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*This candidate can sit in either our Oregon OR New York location*
WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
You will work daily with Design, Development, and Merchandising teams to create compelling apparel collections seasonally. You will work closely with Consumer Insights, Finance, and Planning to ensure that product collections are consumer-right and meet target margin. You will continually improve our process to deliver superior product at speed, partnering with Operations to optimize our end-to-end creation model.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
The Lead Product Line Manager (PLM) for North America Express Lane Apparel will need to have a deep understanding of the North America consumer and marketplace, a passion for sport style, and sensitivity to trend and culture. They must be able to identify marketplace opportunities, expertly communicate with a wide range of partners, and craft innovative product line strategies to serve our athletes*. This person will be a superior storyteller, have discerning taste, and make strategically sound decisions daily.
- Bachelor’s degree in design, merchandising or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training
- A minimum of 6 years directly relevant work experience
- Strong product creation and intuition for business
- Creativity and passion for product, lifestyle fashion, sport, color and style
- Excellent presentation and interpersonal communication skills
- Ability to prioritize, organize, and multitask in a flexible, fast-paced environment.
- Strong analytical abilities
- An understanding of apparel product construction and sourcing process
- Ability to lead and influence a team and enable collaborative working relationships
- Attention to detail and deadlines
- Necessary Skills/Tools: Visual Tool Creation (Powerpoint/Keynote/Miro), Excel Skills, Retail Math, Smartsheets
- Domestic and international travel (limited Int’l) required (±15% of time)
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
As the Lead Product Line Manager for North America Express Lane Apparel, you will be responsible for all Product Line Management deliverables. You will be an expert on the North America consumer and marketplace and represent the voice of the athlete* throughout the product creation process. You will lead your cross-functional team in executing against the NAEL Apparel strategy and seasonal product briefs. You will create clear and compelling sell-in tools to build trust and excitement with internal and external stakeholders. You will cultivate a deep understanding of the Nike Global Product strategy and maintain highly productive working relationships with partners across the enterprise. You will be an expert in the apparel creation process and have a track record of translating cultural insights into innovative and commercial products.
- You will regularly collect consumer and marketplace insights and disseminate key findings to your cross-functional teams
- You will craft consumer-right product briefs and lead the end-to-end product creation process
- You will be the expert on your book of business and communicate regularly to internal and external partners
- You will ensure projects are completed on time, on budget, and in-line with enterprise strategy
- You will work closely with your triad team each week to deliver against product creation milestones, including product briefs, design reviews, external partner reviews and approvals, and sample order management and deadlines.
- You will strategically and efficiently lead your triad team through the trade-offs, challenges, and obstacles that emerge in the creation process
- You will work with the utmost urgency and model professional excellence to the team
- You will maintain accurate and effective sell-in tools for various 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.
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.
