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.
For Nike merchants, everything begins and ends with the consumer! We are looking for a consumerist with an affinity for product who enjoys the energy of moving at the pace of retail and our consumer. A successful Merchant will contribute to an inclusive, positive, and progressive team dynamic. At Nike, it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We are looking for curious, energetic, and coachable merchants. You have demonstrated an awareness and understanding of the consumer and the dynamics of the marketplace. You have shown a passion to learn, make mistakes, and grow. You have an entrepreneurial spirit and excited to take on new concepts and ideas.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Merchandising, Marketing, or a related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training
- 2+ years of experience in Retail, Merchandising, Product Management, Marketplace, Buying
- Demonstrated understanding of consumer and marketplace
- Entrepreneurial spirit, experience working on new projects/start-ups/concepts/ideas
- Solution-Oriented and curious
- Proficiency in analyzing business and consumer trends
- Attention to detail
- Ability to collaboratively manage multiple deadlines and competing priorities
- Effective, proactive verbal and written communication skills, including presentations to various cross-functional partners
- Team first mentality, energy giver
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
As a Merchant II, you will support the team and business to enable the strategizing, building, and managing of North America seasonal assortment and product journeys cross-functionally.
A consistent part of your day-to-day responsibilities will be the detailed management, maintenance and communication of all seasonal tools, assortments and sample facilitation. 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.
WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
You’ll partner with several cross-functional teams – Planning, Sales, Channel Merch, and Merch Operations as well as across other Sport merchandising teams. A key enabler of your success will be your background and experience in merchandising, consumer expertise and retail buying. This role requires high levels of collaboration, proactive communication and follow-through to be effective.
This posting is for the Merchant II - Women’s Training apparel, within the North America Merchandising function.
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.
