• Build and manage APLA‑specific line plans across footwear and apparel, ensuring consumer concepts are integrated and grounded in financial metrics.
• Drive a holistic sport vision for Golf & Tennis by aligning footwear and apparel strategies, ensuring cohesive product stories, and delivering unified marketplace executions across APLA.
• Collaborate with Global Merchandising to provide APLA insights, marketplace feedback, and seasonal needs at each key moment in the Code Calendar.
• Lead end‑in‑mind planning to create marketplace distinction through seasonal channel offerings tailored to Territory opportunities.
• Work with APLA Territory Merchandising and APLA Nike Direct Merchandising to ensure channel‑right assortments and consistent sport storytelling across wholesale and direct.
• Lead and support the creation and maintenance of product journeys that excite and engage both new and existing Golf & Tennis consumers across APLA.
• Manage franchise health autonomously, ensuring long‑term marketplace strength and balanced productivity across both footwear and apparel.
• Elevate merchandising excellence through process improvements, operational enablement, and cross‑functional partnership.
• Build strong, collaborative relationships with Planning and Supply Chain teams to ensure alignment and execution.
• Operate as a self‑starter, driving work forward independently while knowing when to engage partners to unlock progress and strengthen outcomes.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Merchandising, or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience, and training.
• 3–5 years of directly relevant experience in footwear, apparel, or equipment merchandising.
• Strong understanding of retail KPIs and profit‑based metrics.
• Effective communicator who collaborates well and brings people together.
• High cultural awareness and ability to build positive relationships across diverse teams and markets.
• Proven ability to balance art and science in decision‑making.
• Self‑starter with the ability to work independently and proactively engage the right partners at the right moments.
• Ability to communicate vision and purpose, and lead effectively in complex situations.
• Strong problem‑solving skills with the ability to act on limited information and anticipate future implications.

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.