Senior Buyer, Sport Apparel Mens NVS NA
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Job Location:
Beaverton, OR - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
18 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
For Nike merchants everything begins and ends with the consumer. We seek a consumerobsessed merchant with a sharp product instinct and the ability to thrive in the fast everevolving pace of retail. A successful Merchant contributes to an inclusive positive and forwardmoving team environment. At Nike every individual brings skills and passion to a game thats always changing.
WHO YOULL WORK WITH
This individual will partner closely with crossfunctional teams within Nike Factory Stores including Digital and Stores Buying Sport Merchandising Planning Allocation Visual Merchandising and Brand Marketing. They will also collaborate with Finance Operations and Insights/Analytics teams using both quantitative and qualitative reporting on sales inventory and consumer behaviors. They will report to the Apparel Merchandising Director.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We are looking for consumerfocused merchants with strong product affinity who thrive in a dynamic retail environment and move with the pace of the consumer. A successful Senior Buyer elevates the team through inclusive leadership and a commitment to continuous progress.
This role is responsible for adapting and curating consumerright assortments with the end in mind for the Nike Factory Store business by applying historical data analytics and realtime marketplace insights to help shape future seasons while driving inseason results.
The candidate should possess proven retail competence and analytical abilities understand the retail environment and bring a consumercentric perspective to the team and business.
Bachelors degree in a related field or equivalent combination of education experience and training
4 years experience in footwear or apparel buying and/or merchandising product creation and/or retail in a vertical multi-brand or digital environment
Strong affinity for current market trends and how Nike apparel 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 profit-based metrics such as sellthrough turn ASP UPT and others
Ability to contribute to and drive strategy into action
Ability to travel up to 20%
Bachelors degree in a related field or equivalent combination of education experience and training
4 years experience in footwear or apparel buying and/or merchandising product creation and/or retail in a vertical multi-brand or digital environment
Strong affinity for current market trends and how Nike apparel 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 profit-based metrics such as sellthrough turn ASP UPT and others
Ability to contribute to and drive strategy into action
Ability to travel up to 20%
WHAT YOULL WORK ON
You will own bringing the seasonal assortment to life in Nike Factory Stores. You will build a deep understanding of the business and the marketplace to inform your plans coordinating across genders and brands (Nike and Jordan) and considering how individual products and collections influence one another. You will collaborate crossfunctionally to ensure your assortment strategies meet consumer demand and are executed with excellence.
You will sharpen consumerled assortment plans across multiple seasons grounded in Nike Factory Stores position in the market and competitive landscape. You will balance datadriven insights with intuition to shape future seasons and influence inseason actions through buy reviews trading and partnership with key stakeholders.
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.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Purchasing
- Sourcing
- Procurement
- HR Sourcing
- SAP
- Supply Chain Experience
- ERP Systems
- negotiation
- Materials Management
- Manufacturing
- MRP
- Contracts
