Senior Merchant, NVSRebuys Sport + Accessories

WHO YOULL WORK WITH
We are looking for a Senior Merchant of Nike Value Stores/Rebuys focused on Sport Apparel and Accessories as a part of the Global Nike Direct Merchandising Team. You will work closely with fellow merchants and cross-functional teams including Product Planning Nike Direct and Geo Merchandising. We also work with 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.

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 our Members and Nike Direct digital and physical spaces and expanding to our retail partners.

• Bachelors degree in Merchandising Marketing Business or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education experience and training.
• 3-5 years experience in merchandising product creation and or retail in a vertical or wholesale environment
• Experience creating line plans and assortments
• Understanding of retail key performance indicators and profit based metrics
• Strong strategy building skills that shape the future of the business
• Effective communicator and collaborator who can effectively influence and align teammates around a strategy/goal
• Ability to partner with key collaborators (Product Planning Global Sport Merchandising Planning Geo Merchandising)
• Provides direction and mentorship to teammates
• Values differences and builds strong relationships with high cultural awareness
• 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
• Solves problems using limited information and implements solutions with the ability to foresee most future implications
• Advises others on complex matters requiring in-depth knowledge or conceptual thinking
• Responds with speed and agility curiosity and motivation

WHAT YOULL WORK ON
As a Senior Merchant on the Global Merchandising team you will be responsible for managing a large growing and profitable business across four geographies. You will manage multiple product engines and look across multiple genders and Sports. Youll use marketplace data consumer insights foresight and hindsight to make decisions influence and develop seasonal plans to serve our consumer. Youll provide qualitative and quantitative insights to the Product Creation teams the counterparts on Global Merchandising teams across Sports and Nike Direct teams.

Youll lead the management of our merchandising KPIs through robust analysis of retail insights and performance. Youll build positive and trustworthy relationships with your partners (including Product Planning Global SportMerchants Geo Merchants among others) to build 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. Youll 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.