Career Opportunities: Scouting Specialist (145877)

Descripción de la oferta

Country: Spain                                            
Job Function: Marketing & Communications

State / Province: Spain                                
Position Type: Full time

City / Location: Zaragoza                                   
Brand: adidas Group

Relocation: No Selection

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organisation

·  To detect, identify and sign the young upcoming talents, future icon of adidas.
·  This role plays an instrumental part in the way that the brand is portrayed within the global football market and ensures on a day to day basis that we continue to raise the awareness and image of adidas as the No. 1 Global football brand.
·  Scouting is key strategy for the future of adidas football in order to make sure the stars of tomorrow play with adidas  today and in the future (from signing through their career).
·  Servicing criteria at player is extremely demanding. This position relies heavily on interpersonal skills and relationship building to achieve higher levels of partner collaboration.
·  Absolute consistency in the approach to servicing and gaining full value from player associations is critical and team work is essential to drive standards upwards.
·  Competitors of adidas, including through the use of their sponsored clubs, are extending their reach in player scouting meaning it is becoming increasingly more competitive to identify, recruit and sign players to the brand.
·  adidas has always been associated with the best symbols and provides the best service. The brand of choice by professionals.

Key Responsibilities

·  To detect, identify and sign the young upcoming talents, future icon of adidas.
·  To become a key contact in the world of Young players by providing excellence of servicing and product supply.
·  To provide an integrated approach to securing the best young football talents from young age and establish adidas as the desirable brand for young players and professionals alike.
·  To create a network in the world of football among Scouts, Coaches, Regional advisers, agents.
·  To attend to national and international Youth events and use them as a platform for scouting (Identify, contact, network and sign).
·  To work within the adidas international football team and contribute to the global scouting strategy by bringing local expertise and information.
·  Key contributor to feed, maintain and exploit the global scouting database by ensuring an accurate, regular, and professional update of the data.
·  To utilise industry knowledge to provide feedback to the brand at all times: Players info, competitor activity, product feedback.

Key Relationships

·  Internal : brand marketing, BU, GTM, Athlete Service
·  Football Sports Marketing teams Global & Local, adidas partners, Global Player Managers (to Local Player Managers), Global Scouting Managers
·  External : players, agents, clubs, football industry network

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Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

 

·  Needs to have both football knowledge and business mindset. Football product Knowledge.
·  Understanding of the issues facing players (e.g. financial, media, moving, languages, etc.) and the ability to help adidas develop programs to assist players with these issues …
·  Good network and reputation in the world of football.
·  The individual must be highly motivated and focused on task in hand.  He must be extremely well organised with an empathy towards the sport in which he is dealing with.
·  Good planning & organisation.
·  Good interpersonal and negotiation skills.
·  Good communication-verbal and written skills.
·  Proficiency with computers and standard software (Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel)
·  Commercial awareness, knowledge of the sporting goods business model.
·  Ability and commitment to retain absolute confidentiality concerning all business matters.
·  Driven to succeed and deliver against goals and work expectations.
·  Fluency in English and Spanish
·  Schedule flexibility: Position requires substantial travel (60% to 70%) for meeting with agents, clubs and attendance to games.

 

 

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications

 

·  University degree and some specific education in Sports Management would be ideal.
·  2-4 years of professional experience in sports or goods industry.
·  Football background as a player on high level and/or coaching (1-2 years experience).

 

 

 

Posting Notes: Zaragoza || Spain || Spain ||   || adidas Group || Europe, Middle East & Africa || No Selection