**Senior North America Merchandise Manager- Nike Direct Digital Commerce-Kids Apparel**

NIKE Beaverton, OR, USA Posted 1 month ago Full time **Job description**

The Senior Merchant Manager role exists within 3 marketplace units (MPU's): Nike Direct (Nike's own retail business), Strategic Partners and Consumer Merchandising Teams working on the balance of market. For each, the role sits on a gender product merchandising team, responsible to translate seasonal strategy for the gender and marketplace unit into the optimal assortment for the respective consumers served. The role partners with Gender Merchandising leaders, cross-functional partners and MPU team members to plan, build and trade a consumer right assortment.

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 Sr. Merchandising Manager 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 NDDC Kids Apparel business and building consumer right assortments, using consumer insights, historical data, analytics, and real-time market feedback to inform the future (coming seasons) while winning today (trading real-time)!

The candidate should possess solid retail acumen. They should understand the cross functional collaboration necessary to win at the moment of truth. They should be comfortable overseeing and advising the work of individual contributors within a structured coaching framework, in addition to being a leader among their peers!

What you will work on

This individual will drive the comprehensive offense for the NA NDDC Kids Apparel business. You will own the seasonal assortment plan including product, pricing, flow and concept or initiative's intent. You will understand related aspects of the business and marketplace in making your plans, including coordinating across concepts, genders, brands (Nike & Jordan) and how individual products or collections affect each other. You will collaborate cross-functionally to ensure assortment plans meet consumer demand and strategies implemented in retail.

We are looking for someone who can build consumer-centric assortment plans with an understanding of Nike Direct digital business, blending fact-based and intuitive inputs. You will participate in seasonal reviews, submits and trading for your respective area. This includes assortment building and submits working with Associate Merchants and system entry. Senior Managers may also lead projects across teams or topics.

You will balance multiple seasons and your insights will contribute to future seasonal plans and adoption by supporting Gender Merchandising Leadership upstream (10%). You will manage your areas of assortment planning in depth during the seasonal process (70%) and gather insights from and support optimal trading of in-market seasons (20%).

You will be a leader through captaining critical initiatives and moments across function as well as aligning the team on standard methodologies. In addition, you will be responsible for training, coaching and mentoring Associate Merchandising Managers individual development.

Who you will work with

We work closely with fellow merchants and cross-functional teams within Nike Direct, in particular Digital Merchandising, Planning, Allocation, and Site Merchandising, in addition to Brand Marketing. We 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.

You will report to the Gender NDDC Merchandising Director of your team. **Profile**

What you bring

- Bachelor's degree or higher, or combination of relevant education, experience and training

- 4 years experience in footwear or apparel merchandising, product creation and/or retail in a vertical, multi-brand or digital environment

- Footwear, Apparel, Equipment or relevant consumer product merchandising experience

- Strong command of common retail and/or digital profit-based metrics such as sell-through, turn, ASP, UPT and others

- Ability to contribute to and drive thinking into breakthrough strategies

- Ability to demonstrate leadership among peer group, inclusive of coaching and mentoring of teammates.