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Overview of the Job:
- The role is responsible for shaping merchandising strategy, driving the consumer product offering for GC Football. You will have the opportunity to influence the product offering End to End (from insights to adoption) as well as focusing on multi-season management of Nike’s most innovative franchises, driving sustainable growth for Nike, and even shaping the football landscape in GC (Dream big!
- Focus on Nike football apparel, TBD on portfolio
Reporting Line:
- Direct report to GC Football merchandising director
Key Partnership:
- Work closely with fellow merchants and cross-functional teams within global and geo merchandising;
- Planning
- Brand Marketing
- Finance, operations and the insights/analytics teams; relying on business reporting for your area which includes quantitative and qualitative metrics on sales, inventory and consumer behaviors.
- Licensed counterparts for related product creation and line plan landing
Job Responsibility:
- Be a consumerist with an affinity for Football products
- Possess evolving understanding of the Nike consumer and marketplace landscapes. Retail acumen and analytical skills, and an understanding of retail environments.
- Competent on translating GC insights and partnering with global to land on concrete line plan and GC long-term franchise management
- Capable of delivering sharp and resonating product strategy with result-oriented action plan with cross functional teams throughout O2O retail
- In-season business tracking and management
Skills / Experience Required
- Passion/love and knowledge for Global Football
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Industrial Design, Engineering, or a related field.
- Fluent in English
- 4+ years’ experience in Apparel / Footwear or relevant consumer product merchandising, product creation and/or retail in a vertical, multi-brand or digital environment.
- Strong command of common retail and/or digital metrics such as sell-through, margin, full price realization, weeks of supply, etc.
- Proven ability to translate consumer, sales, trend, and marketplace insights into in-season and long-term breakthrough strategies
- Preparing seasonal tools to equip your marketplace partners with an understanding of seasonal priorities. .
- Experience developing strong working relationships with teammates and cross-functional partners, a great teammate and contributor, with an attitude and excitement to learn new things
- Strong communication skills and comfort navigating a cross-functional matrix with an emphasis on influencing skills
- Attention to detail, understanding the importance of consistency
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.
