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.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
The Senior Merchant, Energy North America will report directly to the Director of Merchandising Energy. Nike Energy is the team responsible for driving authentic consumer connection to sport culture. We do this through the lens of innovative product concepts, collaboration projects and visionary marketing activations and storytelling. This person will collaborate across global and geo with the End in Mind energy product assortment. This role will lead and influence with a strong consumer first mindset, ensuring every product decision is rooted in culture relevance and marketplace opportunity. This ideal candidate combines merchandising expertise with storytelling, detail orientation, and ability to blend art and science to deliver game changing results.
- Bachelor’s degree in Merchandising, Product Creation or a related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training.
- 2-5+ Years of experience in Merchandising, Product Creation or Sales.
- Proven ability to translate consumer and cultural insights into end in mind assortments
- Experience monitoring and understanding trends, and applying that understanding to serve the consumer
- Enterprise mindset with a deep commitment to put the consumer at the heart of all you do.
- Track record of balancing multiple projects, timelines and priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Sharp attention, ensuring systems, timelines and seasonal readiness are consistently met
- Marketplace understanding and expertise
- Product, fashion and style acumen
- Demonstrated ability to understand, connect and effectively communicate on future trend and cultural shifts (Micro and Macro)
- Strong communication and storytelling abilities
- Collaborative and team-oriented
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
In this role, you will support the Lead Merchant to capture geo needs on Nike Quick Strike, Collaborations and White Space for Nike Energy. You’ll ensure systems readiness and communicate key updates to stakeholders while managing footwear and apparel assortments for some of Nike's most coveted products within our portfolio. You will also support the Lead Merchant in cross functional collaboration with Global merchandising, sales, business integrations, planning and brand marketing from line planning through handoff to the marketplace teams.
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.
