solid project management skills from initiation to implementation
• Analytical mindset and an innovative thinker
• Advanced user of MS Office suite of products (MS Access as a strong plus)
• Fluent in English with additional languages an advantage

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Business Administration, Finance or related field and minimum of 2 years' directly relevant work experience
• 1-3 years' retail store operations experience required
• Retail Store management experience is preferred
• Experience with Store Workload Planning is preferred

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.

AT ADIDAS, WE STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT EMBEDDING DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION (DEI) INTO OUR CULTURE AND TALENT PROCESSES GIVES OUR EMPLOYEES A SENSE OF BELONGING AND OUR BRAND A REAL COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE.

– CULTURE STARTS WITH PEOPLE, IT STARTS WITH YOU –

BY RECRUITING TALENT AND DEVELOPING OUR PEOPLE TO REFLECT THE RICH DIVERSITY OF OUR CONSUMERS AND COMMUNITIES, WE FOSTER A CULTURE OF INCLUSION THAT ENGAGES OUR EMPLOYEES AND AUTHENTICALLY CONNECTS OUR BRAND WITH OUR CONSUMERS.

JOB TITLE:

Assistant Manager - BOH Operations and Measurable Process temp until m/f/d)

BRAND:

LOCATION:

Herzogenaurach

TEAM:

Retail

STATE:

BY

COUNTRY/REGION:

DE

CONTRACT TYPE:

Limited Duration

NUMBER:

534593

DATE:

Oct 29, 2025