Nike Lead Merchant North America Women ’ Training Apparel 

United States, Oregon, Beaverton 

236653446

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

As a Lead Merchant, North America Women’s Training Apparel, you will manage the leggings and shorts business, inclusive of line planning, assortment curation and day-to-day management. It is imperative that you foster strong relationships with your merchandising and cross-functional teammates to seek integration and alignment across everything you do.

With regularity, you will be balancing your interactions with Global Merchandising partners and your North America Marketplace (MPUs) partners to deliver Consumer Right Assortments. Building and maintaining positive relationships with Global Merchandising, Consumer Field of Play (CFOP) teams, MPUs, Sales, Planning, and Brand Marketing will be critical to your success in this role.

Bachelor's degree or higher, or combination of relevant education, experience, and training

5+ years of experience in Merchandising, Product Management, Marketplace, Buying or integrated retail related roles.

Consumer-centric mindset and strong merchandising acumen.

Self-starter, proficient information seeking skills, and a drive for results.

Strong verbal and written communication skills, including presentations to various cross-functional partners.

Excellent attention to detail.

Ability to influence, empower, lead and negotiate across various functions.

Ability to manage multiple deadlines and seasons.

Proficiency with Keynote, Word and Excel.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

As a Lead Merchant, North America Women’s Training Apparel, you will have a diverse set of responsibilities as part of the team that brings our Women’s Strategic Priorities and Consumer Relevant Assortments to life.

You will balance inputs from your data analysis with insights shared by MPU partners to deliver informed and timely assortment and product feedback to your Global Merchandising partners.

Prepare for and own key seasonal meetings throughout the Consumer Code calendar. This is inclusive of presenting and leading conversations with cross-functional partners.

Own the curation of seasonal assortments, pricing decisions, product opportunities and marketplace segmentation strategies.

Manage seasonal merchandising tools, VLPs (Visual Line Plans) in Merchandising system (AV), facilitate the management of the line plan systemically with MIA partners.