Sales Partner Representative - Converse jobs at Nike in France

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

You'll collaborate with Design, Development, Merchandising, and Marketing teams to create industry leading performance footwear and compelling athlete-focused stories.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, experience or training

• A minimum of 3 years directly relevant work experience

• Creativity and passion for Jordan Brand, women and kids’ sports, and the culture of the athletic footwear industry

• Proven ability to gather consumer and marketplace insights and translate into compelling product strategies and solutions

• Effective business planning skills to achieve financial and key metric objectives

• Team-oriented, able to empower and support others

• Strong presentation and interpersonal communication skills

• Sharp attention to detail and deadlines

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

As the Senior Product Line Manager for Jordan Sport, you will co-lead a team dedicated to developing performance footwear for both current and future athletes. You will oversee the product creation process, promote a collaborative team culture, and provide strategic insights to drive new product expression, innovation, and market opportunities.

• Co-build and establish a multiyear product line plan for each respective business

• Create and present product briefs, tools, and decks for internal and external stakeholders

• Co-manage product system data entry and accuracy

• Drive process excellence within seasonal calendar gates and deliverables

• Master the fundamentals of performance footwear making & story telling

• Product research and athlete insight gathering

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

You will be driving our French RSG portfolio and lead central processes for the full RSG EMEA group.

This role will be responsible for:

• Planning and delivering your directly owned partner portfolio plan (from Partner x Nike strategy through Trade Terms to G2N management)
• Developing and driving France country strategy that unlocks market share growth within RSG partners and creates a halo across the total marketplace for Nike Running
• Delivering net revenue growth and the right level of net contribution from your portfolio by owning the end to end business with your portfolio.
• Leading partner Sell Ins – independently deliver a premium seasonal experience to partners that focuses on their needs and unlocks growth for Nike
• Ensuring consistent and strong representation of the Nike brand in market: presence and collaboration with partners on activations & events, retail visits, staff trainings, T2Ts, LT etc.
• Collaborating with local marketing and EKIN teams to coordinate x functional work and maximize impact for the country marketplace
• Ensuring best presentation of stories and products in digital & B&M
• Building seasonal assortments based on frameworks delivered by merchandising and planning, enriched by expertise on partner & market needs, ensuring seasonal product flow and optimizing in-season trade + replenishment to improve account results

In this role, you will report to the Director Running Authenticators, EMEA. You will become part of the EMEA Running Authenticators (RSG) team within the Authenticators MPU.

Your main focus will be driving commerce + profitability & the relationship with accounts. You'll also work cross-functionally with supply chain (MPO/customer operations), merchandising, marketing & planning.

• Strong Partner Management knowledge across a portfolio of account types (forecasting, hind sighting, planning and assortment ownership and Influencing skills)
• Business planning: Ability to use financial data to make decisions and increase account profitability – proficiency in analysing retail metrics across B&M and digital
• Retail planning: Ability to utilise data, to optimize Inventory & gross margins + ability to develop seasonal assortments, forecasts, and scenario plans
• Strong communication and relationship building skills
• Ability to prepare, plan and deliver clear and persuasive presentations in front of large groups
• Deep understanding & connection into the french running community and culture
• Deep understanding of the running industry and trends in the marketplace
• Fluency in French & English are a must
• Ability to travel on a frequent basis between the office and partners across the market.

Applications will close for this role on the 16th May 2025

Senior Partner Rep RNWY

Based in Paris,you will be part of the France Marketplace team. You will help grow and claim #1 market share for the consumer/FOP with your account(s) by executing the strategy, landing the seasonal stories and right assortment (breadth and depth) to serve your target consumer.

• Develop seasonal assortments based on merch frameworks. Ensuring seasonal product flow, optimize in-season trading, replenishment to maximize the partner results.​
• Help create brand impact through partner relationship, launch and community activation in RNWY to create heat for Nike in her premium and high heat life- andsportstyle.​
• Plan your accounts business: forecasts and scenario plans for the account using category, consumer, partner, brand and marketplace knowledge​.
• Manage the partner and the marketplace: Ensure best presentation of stories and products at your account (digital & B&M) aligned with the One Nike Marketplace strategy.​
• Build a premium seamless consumer experience, scaling online-to-offline. Obsess product launch journeys across Account platform ecosystem.
• Contribute to net revenue growth and net contribution of your account by managing the end-to-end business with your account.​
• High standard to complex partnership management, supporting commercial CFOP goals independently, through higher problem-solving skills, and contributing to the collective team performance​.
• Collaborate on partner (city) experience at sell-in, and (co-)own the E2E experience for your showroom – work closely with Office admin and/or (City) Experience Lead and x-functional partners (e.g. merch) to bring excellent partner sell-in experience to life​
• Actively contribute and participate in Ground Game (Authenticators)​
• Ensure recurring and consistent representation, presence and collaboration with partner/buyer in the market at retail (retail visit, staff training, competitor knowledge,) where relevant and within T&E budget.

Who you will work with

In this role you will be the main touchpoint for EMEA and UK leadership teams for the respective accounts you manage. This role will report directly into the Neighborhood Manager France

A successful candidate will be expected to clearly demonstrate and articulate experience of the below essential requirements in order to be considered. Candidates that meet these criteria will then be assessed based on the competencies also outlined below.

Essential requirements:

• Experience in account commercial management acquired in or across Sales, Buying, Merchandising, Business Planning, etc.
• Experience in seasonal management through Code.
• Ability to create account plans (Buy & Assortment plans, commercial short-term plan)
• Account facing – Drive E2E relationship and business impact with partner – bring your CFOP(s) to life with the relevant Nike marketplace partners.
• Proven track record to read and analyse relevant sales metrics and make strong strategically aligned commercial decisions and a strong record of data focused and fact-based Product, retail & financial planning.
• Digital and omnichannel acumen relevant to the broader sporting goods industry
• Relationship builder & influencing skills with both internal & external partners.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to elicit information, actively listen, dialogue freely, verbalize ideas successfully and negotiate with partners.
• Proven High standard to complex partnership management, supporting commercial CFOP goals independently, through higher problem-solving skills, and contributing to the collective team performance.

Leadership Defined Key Competencies:

• Acts with courage and manages to address difficult issues. Confronts tough organisational issues and coaches team on how to stand in the face of adversity.
• Communicates clear vision and strategy that motivates others to action. Builds energy and optimism in others for the organisations vision.
• Fosters effective teamwork by building cohesive relationships that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals. Rewards team efforts and accomplishments.
• Cultivates innovation by creating new and better ways for us to work, be successful and grow. Challenges others to develop break through solutions.
• Thinks strategically about future possibilities and translates them into breakthrough strategies. Thinks beyond the day to day, taking a long-term view of the business based on an understanding of our consumer.
• Embraces and Drives Change - Embraces personal change, driving organizational change and operating effectively while leading the way through uncertainty.

Information about benefits can be found .

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

• Drive complex workstreams independently and direct others in order to develop well-crafted narrative and ideas.

• Drive and deliver end-to-end creative concepts across product launches, brand stories, campaigns, and consumer activations, working from strategy through concept and finishing with premium executions across channels.

• Work with a multidisciplinary team, playing a pivotal role in executing and delivering creative storytelling across every consumer touchpoint.

• Translate briefs and marketing plans into big, simple, emotive ideas and innovative stories.

• Lead workstreams independently, developing and crafting innovative creative concepts for North America Women's Performance campaigns.

• Keep up to date with emerging trends in fashion, design, film, art, media and technology as relevant to Nike and the North America Women's Performance team.

• Work across multiple projects, requiring careful planning and management of schedule.

• Communicate concepts to various internal and external audiences, tailoring presentations to successfully convey the creative vision.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

WHAT YOU BRING

• Minimum 5-7 years creative experience in advertising agency, editorial, or in-house brand creative team.

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in Creative Writing, Communications, Journalism, or a related field.

• A passion for the Athlete*, Sport* and Culture with an obsession with an obsession in Running & Training.

• A strong connection culture sharp focus in Gen Z interests, language, and trends.

• A positive mentality with proven ability to flex and adapt to changing business needs while maintaining creative quality.

• Laser-sharp focus to work quickly and efficiently under pressure.

• Strong time management to toggle between daily and long-term tasks, keeping workstreams moving forward simultaneously.

• Strong portfolio of brand storytelling displaying insight-driven work, critical thinking, a distinctive voice, an outstanding eye for detail, and a high taste level.

• Eagerness to create ideas that cut through the media clutter, building upon Nike’s rich history of industry-defining work.

• Skilled and experienced in innovative storytelling (headlines, manifesti, long copy, short copy, scripts) across multiple platforms (social, digital, experiences, OOH, and film) and for a wide spectrum of audiences.

• Dedication to research and transforming brand strategies into creative strategies.

• Experience managing creative, design and production partners, as well as internal stakeholders to deliver the highest caliber work.

• Entrepreneurial spirit with proactive approach to identifying and acting on ways to improve the work, continually pushing the vision forward.

• Proven ability to lead across advertising and storytelling, with a focus on Youth and Lifestyle Culture, preferably within the footwear, apparel, or sport industries.

• A network of trusted freelance writers who can support on bigger projects.

• A skillful balance of creativity and organization, with a team player mentality.

• Strong leadership skills with an ability to mentor and guide more junior team members, fostering a collaborative and positive working environment.

• Excellent presentation skills with an ability to articulate ideas to senior leaders with precision and confidence; adept at communicating and defending creative work.

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

As our Senior Administrative Assistant, you will report into the Creative Director of ACG Apparel & Footwear Design, along with supporting the Senior Director of ACG Apparel & Accessories Product Design, Senior Director of ACG Footwear Product Design, and Senior Director of ACG Apparel & Footwear Expression Design.

WHAT YOU BRING TO NIKE:

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Minimum of 3 years of administrative work experience required
• Ability to work and communicate effectively with a variety of personalities including senior level executives
• Proven ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, results-oriented, team environment with times of high ambiguity
• Proven ability to organize, prioritize and appropriately handle highly confidential and sensitive information
• Ability to work independently and take initiative to follow-through on requests until completion with a high attention to detail
• Previous experience working with and tracking budgets is strongly preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (MS Outlook, PowerPoint, Word and Excel) and virtual meeting tools (Zoom / MS Teams). Experience with Keynote a plus, not required. Experience with AI tools like Chat GPT or Microsoft Copilot a plus, not required.
• Previous Nike work experience is a plus
• Ability to occasionally work outside of core business hours

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

You'll perform a wide range of administrative duties for a diverse team of people and/or leaders with a variety of management styles. These duties will include but not limited to the following:

• Complex Calendar Management: Scheduling appointments, meetings, and conferences for the leaders you support, managing conflicts and coordinating with other teammates and leaders as required
• Booking Travel Arrangements: Booking flights, accommodations, and transportation for leaders you support, including managing itineraries and necessary documentation.
• Planning Meetings and Events: Securing event space as necessary and handling any budgeting, catering, agenda planning, scheduling, reminders, and working with external parties as needed.
• Preparing Expense Reports, tracking budgets and purchase orders: Preparing expense reports, tracking budgets, and processing invoices or purchase orders for vendors as required.
• Document Preparation & Organization: Producing, editing and reformatting documents and email correspondence. This could include but will not be limited to updating organizational charts, creating high quality graphic and text PowerPoint or Keynote presentations, and/or team session agendas/work session run of shows.
• Coordinate Team Space Planning, Workspace and/or Equipment Moves
• Special Projects: Assisting with project planning, tracking progress, and ensuring deadlines are met as needed by the team and/or leader you support
• Team & Culture Building: You will have the opportunity to work with the leader you support to help the team build connections to each other, their leader, the environment and Nike through a variety of ways – staff meetings, team building activities, offsites and the physical workspace they come to day-in and day-out.