Merchant II, Marketplace Merchandising - Converse

Nike • Boston, MA

18h

About The Position

Are you interested in working for the most iconic and well-loved sneaker brand in the world? Born in sports and made for the street, Converse is a place to explore your potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. We seek people who can lead, grow, think, dream, and create. Our culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. Converse seeks achievers, leaders, and visionaries. At Converse, it’s about each person bringing their authentic self, skills, and passion to serve the daring spirit of youth.

We are seeking a strategic and consumer-focused Merchant to support the development of merchandising strategies and product lines for Energy Footwear and Apparel across the Global Marketplace. This person will support assortment decisions, marketplace insights, and account-specific merchandising strategies. This role is serving consumers with the most relevant products to enable Converse’s vision and drive sustainable business growth in the Inspire channel.

You are a curious, energetic, and coachable merchant. You have demonstrated an awareness and understanding of the consumer and the dynamics of the marketplace. You are optimistic, solution-driven and passionate. You have an entrepreneurial spirit, strong consumer focus, and can handle multiple priorities effectively.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Merchandising, Marketing, or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience, and training.
• 2+ years of experience in Retail, Merchandising, Product Management, Marketplace, Buying, or relevant experience
• Deep knowledge and understanding of Energy/Collab industry and market
• Entrepreneurial spirit, experience working on new projects/start-ups/concepts/ideas
• Proficiency in analyzing business and consumer trends
• Attention to detail
• Ability to collaboratively manage multiple deadlines and competing priorities
• Effective verbal and written communication skills, including presentations to various cross-functional partners
• Team first mentality, energy giver
• Passion for the business, eye for product, trend sensitive for targeted consumers.
• Solid experience in merchandising, with strong analytical skills and a results-driven mindset.
• Detail-oriented, proactive, and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, comfortable working with cross-functional teams.
• Fluent in both spoken and written English.

Responsibilities

• Obsess the consumer framework, be a product and merchandising expert.
• Develop and execute robust merchandising strategies, setting geo specific strategic intent of product lifecycle, expression, pricing, flow, distribution.
• Closely partner with X-Sport and Sport merch teams on marketplace seasonal product needs, align on seasonal line.
• Provide actionable marketplace insights to influence future line development and deliver long-term product line plan.
• Collaborate closely with Commercial Growth partners, deliver clear seasonal priorities & details, balancing newness and consistency across the consumer framework, to empower differentiated account-ready assortments
• Partner with Planning to drive sustainable financial targets.
• Analyze weekly sales performance, consumer feedback, and competitor activity to enable agile decisions that maximize sell-through and meet business goals.
• Partner with Brand teams to ensure impactful brand story and product presentation across the Global Marketplace
• Support seasonal product line adoption, product launches and key account initiatives

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees