Lead Merchant, GC Men's Inline Store Performance Footwear

This merchant focuses on men's performance footwear assortments for all retail concepts and key doors across NSO & NSP stores. At the same time lead and drive merchandising execution for Nike Rise concept. He/she is also responsible for NSO store in-season management.

Key Partnership:

• Consumer merch
• MPU merch - NDDC/Value/Social commerce
• Retail Marketing
• NSO field team
• NSP X-account team
• Planning

Job Responsibility:

• Builds men's performance footwear assortments for all CLC concept stores and key doors across NSO & NSP in a consumer-centric way. Work closely with Consumer Merch & other MPU Merch to make sure consumer needs at retail store will be fully served and aligned x-channels.
• Explores consumer insights & marketplace trend thru creative ways to make art/science balanced assortment decision.
• Lead and drive merchandising execution for Nike Rise/Beacon/HOI.
• Influences and Informs NSO in-season product arrangement based on weekly sales analysis & consumer insights from retail stores.
• Work with retail marketing team, influences and drives retail end-in mind by leveraging merchandising expertise and vision.
• Evolves store product assortment strategy innovatively based on the fast-changing consumer demand & dynamic marketplace.

Functional Skill Required (Hard skills):

• GC local marketplace knowledge
• 5+ years' merchandising / buying experience in retail industry
• Strong product sense / passion
• Strong English & Chinese language skill

Experience Required (Soft skills):

• Strong connection skill - deliver high profile x-functional communication
• Innovative & solution-driven mindset
• Strategic thinking
• Ambiguity management
• Learning agility

For merchants at NIKE, everything begins and ends with the consumer. The NIKE Merchandising team is the guardian & voice within the organization to bring the SWOOSH to life for each and every one of our consumers. Our mission is to serve them with the best products in the world and we obsess product down to every last detail - from design briefing all the way to understanding our consumers experience post purchase. We are the key function to see & shape the future of NIKE product, identifying what's next and cooking up how to deliver the right products, to the right place at the right time. Our role is to blend product art with business science to bring NIKE's vision to life in every place our customer looks to be served, from stores to the digital space and beyond.

Nike does more than outfit the world's best athletes. We are a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries, and push out the edges of what can be. We're looking for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Every employee brings inspiration and innovation to our business and we seek achievers, leaders and visionaries. At Nike, it's about bringing what you have to a challenging and constantly evolving game.