Senior Manager Brand Creative Retail Gc jobs at Nike in China, Shanghai

Job Purpose

• Responsible for executing partners fleet strategy, facilitating the analysis of partners marketplace trend, and delivering partners high-quality fleet projects.
• Closely work together with internal marketplace team, marketing team, finance team and Demand and Supply Management and partners fleet development team to ensure the feasible door opening / renovation cadence through city cluster strategy.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with fleet director to continuously improve fleet productivity under the joint fleet development vision with partners through city cluster strategy.
• Deep dive commercial insights from marketplace, synergize opportunities and collaborate marketplace mechanism.
• Seamlessly execute marketplace fleet development plan and improve partners fleet structure as well as optimize partners profit accordingly.
• Develop strong cross functional relationships with cross-functional teams (e.g. Marketplace Planning team, Account expansion team, Marketing and financial team, also cultivate team innovation & creativity through national collaborations
• Enhance partners fleet development capabilities and drive better co-working fleet process & clear R&R.

Requirements of this role

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field.
• More than 8 working experiences in sports or retail related industry.
• Strong partner management skills.
• Strong communication and influence skills.
• Fluent in English and proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite including PowerPoint and Excel
• Rich knowledge of marketplace / city clusters and retail concept.
• Knowledge of financial P&L analysis and business forecast.

Typical Capabilities

Problem Solving:Initiates analysis and investigation to solve differing but related problems.

Developing professional role. Develops expertise and applies solutions based on experience. Identifies most appropriate options or methods to improve existing approaches. Have an educational background or work experience in architecture or construction.

Education Requirement

Bachelor’s degree required in the relevant or a related field, or any acceptable combination of education and experience equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in the relevant or a related field.

Who You Are:
• Skills & Experience:
• Proven experience in project management and retail production within
agencies or brands.
• Expertise in managing complex timelines, budgets, and spacial design
deliverables.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a proven team player with leadership
capabilities.
• Persona:
• Passionate, always learning, and evolving with trends in creativity.
• Exceptionally organized, a natural problem-solver, and comfortable
under pressure
• A master collaborator who inspires and motivates direct teams and
external spacial production crew.
• Language:
• Proficient in both Chinese and English (verbal & written).

What We Work On:
• End-to-End Retail Creative Production Management:
• Manage Retail / Experience production from planning to final asset
delivery, ensuring creativity is at the forefront.
• Oversee executions across various physical and digital mediums.
• Creative Thought Partnership:
• Collaborate closely with Nike's retail/ In real life creative team to drive
the creative production process consistently.
• Network and commission work from a broad network of agencies and
creative individuals.
• Continuously seek new talents and partners to enhance creative
outputs.
• Commission and manage multiple creative partners, from renowned
agencies to emerging talents.
• Facilitate creative partner outreach, negotiations, budget management,
and contract execution.
Who You Work With:
• Partner daily with Nike's internal retail / In retail life creative team, including
designers, art directors, and creative leaders and your border production
team.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as Marketing Retail Brands,
Finance, Legal, BA, Procurement by project basis.

What You Bring to Nike:
• Passion for creativety, sports and culture
• A wealth of experience in project management or retail production for
agencies or brand
• Future-forward thinker with a solution-oriented mindset and entrepreneurial
spirit.
• Ability to thrive in a matrix envrioment with multiple business functions and
senior sakehoders, cutting through the noise to challnege the business
priorities and deliver the best creative
• Knowing when and how to drive solutions via speak up
• Commitment to staying up-to-date with current and future creative
technologies and innovations.
• Willingness to travel 10-20% of the time.

Key Responsibilities (include but are not limited to)

• Lead the development and synthesis of cluster mapping to establish a holistic national perspective, and generate in-depth strategic insights
• Lead cross-cluster projects to accelerate the transformation of Nike’s fleet
• Lead the involvement and communication of overall marketplace mapping guardrail
• Serve as the primary interface for the mapping team, fostering collaboration with Nike’s cross-functional partners

Qualifications & Requirements

• >= 5 year working experience

• Mandatory: >=4 working experience in top consulting firms focusing on consumer goods industry, including MBB and other top consulting firms

• Preferred: Experience in corporate strategy in consumer goods / retail company

• Bachelor’s degree or above from a top-tier university (domestic or international)

• Strong data analytical and problem-solving skills

• Passion to drive results and strong self-motivation, excellent communication skills

What you will work on

• Support and partner with the Sr. Creative Director and Design Director to create seasonal and long-term vision, strategic and tactical direction, and design continuity.

• Support a design process of clear ideation focusing on exploration of color, materiality, texture, spacing, proportion, scale and use of the environment.

• Collaborate with producers, design counterparts (both Global and Geo), internal partners (Retail Brand, City Brand, Retail Concept, etc.) and external partners to ensure feasibility of designs and functional needs are met.

• Ensure project goals and priorities align with Nike Retail Brand, City Brand and business strategies.

• Develop presentation materials that effectively communicate design concepts to all levels of leadership and partners.

• Constantly seek new and innovative ways to tell stories through graphics, styling, lighting, sculpture, photography, video, animation and more.

• Contribute to education and inspiration, sharing knowledge and exposure to current and future trends influencing the innovation of consumer experiences and technology.

• Foster team work and lead the team to complete task and meet expectation.

• You may travel 10-20% of the time.

Who You Will Work With

Under the direction of a Sr. Creative Director and a Design Director manager, and in partnership with operation and producers, and cross-functional peers, you will realize innovative, original retail and in real life experience. You will collaborate with internal and external design teams to complete multiple projects and ensure the creative intent, design results, timelines and budgets are met.

What You Bring

• Minimum of 10+ years of progressive, technically sophisticated design experience in interior design, experiential design or brand design and a demonstrated ability to apply these skills in ways that elevate brand excellence.

• Bachelors/master’s degree in graphic design, architecture, industrial design, environmental design, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Adept at applying and performing design skills including concepting, ideation, drawing/sketching, typography, color theory, texture, spatial design in scale, visual presentation development and space planning layouts.

• Strong knowledge of current trends in color, graphic design, art, photography, architecture and experience design — and their application to the sport industry.

• Strong knowledge of production design, fabrication, materiality, and emerging manufacturing trends.

• Strategic thinking and adept at connecting the dots across multiple approaches and outputs.

• Proven ability to manage ambiguity and create compelling solutions when the way forward is not always clear.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to present new concepts and designs to small and large groups, including presenting to executive leaders and external partners.

• Proven ability to manage multiple and competing work priorities, demands and changes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead Store level RSU driven assortment plans cross CFOP based on seasonal product strategy, Store profile, and growth expectations.
• Partner with cross functional team to ensure seasonal buy plan meeting merchandise financial plan; reflecting merchandise strategy; supporting seasonal marketing stories
• Analyze sales data, market trends, and competitive landscapes to identify assortment opportunities and risks.
• Plan cross season assortment/inventory flow (new launches, replenishment, exit strategies) to minimize markdowns and maximize full-price sell-through.
• Develop and standardize store level assortment planning tools, frameworks, and reporting metrics.

Job Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Fashion, Business, finance or Data Analytics.
• 5+ years in merchandising, assortment planning, retail planning
• Experience in multi-channel retail (e-commerce, brick-and-mortar, wholesale).
• Strong business/ retail industry acumen (weeks of supply, sell-through analysis).
• Strong cross functional alignment and influencing skills
• Fluent in English & Mandarin (spoken & written)
• Advanced knowledge of MS office applications (Excel and PPT)

What you will work on

• Support and partner with the Sr. Creative Director and Design Director to create seasonal and long-term vision, strategic and tactical direction, and design continuity.

• Support a design process of clear ideation focusing on exploration of color, materiality, texture, spacing, proportion, scale and use of the environment.

• Collaborate with producers, design counterparts (both Global and Geo), internal partners (Retail Brand, City Brand, Retail Concept, etc.) and external partners to ensure feasibility of designs and functional needs are met.

• Ensure project goals and priorities align with Nike Retail Brand, City Brand and business strategies.

• Develop presentation materials that effectively communicate design concepts to all levels of leadership and partners.

• Constantly seek new and innovative ways to tell stories through graphics, styling, lighting, sculpture, photography, video, animation and more.

• Contribute to education and inspiration, sharing knowledge and exposure to current and future trends influencing the innovation of consumer experiences and technology.

• Foster team work and lead the team to complete task and meet expectation.

• You may travel 10-20% of the time.

Who You Will Work With

Under the direction of a Sr. Creative Director and a Design Director manager, and in partnership with operation and producers, and cross-functional peers, you will realize innovative, original retail and in real life experience. You will collaborate with internal and external design teams to complete multiple projects and ensure the creative intent, design results, timelines and budgets are met.

What You Bring

• Minimum of 10+ years of progressive, technically sophisticated design experience in interior design, experiential design or brand design and a demonstrated ability to apply these skills in ways that elevate brand excellence.

• Bachelors/master’s degree in graphic design, architecture, industrial design, environmental design, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Adept at applying and performing design skills including concepting, ideation, drawing/sketching, typography, color theory, texture, spatial design in scale, visual presentation development and space planning layouts.

• Strong knowledge of current trends in color, graphic design, art, photography, architecture and experience design — and their application to the sport industry.

• Strong knowledge of production design, fabrication, materiality, and emerging manufacturing trends.

• Strategic thinking and adept at connecting the dots across multiple approaches and outputs.

• Proven ability to manage ambiguity and create compelling solutions when the way forward is not always clear.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to present new concepts and designs to small and large groups, including presenting to executive leaders and external partners.

• Proven ability to manage multiple and competing work priorities, demands and changes.