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Wholesale Account Manager roles qualify for H-1B visa sponsorship when the position requires a bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or a related field. Employers in distribution, manufacturing, and consumer goods regularly file LCAs for this occupation. The 85,000-cap lottery applies, so timing your job search around the April registration window matters.
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Get Access To All JobsJob Title: Manager Wholesale Marketing
TEAM: Brand Management & Communications
Location: Portland
State: OR
Country/Region: US
Contract Type: Full time
Number: 550396
Date: Oct 9, 2026
Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:
As Manager, Wholesale Marketing, you will be responsible for supporting the development and execution of US Account Marketing and Activation Plans for key wholesale accounts. This role plays a critical function in driving business growth and improving Brand Health KPIs by ensuring best-in-class marketing activations at the point of sale.
You will work closely with Key Account Sales, Marketplace Merchandising, Brand Communications, Digital Activation, and Visual Merchandising teams to ensure alignment on brand, retail, and digital marketing strategies that enhance consumer engagement and sell-through.
This role requires strong project management, cross-functional collaboration, and an ability to execute marketing programs that elevate the consumer experience while ensuring alignment with global and NAM brand priorities.
Key Responsibilities
Strategy Execution & Account Management
- Define and align seasonal marketing plans, ensuring integration of product, retail, and brand activities for key wholesale accounts.
- Execute account marketing calendars to secure brand presence, share of space, and consumer engagement across key wholesale partners.
- Collaborate with Key Account Sales and Merchandising teams to ensure marketing programs align with commercial objectives and sell-through priorities.
- Support the development of digital and omnichannel marketing strategies in partnership with Digital Activation teams.
- Serve as the key marketing contact for assigned accounts, ensuring marketing tools, campaigns, and activations are delivered on time and in full.
Retail & Digital Activation
- Plan and execute in-store activations, product launches, and promotional campaigns in alignment with key seasonal priorities.
- Partner with Visual Merchandising and Retail Concepts teams to ensure high-quality retail execution that enhances consumer engagement.
- Work closely with retailers to drive conversion and sell-through, ensuring alignment between in-store and digital activations.
- Maintain an understanding of key consumer trends, retail behaviors, and competitive market dynamics to inform marketing strategies.
Performance Measurement & Budget Management
- Track and report on the effectiveness of marketing activations, leveraging data and insights to optimize future investments.
- Ensure budget oversight and cost control, maximizing ROI on account marketing spend.
- Collaborate with Finance and Business Development teams to ensure efficient budget allocation and performance tracking.
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Leadership
- Partner with internal stakeholders across Sales, Merchandising, Digital Activation, Brand Communications, and Visual Merchandising to deliver cohesive consumer experiences.
- Act as the consumer activation lead, providing input on marketing tools and assets required to drive engagement and commercial success.
- Share best practices and work cross-functionally with Global and NAM teams to drive a consistent and scalable marketing approach.
- Maintain strong relationships with retail partners, ensuring alignment on seasonal marketing priorities.
Key Relationships
- Sales & Merchandising Teams – Align on account marketing strategies and business priorities.
- Visual Merchandising & Retail Concepts – Ensure seamless in-store execution.
- Digital Activation & Trade Marketing Teams – Optimize omnichannel consumer engagement.
- Global & NAM Brand Marketing Teams – Align seasonal marketing initiatives with broader brand objectives.
- Finance & Business Development Teams – Monitor marketing investments and budget efficiency.
- Retail Partner Stakeholders – Foster strong external partnerships to drive brand growth.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Strong brand marketing and project management experience, preferably within wholesale and the sporting goods industry.
- Highly collaborative with strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Ability to analyze and apply consumer insights, retail trends, and business data to optimize marketing programs.
- Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive mindset to mitigate delays and ensure executional excellence.
- Deep understanding of retail marketing, digital activation, and omnichannel strategies.
- Ability to work effectively within a fast-paced, cross-functional team environment.
- Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in business, Marketing, or a related field.
- 5-7 years of experience in brand marketing, digital marketing, wholesale marketing, or account management.
- Previous experience in trade marketing, retail activation, or category marketing within a consumer-focused brand.
- Proven ability to execute account-based marketing strategies with a focus on consumer engagement and sell-through.
- Equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be substituted for degree.
adidas celebrates diversity, supports inclusiveness and encourages individual expression in our workplace. We do not tolerate the harassment or discrimination toward any of our applicants or employees. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
adidas offers robust and progressive medical, including HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer funding or FSA (Flexible Spending Account) options, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, adoption, with surrogate and fertility support, short and long-term disability, and basic life and AD&D insurance, which can be supplemented with employee-paid coverage. Employees are able to enroll in adidas’ 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match. Full-time employees are eligible for education assistance and generous Leave policies including 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
Employees are eligible to earn an annual bonus based on both company and personal performance. Employees accrue prorated flexible time off in the amount .4388 hours per day that increases with years of service, twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year and Service Time Off during milestone years.
At adidas we offer a Hybrid work policy which requires attendance in the office Monday through Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Friday each week. For work requiring a high degree of collaboration or an in-person presentation, in-office attendance is required even on Friday. The working location of this position is Portland OR.
Though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is English.
AT ADIDAS WE HAVE A WINNING CULTURE. BUT TO WIN, PHYSICAL POWER IS NOT ENOUGH. JUST LIKE ATHLETES OUR EMPLOYEES NEED MENTAL STRENGTH IN THEIR GAME. WE FOSTER THE ATHLETE’S MINDSET THROUGH A SET OF BEHAVIORS THAT WE WANT TO ENABLE AND DEVELOP IN OUR PEOPLE AND THAT ARE AT THE CORE OF OUR UNIQUE COMPANY CULTURE: THIS IS HOW WE WIN WHILE PLAYING FAIR.
- COURAGE: Speak up when you see an opportunity; step up when you see a need.
- OWNERSHIP: Pick up the ball. Be proactive, take responsibility and follow-through.
- INNOVATION: Elevate to win. Be curious, test and learn new and better ways of doing things.
- TEAMPLAY: Win together. Work collaboratively and cultivate a shared mindset.
- INTEGRITY: Play by the rules. Hold yourself and others accountable to our company’s standards.
- RESPECT: Value all players. Display empathy, be inclusive and show dignity to all.
At adidas, we strongly believe that embedding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into our culture and talent processes gives our employees a sense of belonging and our brand a real competitive advantage.
Culture Starts With People, It Starts With You
By recruiting talent and developing our people to reflect the rich diversity of our consumers and communities, we foster a culture of inclusion that engages our employees and authentically connects our brand with our consumers.
Job Title: Manager Wholesale Marketing
TEAM: Brand Management & Communications
Location: Portland
State: OR
Country/Region: US
Contract Type: Full time
Number: 550396
Date: Oct 9, 2026
Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:
As Manager, Wholesale Marketing, you will be responsible for supporting the development and execution of US Account Marketing and Activation Plans for key wholesale accounts. This role plays a critical function in driving business growth and improving Brand Health KPIs by ensuring best-in-class marketing activations at the point of sale.
You will work closely with Key Account Sales, Marketplace Merchandising, Brand Communications, Digital Activation, and Visual Merchandising teams to ensure alignment on brand, retail, and digital marketing strategies that enhance consumer engagement and sell-through.
This role requires strong project management, cross-functional collaboration, and an ability to execute marketing programs that elevate the consumer experience while ensuring alignment with global and NAM brand priorities.
Key Responsibilities
Strategy Execution & Account Management
- Define and align seasonal marketing plans, ensuring integration of product, retail, and brand activities for key wholesale accounts.
- Execute account marketing calendars to secure brand presence, share of space, and consumer engagement across key wholesale partners.
- Collaborate with Key Account Sales and Merchandising teams to ensure marketing programs align with commercial objectives and sell-through priorities.
- Support the development of digital and omnichannel marketing strategies in partnership with Digital Activation teams.
- Serve as the key marketing contact for assigned accounts, ensuring marketing tools, campaigns, and activations are delivered on time and in full.
Retail & Digital Activation
- Plan and execute in-store activations, product launches, and promotional campaigns in alignment with key seasonal priorities.
- Partner with Visual Merchandising and Retail Concepts teams to ensure high-quality retail execution that enhances consumer engagement.
- Work closely with retailers to drive conversion and sell-through, ensuring alignment between in-store and digital activations.
- Maintain an understanding of key consumer trends, retail behaviors, and competitive market dynamics to inform marketing strategies.
Performance Measurement & Budget Management
- Track and report on the effectiveness of marketing activations, leveraging data and insights to optimize future investments.
- Ensure budget oversight and cost control, maximizing ROI on account marketing spend.
- Collaborate with Finance and Business Development teams to ensure efficient budget allocation and performance tracking.
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Leadership
- Partner with internal stakeholders across Sales, Merchandising, Digital Activation, Brand Communications, and Visual Merchandising to deliver cohesive consumer experiences.
- Act as the consumer activation lead, providing input on marketing tools and assets required to drive engagement and commercial success.
- Share best practices and work cross-functionally with Global and NAM teams to drive a consistent and scalable marketing approach.
- Maintain strong relationships with retail partners, ensuring alignment on seasonal marketing priorities.
Key Relationships
- Sales & Merchandising Teams – Align on account marketing strategies and business priorities.
- Visual Merchandising & Retail Concepts – Ensure seamless in-store execution.
- Digital Activation & Trade Marketing Teams – Optimize omnichannel consumer engagement.
- Global & NAM Brand Marketing Teams – Align seasonal marketing initiatives with broader brand objectives.
- Finance & Business Development Teams – Monitor marketing investments and budget efficiency.
- Retail Partner Stakeholders – Foster strong external partnerships to drive brand growth.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Strong brand marketing and project management experience, preferably within wholesale and the sporting goods industry.
- Highly collaborative with strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Ability to analyze and apply consumer insights, retail trends, and business data to optimize marketing programs.
- Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive mindset to mitigate delays and ensure executional excellence.
- Deep understanding of retail marketing, digital activation, and omnichannel strategies.
- Ability to work effectively within a fast-paced, cross-functional team environment.
- Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in business, Marketing, or a related field.
- 5-7 years of experience in brand marketing, digital marketing, wholesale marketing, or account management.
- Previous experience in trade marketing, retail activation, or category marketing within a consumer-focused brand.
- Proven ability to execute account-based marketing strategies with a focus on consumer engagement and sell-through.
- Equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be substituted for degree.
adidas celebrates diversity, supports inclusiveness and encourages individual expression in our workplace. We do not tolerate the harassment or discrimination toward any of our applicants or employees. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
adidas offers robust and progressive medical, including HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer funding or FSA (Flexible Spending Account) options, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, adoption, with surrogate and fertility support, short and long-term disability, and basic life and AD&D insurance, which can be supplemented with employee-paid coverage. Employees are able to enroll in adidas’ 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match. Full-time employees are eligible for education assistance and generous Leave policies including 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
Employees are eligible to earn an annual bonus based on both company and personal performance. Employees accrue prorated flexible time off in the amount .4388 hours per day that increases with years of service, twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year and Service Time Off during milestone years.
At adidas we offer a Hybrid work policy which requires attendance in the office Monday through Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Friday each week. For work requiring a high degree of collaboration or an in-person presentation, in-office attendance is required even on Friday. The working location of this position is Portland OR.
Though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is English.
AT ADIDAS WE HAVE A WINNING CULTURE. BUT TO WIN, PHYSICAL POWER IS NOT ENOUGH. JUST LIKE ATHLETES OUR EMPLOYEES NEED MENTAL STRENGTH IN THEIR GAME. WE FOSTER THE ATHLETE’S MINDSET THROUGH A SET OF BEHAVIORS THAT WE WANT TO ENABLE AND DEVELOP IN OUR PEOPLE AND THAT ARE AT THE CORE OF OUR UNIQUE COMPANY CULTURE: THIS IS HOW WE WIN WHILE PLAYING FAIR.
- COURAGE: Speak up when you see an opportunity; step up when you see a need.
- OWNERSHIP: Pick up the ball. Be proactive, take responsibility and follow-through.
- INNOVATION: Elevate to win. Be curious, test and learn new and better ways of doing things.
- TEAMPLAY: Win together. Work collaboratively and cultivate a shared mindset.
- INTEGRITY: Play by the rules. Hold yourself and others accountable to our company’s standards.
- RESPECT: Value all players. Display empathy, be inclusive and show dignity to all.
At adidas, we strongly believe that embedding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into our culture and talent processes gives our employees a sense of belonging and our brand a real competitive advantage.
Culture Starts With People, It Starts With You
By recruiting talent and developing our people to reflect the rich diversity of our consumers and communities, we foster a culture of inclusion that engages our employees and authentically connects our brand with our consumers.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Wholesale Account Manager
Confirm your role meets specialty occupation
Wholesale Account Manager positions must require a specific bachelor's degree to qualify as a specialty occupation. Check the O*NET profile for this occupation code and gather documentation showing your employer's degree requirement is standard for the role, not just preferred.
Target LCA-filing distributors and manufacturers
Search DOL Labor Condition Application disclosure data to find wholesale distributors, CPG manufacturers, and B2B suppliers that have filed H-1B petitions for account management roles. Companies with repeat LCA filings have established sponsorship workflows and are less likely to withdraw an offer mid-process.
Use Migrate Mate to filter verified sponsors
Search Migrate Mate to find Wholesale Account Manager openings at employers with confirmed H-1B LCA filing history. This lets you focus applications on companies already familiar with the sponsorship process rather than educating employers from scratch.
Align your offer letter timeline with April registration
USCIS opens H-1B registration each March for an April lottery. If your offer letter arrives in June, you'll wait nearly a year for the next cycle unless your employer qualifies as cap-exempt. Structure your job search to have an offer in hand before the March window opens.
Verify your employer's prevailing wage compliance
Before signing an offer, cross-check the offered base salary against the wage level in the OFLC Wage Search for your SOC code and metro area. A wage below the certified LCA level will trigger a USCIS RFE or denial, regardless of what your offer letter states.
Prepare a degree-to-duties connection memo
USCIS increasingly issues RFEs for sales and account management roles questioning whether a specific degree is required. Draft a written explanation connecting your degree discipline to the technical or analytical duties in your job description before your employer files the I-129.
H-1B Visa Wholesale Account Manager: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Wholesale Account Manager role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
It can, but the employer must demonstrate the position normally requires a bachelor's degree in a specific field such as business, marketing, or supply chain management. Generic account management roles that accept any degree are more likely to receive an RFE. Roles with quantitative responsibilities or industry-specific technical requirements have a stronger specialty occupation argument.
Which industries most commonly sponsor H-1B visas for Wholesale Account Manager positions?
Consumer packaged goods companies, pharmaceutical distributors, electronics wholesalers, and industrial supply manufacturers file H-1B LCAs for this role most frequently. These sectors have complex product lines that justify degree-specific requirements. You can review DOL LCA disclosure data to identify which employers have filed for this occupation title in recent fiscal years.
How do I find Wholesale Account Manager jobs at employers who already sponsor H-1B visas?
Migrate Mate surfaces open positions filtered by verified employer LCA filing history, so you can see which companies have already petitioned for H-1B workers in account management roles. This saves time compared to applying broadly and discovering sponsorship limitations after an offer is made.
Can I start a Wholesale Account Manager job on OPT while waiting for H-1B approval?
Yes. If you're currently on F-1 OPT, you can begin the role immediately while your employer files your H-1B registration in April. If selected in the lottery and your OPT expires before October 1, the cap-gap provision through USCIS automatically extends your work authorization until your H-1B status begins, provided your employer filed timely.
What happens to my H-1B status if I change employers within wholesale account management?
H-1B portability under AC21 allows you to change to a new employer in the same or a similar occupational classification once your I-140 has been approved for 180 days, or in some cases earlier with a pending adjustment of status. Your new employer must file an H-1B transfer petition, and you can start work as soon as USCIS receives it, without waiting for approval.