Assistant Manager Merchandising - Tennis

Job description

This role sits within North America Merchandising and supports the Racket Sports category (Tennis, Padel and Pickleball). The Assistant Manager partners closely with the Senior Manager to help drive commercial results, range planning, and go‑to‑market execution across NAM. Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization - Supports the Senior Manager Merchandising in executing the NAM short and medium-term objectives for the respective category, specifically responsible for delivering across all KPIs. - Implement global strategies in a locally relevant way for NAM, considering different consumer needs and distribution channels. - Supports in influencing the development of global strategies through providing clear and relevant commercial input in terms of consumer needs, market particularities, and channel needs. - Collaborate regularly with global counter parts to identify business opportunities in the market and to maximize net sales and profitability (within global and NAM strategic parameters) Key Responsibilities: - Support category initiatives to meet key commercial goals for specialist sports. - Support market / account facing milestone meetings for specific category areas (e...