Lead Merchant, Nike Sportswear Women's Apparel - North America

Nike • Beaverton, OR

8d

About The Position

You will join the North America Nike Sportswear (NA NSW) Women’s Merchandising team—an expert, consumer‑obsessed function that shapes the women’s apparel offense across the marketplace. As a Lead Merchant, you will work closely with fellow merchants and cross-functional teams within Global and Geo Merchandising, Planning, Allocation, and Brand Marketing. You will also work with Finance, Operations and the Insights/Analytics teams; relying on business reporting for your area which includes quantitative and qualitative metrics on sales, inventory and consumer behaviors. For Nike Inc. merchants, everything begins and ends with the consumer! The Merchandising team understands consumer needs and market opportunities to craft a significant product mix for each marketplace. We blend art with science to bring Nike’s vision to life in all retail environments, leading with our Partners and Nike Direct digital and physical spaces, always rooted in the cities and communities. The team has the unrivaled ability to see beyond trends and identify new market opportunities, delivering the right product, at the right price, in the right place, at the right time. As a Lead Merchant, you will be a critical member of the team leading the largest business for North America Women's Apparel. Both Sportswear and Women's Apparel are strategic priorities for North America and the Nike Brand. Success in this role requires curiosity, passion, merchandising excellence, marketplace experience, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements

• Open to work in Beaverton, OR
• 5+ years of merchandising, product creation, or retail experience in vertical or wholesale environments
• Bachelor’s degree in merchandising, business, marketing, or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience, and training
• Footwear, apparel and/or equipment merchandising experience
• Understanding of retail key performance indicators and profit based metrics
• Strong strategy building skills that shape the future of the business
• Effective communicator that collaborates and brings people together
• Provides direction and mentorship to teammates
• Values differences and builds strong relationships
• Proven balance of art and science in decision-making
• Self-directed, independent, and dedicated
• Cultivates innovation while also ensuring accountability
• Communicates vision and purpose and able to lead effectively in complex situations
• Solves problems using limited information and implements solutions with the ability to foresee most future implications
• Advises others on complex matters requiring in-depth knowledge or conceptual thinking
• Responds with speed and agility, curiosity, and motivation

Responsibilities

• Utilize marketplace data, consumer insights, foresight, and hindsight to make decisions, influence and develop seasonal plans to serve our consumer.
• Provide qualitative and quantitative insights to the Product Creation teams, the counterparts on Global Merchandising teams across Sports and gender constructs.
• Lead the management of our merchandising KPIs through robust analysis of retail insights and performance.
• Build positive and trustworthy relationships with your partners (including Marketplace Merchants, Marketing, Sales, Consumer Planning, GEL, among others) to build and land assortments that meet the needs of consumers, take them to a new place, and differentiate the key points of distribution across key cities.
• Work with your cross-functional team to maintain the optimal balance between a pull and push market.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level