Trainee - Business Analytics, Partner Program [12 months]

Job description

Country: Netherlands
Job Function: Digital

State / Province: Netherlands
Position Type: Graduate

City / Location: Amsterdam
Brand: adidas

Relocation: No

Somewhere, in one of our workshops right now, the future is taking shape. We are constantly working to redefine the way clothing and footwear transforms the pitch, court or course. This is what drives us: the feeling of discovery and the urge to innovate. When we create a product that makes our hearts beat faster, we know we’re onto something.

If this sounds inspiring, you might be one of us: Someone who loves to create the present, as well as shape the future. There’s a reason adidas has been at the forefront of defining sport for more than 60 years: We never stand still. Everyday, we work to improve everything we create.

At adidas, interesting, amazing and inspiring aren’t just ideas. They are what we do every single day.

Want to practice what you have learned at university? Do you want to experience hands-on what your dream job is like? Are you a sports lover who aspires to work in an international environment with responsibilities for own projects? Then a traineeship at adidas will be an opportunity for you to join a truly international business with an environment that is often described as dynamic, innovative, and culturally diverse!

Traineeship at the adidas

The purpose of this traineeship is to provide the trainee with experience of the practical application of theoretical knowledge the traineeship student has already acquired at university and to acquire new skills and knowledge. This traineeship description contains tasks and responsibilities that will be learned step by step and the trainee will be accompanied by adidas employees at all times. adidas International/ Marketing /Trading B.V. will ensure that the trainee is given tasks and responsibilities according to the level of competence of the trainee and any educational objectives for the trainee period. The trainee will sign a trainee agreement, which is not an employment contract.

Purpose:

The Business Analytics Trainee supports the expansion of the DPC Partner Program Business from a financial and analytical perspective.

Main goal of this role is to provide research and analysis to clearly identify business drivers, anticipate outcomes and recommend future merchandising and business development actions to drive the Partner Program (marketplace) business for DPC Market Europe.

Support the collaboration with Market Europe e-commerce analytics and financial controlling to drive business planning and process improvements for current and future seasons.

Key Responsibilities:

· Support the maintenance of daily, weekly and monthly reporting for the Partner Program team to drive both in-season needs and future season planning.
· Serve as a key resource for ad hoc analysis to react to current and future business trends and present findings to the Partner Program team (internal and external stakeholders).
· Identify key trends and business drivers on live business.
· Prepare recommendations and alternatives based on financial analysis for the business to maximize sales, margin and ROI.
· Work collaboratively with the Partner Program Business Development team to offer data driven-guidance and recommendation to support our future partner rollout planning that is in line with our financial targets.
· Work closely with Platform Trading team to create data driven insights to drive the performance of the live business.
· Support the revision of in-season financial plans when necessary to ensure accuracy.
· Support and drive the creation of Dashboards that will allow report automatization and data efficiencies.
· Research and provide insights of what’s happening in the industry, with a clear focus on marketplaces and competitors.
· Improving and maintaining internal processes to enable us to manage this business more efficiently

Key Relationships:

· Market Europe eCommerce team: Financial Services, Analytics, Merchandising
· Partner Program Business Development, Platform Operations and Platform Trading teams
· DTC and WHS Finance teams

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :

· Graduated with Bachelor/Master degree within Business/Finance/Data Science/Business Analytics
· Masters in Finance is a plus
· Graduated within the last 2 years
· Only applied to EU citizens due to work permit regulations
· Financial skilled, P&L strong knowledge and comfortable around data are a must!!
· Ideally with working experience in Banking, Management Consulting or eCommerce.
· Sales background can be considered as well if the candidate has a strong experience in Forecasting, Financial Planning or working with big data.
· Excellent organizational and planning skills
· Project Management experience is a plus
· Interest for data and business eCommerce projects
· Strong knowledge of PowerPoint & Excel
· Knowledge of Alteryx or any another analytical tool (e.g. MicroStrategy, SQL, etc.). are a plus.
· Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills
· Feel comfortable with working in an international environment.

Start date

1 March 2019

Duration

12 months

Relocation

Please note that relocation is not offered for traineeships

Next recruitment step

WePow pre-recorded video interview