Buyer II, North America Nike Digital Kids Sportswear Footwear
Buyer II, North America Nike Digital Kids Sportswear Footwear
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Job Description
For Nike Buyers everything begins and ends with the consumer! We are looking for a consumerist with an affinity for product who enjoys the energy of moving at the pace of retail and our consumer. A successful buyer will contribute to an inclusive positive and progressive team dynamic. At Nike its about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.
WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
This Buyer II roles exists within North America Nike Direct Digital (Nikes own retail business). You will work with both Kids Footwear and Apparel teams. The Buyer II works closely with fellow merchants buyers and crossfunctional teams within Nike Direct including Digital and Stores Buying Consumer Merchandising Planning Allocation Site Merchandising and Brand Marketing teams. We also work with finance operations and the insights/analytics teams; relying on business reporting which includes quantitative and qualitative metrics on sales inventory and consumer will report to the Buying Director of your team and support the Lead Buyer.
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
You will partner in bringing the seasonal assortment to life on the Digital platforms. You will understand related aspects of the business and marketplace in making your plans including coordinating between genders brands (Nike & Jordan) and how individual products or collections impact each other. You will collaborate cross functionally to ensure assortment plans meet consumer demand and strategies execute.
You will hone consumercentric assortment plans across multiple seasons with an understanding of Nike Directs position in the market & competitive landscape to blend factbased and intuitive inputs. You will participate in seasonal buy reviews and inseason trading to influence actions to optimize growth with your critical partners.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We are looking for consumerists with an affinity for product that enjoys the energy of moving at the pace of retail and the consumer. A successful Buyer II will thrive and contribute to a positive and progressive team dynamic as well as lead in a way that elevates the total team.
This role is responsible for assisting in adapting & curating consumer right assortments with end in mind for the Nike Direct Digital business by using historical data analytics and realtime market feedback to advise future seasons while winning today (inseason read & react/selling & serving)!
The candidate should possess proven retail competence and analytical abilities understand retail environments and bring a consumerist perspective to the team and business.
- Requires Bachelors Degree or equivalent combination of education experience and training
- 2 years experience in footwear or apparel buying and/or merchandising product creation and/or retail in a vertical multibrand or digital environment
- Strong affinity for current market trends and how Nike can continue to be a style leader in the marketplace
- Footwear Apparel Equipment or relevant consumer product buying and/or merchandising experience
- Understanding of common retail and/or digital profitbased metrics such as sellthrough turn ASP UPT and others
- Ability to contribute to and drive strategy into action
- Ability to travel up to 20%
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We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers sign language interpreters accessible and single location for inperson interviews closed captioning and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover as you navigate our application process that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.
Employment Type
Full-Time
