Manager Merchandising Information Operations jobs at Nike in Netherlands

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

We are looking for a Lead Merch Financial Planner, NMP EMEA to create a 6 season rolling MFP for one (or more) major accounts, grounded in revenue, inventory, retails sales, profitability, productivity, margin, and consumer centricity. You will create pre-season plans that support the commercial of Nike and consumer field of play. You will manage these plans through to in-season optimization and delivery of commercial targets through a robust rolling forecast process and collaborative weekly offense with the Integrated Account Teams and various cross-functional stakeholders.

• Demonstrated experience (8+ years) in business planning (both retail and wlsl) & good understanding of finance, merchandising and supply chain planning processes

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to engage efficiently with a broad range of audiences including retail partner, senior business leaders and other senior planning leaders

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Excellent knowledge of automated planning systems, particularly Excel

• Can identify commercial opportunities and leads decision making based on well-developed merch financial plans

• Demonstrated ability to influence and design compelling communication grounded in data

• A strategic outlook and experience in leading projects

• Ability to influence senior stakeholders through clear storytelling & business acumen

• Bigger picture thinking by understanding how the Nike matrix operates x-functionally.

Critical Thinking:

You are ready to think outside of the box, make decisions even if there is lack of data or information, also partnering with key stakeholders and remain agile.

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

Self-Awareness:You have a growthdemeanortoward yourself and others. You seek a balance between demonstrating your strengths and working on your development opportunities. You know what motivates you, what your pitfalls are, and what unconscious biases you may bring to the table, and you are able and willing to communicate about them and work on them. You know how to admit your mistakes.

Curiosity:Your thirst for knowledge is well-known by others. You seek to understand first. You are able to make objective recommendations and draw conclusions based on a combination of quantitative and qualitative insights

because you are always willing to challenge your and others’ assumptions.

You are ready to leverage statistical forecasting and data science to develop a decision-oriented plan.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

• Shape and contribute to 6 season merchandise financial plans, including orders and inventory for Consumer Fields of Play(CFOP) x Marketplace Units

• Manage Risks & Opportunities between CFOP x Marketplace

• Maintain Merch Financial Plan at sub-MPU dimensions (e.g. banner, account, account group)

• Partner with Consumer planning & CEMEA Assortment Planning

• Partner with key stakeholders across Geo to drive marketplace business health throughout the in-season product life cycle

• Influence and optimize inventory Sell-Through across Marketplace

• Reconcile In-Season Assortment Plans with Planning Rolling Forecast and Align to Consumer Fields of Play

• Execute cross-MPU trade-off actions to drive consumer demand, Nike and partner margin and optimize overall marketplace inventory health

What you bring:
Join the NIKE, Inc. team! As a Coach, you will be responsible for delivering exceptional consumer service and ensuring a premium brand experience for our consumers. You will coordinate, coach, and motivate the employees in your department while maintaining an excellent work atmosphere. You will support
the management of the daily business in your area to achieve sales targets, including digital services, visual merchandising, sales floor, and promotional campaigns. You will identify and solve problems in partnership with your store leadership and be a brand ambassador for NIKE’s initiatives. You will also

COMMERCIAL
• Leading a team who can deliver efficient receiving of product, inventory accuracy to visual presentation standards
• Ensuring the smooth process of all inventories warranting our sales floor is always full, presentable and achieve brand standards
• Working alongside department leads who will oversee the individual components (product receiving and visual presentation) whilst you will be responsible for the overall product journey in store
• Being responsible for monthly initiative launches
• Using our reporting tools to make the best commercial decisions
• Achieving accurate inventory to fulfill digital orders

ATHLETE EXPERIENCE
• Ensuring the team is equipped to deliver the highest quality athlete experience (Purpose)
• Leading team Engagement on NIKE Community Ambassador activities
• Partnering with senior store leadership, you will oversee the hiring processes including onboarding
• Being responsible for store scheduling
• Working collaboratively with store team to implement & maintain a positive NIKE culture

CONSUMER EXPERIENCE
• Leading by example and the delivery of our sales floor service and bring the consumer journey to life
• Ensuring the team is equipped with brand knowledge regarding all aspects consumer service including digital service enablers
• Completing specific training and share completion with athlete services
• Using data and analytics to provide insights and partner to achieve continuous improvement with senior store leadership

What you get:
• One of the best compensation and benefits packages in the industry
• Opportunity for quarterly performance-based bonus
• A supportive team that values Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• A career at a company at the forefront of the sports and fashion industry
• Generous online and in-store employee discounts and a brand-new NIKE outfit for you to sport with your teammates on the sales floor

Qualifications:
• Advanced customer service skills with demonstrated ability in leading a shop floor (or department) team in creating a unique customer experience
• Ability to coach and develop a strong team
• Effective communicator, brand ambassador, and innovative leader
• Demonstrated ability to apply product sales techniques
• Flexible with scheduling and available to work retail hours which may include day, evening, weekends, and/or holidays, based on department and store/company needs

** Relocation is not offered for this role.

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

In this role, you’ll work within a cross-functional squad model. Together, you’ll drive sharp seasonal assortment strategies, prepare new store openings with amazing product offer, and reply with product programs on city-specific moments that put the consumer at the Center.

You’ll thrive in this role if you bring:

• Proven experience in retail merchandising or buying, with a focus on retail assortment building and delivering against retail KPIs (productivity, sell-through, CR%).

• A strong strategic mindset paired with hands-on experience in end-to-end assortment planning across multiple seasons and store types.

• The ability to translate consumer and marketplace insights into actionable product plans and door-level line plans.

• Fluency in Excel (advanced level), PowerPoint, and Tableau for data analysis, business storytelling, and seasonal performance tracking.

• Demonstrated success in cross-functional project management, including store openings or new product line launches, working across Planning, Allocation, Marketing, and Field.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

We know we’re doing a successful job when we:

• Lead the seasonal assortment strategy and planning that connects Nike’s global direction with a locally relevant lens — fueling growth and brand distinction across 26 Nike-owned doors.

• Deliver sharp door-level seasonal assortments that respond to consumer needs, marketplace shifts, and local energy moments — ensuring the right product shows up in the right city, at the right time.

• Shape the future of Nike Stores, contributing to key initiatives like new store openings, store format strategy evolutions, and product storytelling across key business areas .

• Elevate seasonal execution through insight, using performance data, local trend foresight, and marketplace feedback to continually improve the way our assortments come to life in-store.

• Drive cross-functional collaboration and alignment across Planning, Allocation, Consumer Merch, Store team, and Field team, while keeping the consumer at the center.

We’re looking for Merchants who don’t just meet expectations — they exceed them. People who think differently, lead boldly, and pioneer new ways of working in retail.

You will work in a cross-functional agile environment that spans across EMEA and services the Nike Direct Stores MSC needs. While being part of the MSC Stores, you will partner closely with Allocation,, Merchandising, Planning and Finance. Besides, you will daily connect with your stores, partners, carrier network and Nike’s logisticfunctions.

The ideal candidate should be able to demonstrate the below criteria;

• Supply Chain and Retail Experience:

• Team Management: proven track record of demonstrated robust team management experience, including leading high-performing teams, managing diverse skill sets, and delivering results in a fast-paced environment.

• Vision & Leadership: Exceptional vision and leadership capabilities, with the ability to define and articulate a compelling strategy for the team and inspire others to achieve it. Self-starter, with an ambition to drive change.

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build trust and credibility at all levels of the organization.

• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to decision-making : ability to translate complex supply chain issues into concise insights, sharing information with and influencing senior stakeholder, bringing recommendations and facilitating decision making.

• Stakeholder management: established experience in developing excellent working relationships with key partners, bringing the right people together and facilitating leadership decisions.

• Process Improvement: Innovative mentality and proven track record in leading and delivering process improvement for the organization.

• Analytical skills : strong experience in KPI management, root cause analysis and scenario planning with the ability to translate complex data sets into business insights through visualization (e.g. graphs, tables). Having advanced skills in MS Office (e.g. Excel) and reporting tools (Cognos, Tableau) and ERP Systems (SAP) is preferred.

As Manager, Supply Chain Stores, you will

• (Nike Partner)stores serving consumers across EMEA, in close partnership with our European Logistics and Transportation teams

• Utilize strong E2E operations, commercial and omnichannel retail management experience to ensure effective KPI focus and business delivery while obsessing our Consumer Promise KPI’s (Service, Convenience, Sustainability and Profitability)

• Co-create and lead a robust, agile operating model across the Nike Stores Supply Chain team to optimize Logistics capacity while maximizing service, growth and profitability

• Responsible for leading, growing and developing a high performing Stores Supply Chain Operations team that can create the future of the business

• Be accountable for the daily operational planning, fulfillment and performance management of Nike Stores orders while obsessing the Consumer Promise.

• Provide expert input into creation of the Stores Supply Chain strategy to serve consumers in close collaboration with Planning, Transportation and Distribution teams in ELC.

• Be the voice of Supply Chain in Stores x-functional forums to influence plans and decision making. Conversely, own translation and delivery of Stores commercial plans and actions towards Supply Chain teams

• Drive service model differentiation aligned with an elevated focus on mutually profitable and efficient operations

• Contribute towards the creation, execution and hind sighting of operational plans and Service Proposition for Key Retail Moments

• Lead with a continuous improvement mindset to uncover opportunities on operational level and initiate analytical projects and capability development

• Lead and grow a team of Sr. Specialists and Specialists across operational squads to serve the growing ND Stores business

Applications are accepted until end of day 16 May 2025.

COMMERCIAL
• Leading a team who can deliver efficient receiving of product, inventory accuracy to visual presentation standards
• Ensuring the smooth process of all inventories warranting our sales floor is always full, presentable and achieve brand standards
• Working alongside department leads who will oversee the individual components (product receiving and visual presentation) whilst you will be responsible for the overall product journey in store
• Being responsible for monthly initiative launches
• Using our reporting tools to make the best commercial decisions
• Achieving accurate inventory to fulfill digital orders

ATHLETE EXPERIENCE
• Ensuring the team is equipped to deliver the highest quality athlete experience (Purpose)
• Leading team Engagement on NIKE Community Ambassador activities
• Partnering with senior store leadership, you will oversee the hiring processes including onboarding
• Being responsible for store scheduling
• Working collaboratively with store team to implement & maintain a positive NIKE culture

CONSUMER EXPERIENCE
• Leading by example and the delivery of our sales floor service and bring the consumer journey to life
• Ensuring the team is equipped with brand knowledge regarding all aspects consumer service including digital service enablers
• Completing specific training and share completion with athlete services
• Using data and analytics to provide insights and partner to achieve continuous improvement with senior store leadership

What you get:
• One of the best compensation and benefits packages in the industry
• Opportunity for quarterly performance-based bonus
• A supportive team that values Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• A career at a company at the forefront of the sports and fashion industry
• Generous online and in-store employee discounts and a brand-new NIKE outfit for you to sport with your teammates on the sales floor

Qualifications:
• Advanced customer service skills with demonstrated ability in leading a shop floor (or department) team in creating a unique customer experience
• Ability to coach and develop a strong team
• Effective communicator, brand ambassador, and innovative leader
• Demonstrated ability to apply product sales techniques
• Flexible with scheduling and available to work retail hours , which may include day, evening, weekends, and/or holidays, based on department and store/company needs

*For this role relocation is not offered.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

Strong organizational skills, crafting outstanding product briefs, and the ability to learn and adapt swiftly are essential. Problem-solving skills and attention to details are other requirements that will make this individual excel in the role.

This individual should be able to work well in ambiguity, can evolve and refine the operating model they work within, and can lead a cross-functional team in the creation of product in a fast-paced environment.

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience working in Apparel product management or product merchandising.

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

• Great understanding and experience of the apparel product creation process.

• Strong analytical skills.

• Passion for the apparel industry with a performance, sportwear and/ or fashion lens.

• Consumer expertise: EMEA consumer, lifestyle apparel trends.

• Affinity or interest for the football obsessed consumer, football as a sport and in particular the culture that surrounds it.

• Expert knowledge of the EMEA retail landscape and wholesale partners.

• Exceptional time management with a proven ability to manage multiple work streams.

• Proficiency in PowerPoint, Keynote, Excel, fast learner using new tools.

• The following experiences would be a plus: work on football products (performance or lifestyle) Partnership with football clubs, external collaborators, work on energy products.

• Ability to build strong cross-functional relationships and work collaboratively.

• An inquisitive mind, proactive information-seeking skills, and a drive for results.

• Strong presentation skills with the confidence to lead and influence peers and senior stakeholders.

• Strong business acumen and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time, including internationally.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

• Develop & leverage responsive capabilities & consumer connection to create incremental product opportunities that keeps Nike at the forefront of trends in EMEA.

• Lead and conduct consumer and marketplace insights research.

• Monitor product performance (bookings and sell-through)

• Translate consumer insights into meaningful and impactful briefs for design.

• This role will have a focus on the on and off pitch of football culture and aim at serving the consumer who lives and breathe football wherever they live in EMEA.

• Overseeing all aspects of the product creation process in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, from line planning to sell-in.

• Ensuring profitability while delivering impactful apparel executions tailored to the needs of our EMEA consumer.

• You will collaborate with Nike's cross-functional teams including Design, Development, sourcing and costing to ensure alignment and drive initiatives.

• Managing creation workflow and data, creating, maintaining, and delivering product tools.

24th of April 2025.

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

The ideal candidate will have exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, with a particular strength in driving clarity and alignment for executive and cross-functional audiences. They should have the ability to use data to tell a story and influence decisions and actions.

• Experience in leading, motivating, and developing a large team.

• Adept at understanding and handling matrix trade-offs to drive action with appropriate urgency.

• Financial competence, understanding of retail KPIs and concepts, and impact of inventory on the Nike P&L.

• Foundational understanding of a physical supply chain and end-to-end inventory management.

• Experience in planning, supply chain or related fields.

• Bachelor’s Degree required, Masters Preferred

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

Lead the Inventory Management & Operations team for EMEA, driving long-term strategy and overseeing inventory forecasting and performance management. You will collaborate across functions to ensure effective inventory monitoring and execution.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the Nike-Owned Inventory Forecasting process across 6 seasons.

• Partner with Finance Team for monthly and quarterly financial updates.

• Drive EMEA Inventory Performance Management and actions.

• Monitor and execute excess inventory strategies, including closeout and aged inventory.