Nike Senior Manager Merchandising Kids Sport GC 

China, Shanghai 

628078956

Job Responsibility:

• Lead Kid’s Sport including Running, basketball, football and Tennis. Responsible for driving integrated, profitable, relevant Consumer Right Assortments which express the kid’s sport vision in the marketplace
• Drive the consumer construct vision aligned to Global and own consumer insights for the Geo. Ensure product hitting GC consumer needs in terms of product lifecycle, material, color, fit and design aesthetic.
• Communicate strategy to stakeholders and drives consistent premium consumer experience
• Own and lead seasonal activities: hindsighting, line planning, product adoption, module prioritization. Work closely with global and GC cross functional teams to ensure right product execution and investment.

Functional Skill Required (Hard skills):

• Provide leadership to managers, supervisors and/or professional staff
• Identify and resolve complex technical, operational and organizational problems
• Integrate company mission into daily work and planning
• Leads or participates in key initiatives, programs or products with moderate to wide visibility
• Strong communication skill to lead and influence. Be able to manage conflict.
• Manage team and set team and individual goals that align with merchandising goals.

Experience Required (Soft skills):

• Requires a Bachelors Degree and minimum of 8 or 9 years directly relevant work experience
• Strong and passionate understanding for sports or fashion industry to deliver a premium consumer experience.
• Ability to clearly articulate goals and objectives, network, influence, and utilize internal and external resources as well as demonstrated leadership capability, including the ability to inspire and mentor others within a work group.
• Experience in a cross functional work environment, project management or matrix organization, being able to work independently while still be a good team player.