Senior Merchant, Kids Pacific

" vision and to win with the Pacific consumer.

Connector: Land the Sport x Marketplace Strategy through close partnership with Cross-Functional Teams.

• 5+ years experience in a wholesale / retail Buyer Merchandise role.

• The candidate should possess retail acumen and analytical abilities.

• Understand retail environments (including digital) and bring a consumerist perspective to the team and business.

• We're looking for an individual with a desire to influence across teams and functions and work collaboratively to build seasonal assortment plans with retail end-in-mind.

WHAT YOU'LL WORK ON

Through close collaboration with APLA Sport Merchandising teams, you will drive assortment priorities aligned to consumer and marketplace strategy. You will be a highly effective and engaged member of the Pacific cross-functional marketplace teams to support seasonal initiatives and ignite the Sport x Marketplace priorities with the following work:

• Drive the product lifecycle to align with consumer/member pace, balancing innovation, newness, and consistency across the consumer framework.

• Lead with a consumer-first mindset to deliver a strategically aligned Kids assortment and buy, supporting both online and in-store journeys.

• Own the Product Assortment Strategy for Kids Apparel, Footwear, and Equipment in Australia and New Zealand, ensuring >80% consumer-right assortment adoption.

• Drive franchise health and growth across the portfolio, aligned with strategic intent, financial targets, and franchise management guardrails.

• Provide rich consumer, assortment, and buying context to Merchandising and MPU teams, supporting DSM through planning processes like allocations and buy reviews.

• Partner with Geo Merchandising on seasonal product assortment strategies, offering consumer insights and identifying growth opportunities.

• Lead partner engagement for priority Kids accounts (Pre-SKO, SKO), fostering alignment and readiness across key stakeholders.

In this role you will need a seasonless mindset, balancing newness and consistency and to drive portfolio health and balance through support of corporate strategy, and in-depth knowledge of local business needs. You will have alignment with Visual Merchandising of how Nike Kids merchandising shows up in our market for your sport assortments.