Overview of the Job:
- The role is responsible to set merchandising strategy, provide consumer, competition, and product insight to global and geo counterparts. Serve consumer with the most relevant products to enable Nike’s vision and drive sustainable growth.
Reporting Line:
- Direct report to GC Nike Sportswear Senior Director - Footwear
Key Partnership:
- Global NSW product merchandising
- GC NSW 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
Functional Skill Required (Hard skills):
- Consumer, competition 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):
- Good taste on color
- Trend sensitive
- Team player
- Proactive & open-minded