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Lead Buyer, Mens Merchandising NDDC NA Jobs in Beaverton, OR at Nike
Title: Lead Buyer, Mens Merchandising NDDC NA
Company: Nike
Location: Beaverton, OR
Become a Part of the NIKE, Inc. Team
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, Inc. it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.
For NIKE, Inc. merchants, everything begins and ends with the consumer. The Nike Merchandising team understands consumer needs and market capacity to create the right product mix for marketplaces around the world. From stores to online, this team helps bring the seasonal category visions to life. The Merchandising team has the unique ability to see beyond trends to identify what’s next to deliver the right product to the right places at the right time and price.
Become a Part of the NIKE, Inc. Team
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.
The Lead Merchant role exists within Nike Direct (Nike’s own retail business) in North America, specifically in Men’s Lifestyle Apparel & Men’s Performance (Run / Train) Footwear. The role is responsible for setting the Merchandising strategies and Assortment Frameworks for our digital platforms. By partnering cross-functionally with Consumer Merchandising, Planning, Site Experience, Allocation, and Marketing – we help bring to market the products that best serve our consumers, enhance our brand, and drive profitable, sustainable growth.
Who We Are Looking For
We’re looking for consumerists with an affinity for product that enjoy the energy of moving at the pace of retail and the consumer. A successful Lead Merchant will thrive and contribute to an inclusive, positive, and progressive team dynamic, as well as manage and lead in a way that elevates the total team.
This role is responsible for driving the NA Nike Direct Digital business: building consumer right assortments, using consumer insights, historical data, analytics and real-time market feedback to advise the future (coming seasons) while winning today (trading real-time)!
The candidate should possess solid retail competence and analytical abilities as well as experience in retail environments, particularly digital commerce. They should understand the cross functional collaboration vital to win at the moment of truth. They should be comfortable overseeing and advising the work of individual contributors within a structured mentor framework, in addition to being a leader among their peers!
Provide Nike direct POV on Product Line, Strategic Intent, and Marketplace Insights
Drive franchise health across the portfolio, aligned to product strategic intent and lifecycle balance – newness and consistency
Influence Geography, Brand, and Platform teams to ensure we are supporting our most important products
What You Will Work On
You will drive the comprehensive offense for NA Ni…
