Senior Merchant, NSP Mens Running & Training Apparel GC

BECOME A PART OF THE NIKE INC TEAM

NIKE Inc. does more than outfit the worlds best athletes. It is a place to explore potential obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow think dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers leaders and visionaries. At Nike its about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

Overview of the Job:

• The role is responsible for setting merchandising strategy bringing end to end product insight with global and geo counterparts as well as product sell-in to retailers. Serve GC consumers with the most relevant products to enable Nikes vision and drive sustainable growth.
• Focus on Mens Run Train Apparel.

Reporting Line:

• Direct report to Manager Merchandising NSP Running & Training Apparel GC

Key Partnership:

• Sports merch
• Assortment planning
• SSD
• VMS
• Account sales / Sell-in & Sell-through

Job Responsibility:

• Build clustered product assortments for different retail concepts in a consumer-centric way.
• Delivers robust product sell-in to retailers including sell-in tools preparation product presentation & showroom sample setup etc.
• Uncovers consumer insights & explores marketplace trends to make art/science balanced assortment decisions.
• Drives in-season product management based on thorough weekly sales analysis & consumer feedback from retail stores.
• Proactively optimize the assortment strategy swiftly adapting to the dynamic and ever-changing marketplace.
• Coordinate cross Sport projects process and deliverables.

Functional Skill Required (Hard skills):

• A deep understanding of GC Consumer and marketplace
• Solid Merchandising / buying experience in retail industry
• Fluent in English
• Strong retail and financial acumen
• Proficient in Office software

Experience Required (Soft skills):

• Strategic thinker articulate seasonal priorities to key counterparts with consistency and accuracy

• Highly responsible and resilient individual excels in cross-functional communications ensuring seamless collaboration across teams to achieve common goals
• Continuously Grow and Develop with teamwork and Diversity
• Innovative problem solving & result driven
• Demonstrate strong passion for product preferably apparel