Manager Sports Marketing - Specialty Sports

Adidas Player Strategy Development

Responsible in the development of the adidas player strategy, including scouting, signing and maintaining relationships with our adidas contracted players. Lead and drive adidas assets (players) and with leagues, ensuring that our share of voice within US category.

Key Accountabilities

• Develop and drive the Olympic Sport(s) player strategy for the US
• Partner with team to help scout next generation players and maintain a database of potential signings.
• Sign and retain key players, working with both agents and internal stakeholders.
• Maintain daily relationships with players, ensuring a premium level of service.
• Heavy travel and overtime may be required during peak season, up to 40%.
• Support the execution of category initiatives by placing product buys and forecasting distribution of product based on internal event calendar.
• Manage the merchandise program for all category related partners.
• Leverage internal reporting to ensure accurate and timely execution of activations.
• Coordinate administrative program operations such as order tracking, filing, budgeting and related correspondence.
• Coordinate product distributions based on seasonal availability and provide alternate solutions that create opportunities to influence purchasing decisions of the consumer.
• Coordinate with Brand Activation on programs related to advertising and collateral materials.
• Coordinate athlete travel booking and expense reimbursement.
• Assist with the execution of athlete appearances and retail promotions.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Extensive knowledge of assigned sport/category
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and decision making skills
• Ability to work across teams and manage priorities to accomplish multiple tasks with conflicting deadlines
• Ability to present effectively to groups, including members of all organizational levels
• Strong negotiation skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to maintain a professional attitude in fast paced, changing environments.
• Ability to communicate with people on different levels within and outside the organization
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook)

Qualifications

• Four year college or university degree, emphasis in marketing or business preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years related experience and/or training; equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be substituted for a degree.

• 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.
• adidas offers robust and progressive medical, including HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer funding or FSA (Flexible Spending Account) options, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, adoption, with surrogate and fertility support, short and long-term disability, and basic life and AD&D insurance, which can be supplemented with employee-paid coverage. Employees are able to enroll in adidas' 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match. Full-time employees are eligible for education assistance and generous Leave policies including 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Employees are eligible to earn an annual bonus based on both company and personal performance. Employees accrue prorated flexible time off in the amount .4388 hours per day that increases with years of service, twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year and Service Time Off during milestone years.
• At adidas we offer a Hybrid work policy which requires attendance in the office Monday through Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Friday each week. For work requiring a high degree of collaboration or an in-person presentation, in-office attendance is required even on Friday. The working location of this position is Portland, Oregon. Though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is English.