Senior Merchant, Football GC

Overview of the Job:

• The role is responsible for shaping merchandising strategy driving the consumer product offering for GC Football. You will have the opportunity to influence the product offering End to End (from insights to adoption) as well as focusing on multi-season management of Nikes most innovative franchises driving sustainable growth for Nike and even shaping the football landscape in GC (Dream big!
• Focus on Nike football apparel TBD on portfolio

Reporting Line:

• Direct report to GC Football merchandising director

Key Partnership:

• Work closely with fellow merchants and cross-functional teams within global and geo merchandising;
• Planning
• Brand Marketing
• Finance operations and the insights/analytics teams; relying on business reporting for your area which includes quantitative and qualitative metrics on sales inventory and consumer behaviors.
• Licensed counterparts for related product creation and line plan landing

Job Responsibility:

• Be a consumerist with an affinity for Football products
• Possess evolving understanding of the Nike consumer and marketplace landscapes. Retail acumen and analytical skills and an understanding of retail environments.
• Competent on translating GC insights and partnering with global to land on concrete line plan and GC long-term franchise management
• Capable of delivering sharp and resonating product strategy with result-oriented action plan with cross functional teams throughout O2O retail
• In-season business tracking and management

Skills / Experience Required

• Passion/love and knowledge for Global Football
• Bachelors degree in Marketing Business Industrial Design Engineering or a related field.
• Fluent in English
• 4 years experience in Apparel / Footwear or relevant consumer product merchandising product creation and/or retail in a vertical multi-brand or digital environment.
• Strong command of common retail and/or digital metrics such as sell-through margin full price realization weeks of supply etc.
• Proven ability to translate consumer sales trend and marketplace insights into in-season and long-term breakthrough strategies
• Preparing seasonal tools to equip your marketplace partners with an understanding of seasonal priorities. .
• Experience developing strong working relationships with teammates and cross-functional partners a great teammate and contributor with an attitude and excitement to learn new things
• Strong communication skills and comfort navigating a cross-functional matrix with an emphasis on influencing skills
• Attention to detail understanding the importance of consistency