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The Buyer II role exists within 3 marketplace units (MPU’s): Nike Direct (Nike’s own retail business), Strategic Partners and Consumer Merchandising Teams working on the balance of market. For each, the role sits on a gender product merchandising team, responsible to translate seasonal strategy for the gender and marketplace unit into the optimal assortment for the respective consumers served. The role partners with Gender Merchandising leaders, cross functional partners
WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
You will work with Buyer IIs, Senior Buyers and cross functional teams within Nike Direct; in particular Allocation. You will partner with finance, operations and 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
We’re looking for consumerists with an affinity for product and that enjoys the energy of moving at the pace of retail and the consumer. The successful Buyer II will thrive and contribute to a positive and progressive team dynamic.
This role supports building consumer right assortments for Nike Direct Clearance Stores through liquidation product, leveraging historical data, analytics and real-time market feedback to inform decisions. This role is also responsible for executing weekly contract creation for liquidation product and price maintenance.
The candidate should possess proven retail acumen and analytical skills, an understanding of retail environments starting with digital and bring a consumerist perspective to the team and business. Attention to detail and the ability to work in a deadline driven environment also important.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Merchandising, Marketing, or equivalent combination of education, experience and training
- 2 years' experience in footwear or apparel merchandising, product creation and/or retail in a vertical, multi-brand or digital environment
- Understanding of common retail and/or digital profit-based metrics such as sell-through, turn, ASP, UPT and others
- Strong attention to detail and process orientation
- Ability to work in deadline driven environment
- Proficient with MS Excel at an intermediate/advanced level is preferred
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
A consistent part of your day-to-day responsibilities will be the detailed management, maintenance and communication of all seasonal tools and assortments. Enabling this effort will be the development of key relationships among cross-functional teammates, comfort with research and analysis, along with a genuine curiosity and commitment to learn and evolve.
- Shop and assort liquidation (closeout) product to liquidate marketplace and deliver the financial plan
- Using Value insights and financial plans to assort closeout choices by classification & price point
- Partner with Unite merchandising to build strategies to liquidate aged and re-buy inventory
- Execute weekly price maintenance
- Partner with Allocation to ensure support of gender strategy, inventory needs and new store openings
- Support Clearance Manager on product pricing and alignment across Unite merchandising partners
- Support Clearance Manager on in-season actions across inventory management, business review and take rate.
MYNEXT: Be Empowered to Grow within Nike and Create the Future
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.
OUR HIRING GAME PLAN
01 Apply
Our teams are made up of diverse skillsets, knowledge bases, inputs, ideas and backgrounds. We want you to find your fit – review job descriptions, departments and teams to discover the role for you.
02 Meet a Recruiter or Take an Assessment
If selected for a corporate role, a recruiter will reach out to start your interview process and be your main contact throughout the process. For retail roles, you’ll complete an interactive assessment that includes a chat and quizzes and takes about 10-20 minutes to complete. No matter the role, we want to learn about you – the whole you – so don’t shy away from how you approach world-class service and what makes you unique.
03 Interview
Go into this stage confident by doing your research, understanding what we are looking for and being prepared for questions that are set up to learn more about you, and your background.
