Manager Ecom Outlet Merchandising - Europe (m/f/d)

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Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization

At adidas, a disciplined and strategic off-price approach is essential to maintaining a healthy marketplace, protecting brand desirability, and enabling sustainable and profitable growth. This role is at the forefront of shaping how excess inventory is managed across Europe, ensuring product lifecycle decisions support both commercial objectives and long-term brand equity.

The Manager, Ecom Outlet Product Merchandising, is responsible for managing excess inventory within the European e-commerce outlet business. The role requires strong commercial acumen, 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 for decision making and provide accurate reporting for 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 eCommerce Outlet Merchandising Strategy within a defined category scope, managing excess inventory and factory outlet assortment buys to maximize sell-through, revenue, 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.
• Coordinate the planning of commercial moments across the outlet team and key stakeholders.
• Maintain and enhance key reports and tools.
• Work with the pricing team to define markdown strategies.
• Drive regular excess inventory reviews.
• Track and manage the flow of inventory into the ecom outlet.
• Provide accurate product and inventory data to support promotional planning and campaign execution.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, tools, and reporting.
• Support the seasonal planning process.
• Provide regular performance updates to senior leadership.
• Continuously monitor market trends and competitor activity.

Key Relationships

• Inline Merchandising Teams
• Buying & Planning Teams
• Ecom Commercial & Trade Teams
• Supply Chain Teams
• Pricing Team
• Business Analytics

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, data analysis).
• Strong commercial acumen.
• High attention to detail with a strong focus on data accuracy and quality.
• Experience working with merchandising and planning systems; familiarity with MicroStrategy or similar tools is a strong advantage.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Collaborative mindset.
• Fluent in English.

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.