NIKE

Senior Merchant, NSP Men’s Sports Footwear GC

Shanghai, China Mainland Full time

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, it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

Overview of the Job:

  • The role is responsible for setting merchandising strategy, bringing end to end product insight with global and geo counterparts, as well as product sell-in to retailers. Serve GC consumers with the most relevant products to enable Nike’s vision and drive sustainable growth. 
  • Focus on Men’s Sports Footwear.

Reporting Line:

  • Direct report to Manager, Merchandising, NSP Sports Footwear GC

Key Partnership:

  • Consumer merch
  • Assortment planning
  • SSD
  • VMS
  • Account sales / Sell-in & Sell-through

Job Responsibility:

  • Build product assortment for retail concepts in a consumer-centric way.
  • Delivers robust product sell-in to retailers, including sell-in tools preparation, product presentation & sample setup, etc.
  • Explores consumer insights & marketplace trend through creative ways to make art/science balanced assortment decision.
  • Drives in-season product management based on solid weekly sales analysis & consumer insights from retail stores.
  • Evolves store product assortment strategy innovatively based on the fast-changing consumer demand & dynamic marketplace.
  • Coordinate cross Sport assigned project process and deliverables.

Functional Skill Required (Hard skills):

  • GC Consumer and marketplace knowledge
  • Merchandising / buying experience in retail industry
  • Fluent in English
  • Retail and financial acumen
  • Office tools

Experience Required (Soft skills):

  • Demonstrate Brand Passion
  • Strong sense of responsibility- deliver high profile x-functional communication
  • Continuously Grow and Develop with teamwork and Diversity
  • Innovative & solution-driven mindset