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SENIOR PARTNER REP SPORTSWEAR PARTNERS (m/f/d)
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We are looking for a Sportswear Representative (m/f/d), responsible for growing and claiming #1 market-share for your account portfolio by executing the strategy, landing the seasonal stories and right assortment (breadth and depth) to serve our target consumers.
WHAT WILL YOU WORK ON?
- Develop seasonal assortments based on frameworks delivered by merchandising. Ensuring seasonal product flow and optimize in-season trading and replenishment to maximize the accounts results
- Plan your accounts business: forecasts and scenario plans for the account using category, consumer, partner, brand and marketplace knowledge
- Manage the partner and the marketplace: Ensure best presentation of stories and products at your account (digital & B&M) aligned with the One Nike Marketplace strategy.
- Build a premium seamless consumer experience, scaling online-to-offline. Obsess product launch journeys across Account platform ecosystem
- Contribute to net revenue growth and net contribution of your account by managing the end to end business with your account.
- High standard to complex partnership management, supporting commercial CFOP goals independently, through higher problem-solving skills, and contributing to the collective team performance
- Collaborate on partner (city) experience at sell-in, and (co-)own the E2E experience for your showroom – work closely with Office admin and/or (City)Experience Lead and x-functional partners (e.g. merch) to bring excellent partner sell-in experience to life
- Ensure recurring and consistent representation, presence and collaboration with partner/buyer in the market at retail (retail visit, staff training, competitor knowledge, …) where relevant.
WHAT YOU BRING
- Experience in account commercial management acquired in or across Sales, Buying, Merchandising, Business Planning, marketing, etc.
- Experience within and a thorough understanding of the Fashion / Sports industries is a must have skillset.
- Experience in seasonal management through Code. Ability to create account plans (Buy & Assortment plans, commercial short-term plan)
- Bringing a strong understanding of Fashion Trends + Industry.
- Account facing – Drive E2E relationship and business impact with partner
- Proven track record to read and analyse relevant sales metrics and make strong strategically aligned commercial decisions and a strong record of data focused and fact-based product, retail & financial planning.
- Digital and omnichannel acumen relevant to the premium retail segment. Experience working with multiple retail models (concession/consignment/wholesale) a plus.
- Relationship builder & influencing skills with both internal & external partners.
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to elicit information, actively listen, dialogue freely, verbalize ideas successfully and negotiate with partners.
- Proven high standard to complex partnership management, supporting commercial CFOP goals independently, through higher problem-solving skills, and contributing to the collective team performance.
Please note - applications will close as of Tuesday 21st October
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.
