Assistant Manager, Business Enablement

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PURPOSE

The Assistant Manager of Business Enablement for Wholesale Supply Chain is responsible for organizing all business decks and leadership cadences, maintaining action item lists developed with key customers, and ensuring the development, maintenance, and progress of the strategic one-pager. This role supports seamless communication and strategic alignment across the organization to drive business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage Leadership Cadences: Coordinate and manage account Top-to-Top cadence schedules and content, ensuring timely and effective meetings.
• Organize Business Decks: Prepare, organize, and maintain all template business presentation decks for internal and external use, using creative story-telling techniques.
• Compile and Track Action Items: Develop, maintain, and track progress against priority action items created with key customers in Smartsheet, ensuring follow-up and completion.
• Ensure Strategic One-Pager Progress: Oversee the development, maintenance, and progress of the department strategic one-pager, ensuring it aligns with commercial and supply chain business goals.
• Support Communication: Facilitate clear and effective communication between Sales Execution and Supply Chain Account Management.
• Track Milestones: Utilize Project Management tools such as Think-Cell to monitor and track progress on key initiatives and milestones, providing updates to leadership.
• Collaborate with Teams: Work closely with Sales Execution, SCM Account Management, SCM Business Enablement, and SCM Projects to ensure alignment and support for business objectives.
• Implement Process Improvements: Support the development and implementation of process improvements to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Provide Administrative Support: Assist with administrative tasks as needed to support the Wholesale Supply Chain Strategic Planning function.
  
  

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• Sales Operations
• Sales Execution
• Sales Planning
• Category Management
• SCM Account Management
• SCM Strategy and SCM Projects
• Demand Planning
• Order Management
• Product Supply
• Inbound Planning and Transportation
• Performance Management
• Commercial Finance
• Global and local SCM and IT
  
  

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Understanding of SCM principles, processes, and best practices.
• Familiarity with Project Management tools like Smartsheet and Think-Cell for tracking and managing projects.
• Knowledge of effective business communication practices.
• Understanding of strategic planning processes and alignment with business goals.
• Ability to organize and maintain business decks and action item lists efficiently.
• Strong skills in coordinating leadership cadences and ensuring timely and effective meetings.
• Proficiency in tracking progress on action items and milestones using project management tools.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to facilitate clear and effective communication.
• Strong ability in visual storytelling, specifically in PowerPoint.
• Ability to hold others accountable to deadlines.
• Ability to analyze data and track progress on strategic initiatives.
• Ability to work closely with various teams to ensure alignment and support for business objectives.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines effectively.
• Keen attention to detail in organizing business decks and tracking action items.
• Ability to adapt to changing requirements and support strategic planning functions.
• Ability to identify potential issues and develop effective solutions.
  
  

Requisite Education And Experience / Minimum Qualifications

• College or university degree with a focus supply chain management, Post-graduate level preferred; alternatively equivalent combination of education and related work experience in the field of Logistics, Footwear and/or Apparel
• Minimum of 1-3 years of work experience in Project Management or Business Consulting.
  
  

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