Nike Mens Sport FW Product Manager II Cleated Create 

United States, Oregon, Beaverton 

942771785

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

This Product Line Manager II will help create the future for Nike Men's Training footwear. They will partner cross-functionally with partners across Design, Development, Manufacturing, Finance, Merchandising and Marketing to bring product from Brief to Box. They will engage with Athletes* and marketplace partners to establish product and marketplace needs and inspire a team to construct product accordingly.

The ideal candidate for this role is someone who eats, sleeps, and breaths training and workouts. They will take this passion and help mine insights from our Athletes* and the marketplace. They act as a storyteller and weave insights brought from our Athletes* into relevant product opportunities. They will leverage expertise of the Training consumer and combine data insights to architect and deliver product needs and benefits. Translating Athlete* performance and style insights, communication, and inspiring teammates is key to success within this role. This candidate must be able to identify future trends to influence the product line, establish strong cross functional partnerships, drive clarity, actively listen, learn and establish a strategic point of view for the marketplace.

What you bring...

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

• A minimum of 3 years directly relevant work experience

• Education or experience in Business, Retail Merchandising, Product Management or a related field

• Demonstrates an authentic and passionate connection to the sport, it’s consumer, and athletes*

• Influencing skills. Ability to drive vision and strategy across functions while respecting the balance of competing interests

• Proven experience translating a footwear vision into a multi-year line plan.

• Demonstrated line planning skills to meet financial and critical metric goals

• Proven track-record of speaking, presenting and inspiring teammates

• Solid understanding of Footwear construction and storytelling

• Demonstrated leadership capability, including the ability to motivate and mentor others

• Innovative in thought with a proven track record of applying vision to drive concepts to new space

• Optimism. Dedication to bring hopefulness and confidence about the future.

• Passion for sneakers and the culture of the Athletic Footwear Industry

• Curiosity. Possess a strong desire to learn about new consumers, ideas, and opportunities.

• Proven ability to capture consumer insights and translate them into compelling product solutions

• Strong eye for business with a proven record for achieving sustainable growth process

• Strong presentation and interpersonal communication skills

• Attention to detail and deadlines

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

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

This role will lead all aspects of the product creation process from Brief to Box. This includes ensuring profitability while delivering fresh solutions to solve our consumers’ needs. You will work with the cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and drive the offense. You will collaborate with merchandising, design, development, and sourcing on the footwear creation process from line planning through final product approval. You will research our product, consumer, and marketplace, manage product creation workflow and data, maintain product tools, and effectively collaborate across functional partners. You will deliver on key dates and hold yourself accountable to be a great teammate.You will act as the voice of the consumer and the athlete and bring relevant insights back to the team to ensure our product meets the needs of our athletes and consumer. You will be the trusted expert in the space of Training and be relentless about bringing great product to the market. You will work closely with your product management cross-gender teammates and global merchandising, design, development, sourcing, and marketing teams to manage the product creation and advise our go-to-market processes.