Become a Part of the NIKE, Inc. Team
NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world’s best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At NIKE, Inc. it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.
The Merchant I role exists within Store merchandising team in Greater China, taking care of Jordan Kids FW & AP and Nike Kids Littles AP. The role is responsible for setting the assortment strategies and frameworks for GC Nike retail concept. By partnering cross-functionally with Consumer Merchandising, Planning, Marketing and Marketplace team - we help bring to GC market the kids products that best serve our consumers, enhance both Nike and Jordan brand, and drive profitable, sustainable growth.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We’re looking for consumerists with an affinity for product that enjoy the energy of moving at the pace of retail and the consume. This role is responsible for driving the Kids business thru building consumer right assortments, using consumer insights, historical data, analytics and real-time market feedback to advise the future (coming seasons) while winning today (trading real-time)! The candidate should possess solid retail competence and analytical abilities as well as experience in retail environments, particularly B&M. They should understand the cross functional collaboration vital to win at the moment of truth.
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
You will drive the comprehensive offense for GC Kids retail concepts. You will own the seasonal assortment plan including product, flow and retail concept segmentation and differentiation. You will understand related aspects of the business and marketplace in making your plans, including coordinating between consumer merchants, marketplace team, brands (Nike & Jordan) and how individual products or collections affect each other. You will collaborate cross functionally to ensure assortment plans meet consumer demand and strategies implement in retail. You’ll build consumer-centric assortment plans with an understanding of Nike Retail Concept position in the market, blending fact-based and intuitive inputs. You will participate in seasonal reviews, submits and trading for your respective area. This includes assortment building and submits working with MICs and system entry.
WHAT YOU BRING
Passion to the brand and merchandising
Experience in footwear or apparel merchandising, product creation and/or retail in a vertical
Strong command of common retail and/or digital profit-based metrics such as sell-through, turn, ASP, UPT and others
Ability to contribute to and drive thinking into breakthrough strategies
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.
