Expert Merchant, GFB Licensed APP

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

This role collaborates with the cross-functional Global Football team and Nike Direct Merchandising team to ensure your assortment strategies meet the Nike Brand strategy and Nike market opportunities in all geographies. Youll work with Geography Merchandising teams to maximize the business of the Football Clubs and Federations and drive a harmonized product assortment across geographies.

The role will report to the Director Global Football Apparel Merchandising.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

For Nike Inc. merchants everything begins and ends with the consumer! The Merchandising team understands consumer needs and market opportunities to craft a significant product mix for each marketplace. We blend art with science to bring Nikes vision to life in all retail environments leading with Nike Direct digital and physical spaces and expanding to our retail partners. The team has the unrivaled ability to see beyond trends and identify new market opportunities delivering the right product at the right price in the right place at the right time.

We are looking for an Expert Merchant to lead the Global Licensed Football Apparel business. This roles main goal is to represent and serve the voice of the global consumer who inhabits five major markets (Europe North America Greater China Latin America and Asia Pacific).

As the Global Football Licensed Apparel Expert Merchant youll be responsible for leading the consumer product and assortment strategy across the One Nike Marketplace in partnership with cross-functional teams. Youll drive and lead the Licensed Apparel team through product line planning asset business management assortment creation marketplace segmentation and differentiation and product flow to deliver positive results for the business and team.

Youll lead the integration across Sport teams to make sure key product opportunities are amplified. Youll work closely with the Global Football Inline Apparel merchants to create a holistic consumer offense. Youll set Global product franchises to move at the pace of the consumer balancing newness and consistency. Additionally youll use data and consumer insights to support your strategic decisions.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelors degree in Merchandising Business or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education experience and training.

• At least 7 years experience in merchandising product creation and/or retail in a vertical or wholesale environment.

• Footwear apparel and/or equipment merchandising experience.

• Passionate about Global Football keeping up with the industry and events.

• Licensed apparel experience is a plus.

• Proficiency in retail and profit-based metrics.

• Assortment creation and line planning experience.

• Multi-season strategy and planning experience.

• Strong multicultural communication skills and the ability to build strong relationships with high cultural awareness.

• Proven storytelling capabilities.

• Strong strategy building skills that shape the future of the business.

• Effective communication and collaboration skills that bring people together.

• Proven balance of art and science in decision-making.

• Self-directed independent and dedicated.

• Cultivates innovation while also ensuring accountability.

• Communicates vision and purpose and able to lead effectively in complex situations.

• Responds with speed and agility curiosity and motivation.

• Willingness to travel 10% of the time.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

As the Global Football Licensed Apparel Expert Merchant youll utilize marketplace data consumer insights foresight and hindsight to create seasonal line plans to serve the Football consumer by collaborating with Geography Merchants Product Creation teams and your cross-functional partners.

IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL

• Lead the management of our merchandising KPIs through robust analysis of retail insights and performance.

• Build positive and trustworthy relationships with your partners (including Marketplace Marketing DSM Product Managers and Geography Merchants among others) to create and land assortments that meet the needs of consumers take them to a new place and differentiate the key points of distribution across key cities.

• Work with your cross-functional team to maintain the optimal balance between a pull and push market.

We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers sign language interpreters accessible and single location for in-person 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.