Buyer II, NSW Footwear, NVS NA

This role sits within the NVS, Nike Factory Stores Merchandising Team and supports Senior and Lead Merchants in driving in-season results and developing assortment strategies for future seasons. It works closely with fellow merchants, buyers, and cross-functional teams across Nike Direct, including Stores Buying, Global Unite Merchandising, Planning, Allocation, Visual Merchandising, Brand Marketing, and Digital Buying. The team also works with finance, operations, and insights/analytics teams, relying on business reporting that includes quantitative and qualitative metrics on sales, inventory, and consumer behaviours.

• Support Senior and Lead Merchants in driving in-season results and developing assortment strategies for future seasons.
• Manage monthly markdowns.
• Execute weekly closeout shopping.
• Execute weekly promotion actions.
• Build new store assortments.
• Bring seasonal assortments to life in Nike Direct Value Stores through in-season execution.
• Support pre-season work by managing whiteboards, seasonal adoption files, and creating slides for Assortment/Buy Review meetings.
• Partner with, communicate with, and influence cross-functional partners, including fellow merchants, buyers, Stores Buying, Global Unite Merchandising, Planning, Allocation, Visual Merchandising, Brand Marketing, and Digital Buying, to realise the assortment vision and best serve Nike consumers.

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Merchandising, Marketing, or a related field; any suitable combination of education, experience, and training will be accepted.
• 2+ years of experience in footwear or apparel buying and/or merchandising, product creation and/or retail in a vertical, multi-brand, or digital environment.
• Footwear, Apparel, Equipment, or relevant consumer product buying and/or merchandising experience.
• Proven retail competence and analytical abilities.
• Understanding of retail environments.
• Consumerist perspective and affinity for product, with enjoyment of moving at the pace of retail and the consumer.
• Strong affinity for current market trends and how Nike can continue to be a leader in the marketplace.
• Deep understanding of trend, consumer, and marketplace.
• Strong sense of business acumen.
• Ability to manage and drive multiple seasons.
• Understanding of common retail and/or digital profit-based metrics such as sell-through, turn, ASP, UPT, and others.
• Ability to contribute to and drive strategy into action.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to collaborate, manage multiple deadlines, and competing priorities.
• Ability to partner, communicate, and influence key cross-functional partners, including Nike Unite Buyers & LT, Planning & Allocation, Visual Merchandising, Store Operations teams, Brand Marketing, and Global Unite Merchants.

• Interview accommodations are available, including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed.