Merchant II, Men's Lifestyle Footwear, GC

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, Inc. merchants, everything begins and ends with the consumer. The Nike Merchandising team understands consumer needs and market capacity to create the right product mix for marketplaces around the world. From stores to online, this team helps bring the seasonal category visions to life. The Merchandising team has the unique ability to see beyond trends to identify what's next to deliver the right product to the right places at the right time and price.

Overview of the Job:

• The role is responsible to set merchandising strategy, lead the team to bring end to end product insight with global and geo counterparts. Serve consumer with the most relevant products to enable Nike's vision and drive sustainable growth.
• Focus on SB, Look of Field/Look of Basketball

Reporting Line:

• Direct report to GC Men's Sr lifestyle merchandising director

Key Partnership:

• Global Men's product merchandising
• GC Men's brand and planning
• GC Women's and kids merchandising
• GC Marketplace merchandising

Job Responsibility:

• Be a consumer, product and merchandising expert.
• Partner with global on GC seasonal product needs. Provide GEO insight & deliver long term product line planning.
• Set geo strategic intent of all key products, pricing, flow
• Set geo product lifecycle to move at the pace of the consumer/member, balancing newness and consistency across the consumer framework
• Drive franchise health across the portfolio, aligned by gender and marketplace team
• Decide membership offering

Functional Skill Required (Hard skills):

• Consumer and marketplace knowledge
• Footwear product knowledge
• Translate consumer insights into actionable strategies and plans
• Fluent in English
• Retail and financial acumen
• Office tools

Experience Required (Soft skills):

• Eye for product
• Trend sensitive
• Team player
• Proactive
• Strong passion & knowledge of streetwear/sneaker culture & community

NIKE, Inc. is a growth company that looks for team members to grow with it. Nike offers a generous total rewards package, casual work environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and an electric atmosphere for professional development. No matter the location, or the role, every Nike employee shares one galvanizing mission: To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world.

NIKE, Inc. is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.

Benefits

Whether it's transportation or financial health, we continually invest in our employees to help them achieve greatness - inside and outside of work. All who work here should be able to realize their full potential.