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igital and physical spaces and expanding to our retail partners.
Bachelor's 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 YOU'LL 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. You'll use marketplace data, consumer insights, foresight, and hindsight to make decisions, influence and develop seasonal plans to serve our consumer. You'll provide qualitative and quantitative insights to the Product Creation teams, the counterparts on Global Merchandising teams across Sports and Nike Direct teams.
You'll lead the management of our merchandising KPIs through robust analysis of retail insights and performance. You'll 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. You'll work with your cross-functional team to maintain the optimal balance between a pull and push market.
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