Overview of the Job:
- The role is responsible to set merchandising strategy, bring end to end basketball footwear product insight with global and geo counterparts. Serve consumer with the most relevant basketball footwear to enable Nike’s vision and drive sustainable growth.
- Focus on Nike basketball footwear. TBD on portfolio
Reporting Line:
- Direct report to GC Basketball merchandising director
Key Partnership:
- Global basketball merchandising
- GC basketball x-functional team
- GC 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 and marketplace knowledge
- Merchandising skill-set
- Translate consumer insights into actionable strategies and plans
- Fluent in English
- Retail and financial acumen
- Office tools
Experience Required (Soft skills):
- Eye for product
- Consumer centric mindset
- Team player
- Learning ability
- Interest, or knowledge/passion of basketball culture & community