adidas Looking for Assistant Store Development Manager – Design at Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada Full Time

Assist in the global retail concept implementation for all capital improvement projects, new store openings and remodels of existing spaces, ensuring a deliberate, impactful user experience for both our consumers and retail store teams. The Assistant Store Development Manager – Design is the leading expert in concept fixtures across all store formats and segments.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop floorplans and consumer journey with guidance from the Store Development Manager, Design in consideration of global retail concepts guidelines and market specific targets and building codes.
• Work with external vendors to ensure quality and consistency of fixturing across all store concepts and store segmentations to for front and back-of-house.
• In partnership with external vendors, create detailed fixture order lists inclusive of sales floor fixtures, Visual Merchandising fixtures and tools, In-Store Communications tools, hangers, and mannequins.
• Work with Project team to secure fixture purchases from globally and locally approved vendors in compliance with company policies.
• Support Store Teams with guidance and instruction on how to correctly use fixture packages by concept, format, and segment.
• Build detailed floor layouts with options counts, category placement, to share with Buying/Planning and Marketing teams.
• Work with local Buying/Planning team and Store team to ensure all store capacities are correctly communicated and documented.
• Execute drawing reviews, ensuring current drawing and concept standards are met for architectural drawings as related to all capital improvement projects, new store openings, and remodels of existing spaces.
• Partner with Digital Sales Solutions and Project team to incorporate digital experience tools into design.
• Ensure all project operations comply with Company, provincial and federal policies & regulations.
• Evaluate each project after completion and implement process improvement opportunities and best practices.
• Assist the Store Development Manager, Design in project research including but not limited to lighting, materials, and experiential components.

Key Relationships

• Store Development
• Retail Partners in Operations, Merchandising, Marketing
• Retail Fleet teams
• External partners (ie: architects)

Knowledge Skills And Abilities

• Proficiency in software applications such as MS Office, AutoCAD (2D) is required.
• Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator or equivalent.
• Strong knowledge of design processes; technical knowledge of building components and their function; experience with contract documents and specifications.
• Strong knowledge of general visual merchandising principles.
• Strong team player with proven ability to work cross functionally to achieve goals and objectives.
• Strong influencing and communications skills, with the ability to work effectively with all levels of business and third parties.
• Ability to illustrate ideas, concepts and/or design direction.
• Ability to coach and train retail store management, store associates and Retail Back Office counterparts.
• Ability to travel up to 20% of time (nationally, regionally).

Education and Experience

• A bachelor’s degree from a college or university, or a combination of education with equivalent work experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in retail store development, design & construction management.
• Bilingual in French & English is considered a plus
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at adidas means championing individual uniqueness and cultivating 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.
• adidas offers a robust and progressive range of benefits, including: health and dental benefits, including prescription drug coverage, out of country coverage, short and long-term disability, basic life and AD&D insurance, and an Employee & Family Assistance Program. Employees are able to enroll in adidas’ Retirement Savings Plan with employer match. Qualifying employees are eligible for our education assistance program and fitness reimbursement program
• Employees are eligible to earn an annual bonus based on both company and personal performance. We recognize the commitment of our employees by increasing vacation time with length of service. We also offer Service Awards & Service Time Off during milestone years, paid bereavement leave, and parental leave top-up to eligible employees.
• We operate in a hybrid work environment, working 3 days in office and 2 days remote.  The working location of this position is Woodbridge, Toronto.
• Though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is English.
• adidas is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates, including those with Disabilities, and will accommodate applicants’ needs, upon request, throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process. If selected to participate in an interview, accommodations will be made available on request. Please inform the Recruiter of the accommodation(s) that you may require. Information received relating to accommodation will be addressed confidentially.