Key Accountabilities

• Support the execution of category initiatives by placing product buys and forecasting distribution of products based on the internal event calendar.
• Lead product workstreams and seeding activations for all grassroots basketball events and calendars.
• Coordinate with Sr. Manager to help scout next-generation athletes across NCAA, High School, and Grassroots while maintaining a database and relationships of potential future signings (Girl’s and Boy’s).
• Maintain healthy relationships with coaches, directors, partners, and athletes ensuring a premium level of service.
• Coordinate administrative program operations such as order tracking, filing, budgeting, and related correspondence.
• Coordinate product distributions based on seasonal availability to create opportunities to influence purchasing decisions of the consumer.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Heavy travel and overtime may be required during peak season, up to 40%.

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 key stakeholders and cross-functional teams 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 of related experience and/or training in Basketball Sports Marketing or a related function within Basketball.
• Expert level knowledge of the Basketball landscape.
• Knowledge around Basketball products.
• Equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be substituted for a degree.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Adidas

At Adidas, we champion individual uniqueness and cultivate a culture of belonging in which everyone can create at their best. We embrace diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives and seek to create a workforce that reflects our consumers and communities.

Benefits

• 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 of .4388 hours per day that increases with years of service, eleven paid holidays throughout the calendar year, and Service Time Off during milestone years.
• The anticipated low and high end of the base pay range for this position is ($75,000-$80,000). Actual salary will be based on various factors, such as a candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills, and competencies, and proficiency for the role.
• We officially returned to office in a hybrid work environment, working 3 days in office and 2 days remote. The working location of this position is Los Angeles, CA.
• Though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is English.

Our Winning Culture

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.