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Nike · 11 hours ago

Senior Expert Merchant, NSW City Specialty NA

Nike is a leading sportswear company seeking a Senior Expert Merchant to partner with cross-functional teams and define assortment strategies for Men’s Apparel and Footwear in City Specialty and NBHD channels. The role focuses on driving revenue growth and requires strong analytical skills, creativity, and effective communication to shape seasonal strategies and ensure alignment with financial targets.

ApparelE-CommerceFashionLifestyleProduct DesignRetailSporting Goods
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H1B Sponsor Likelynote

Responsibilities

Develop City Specialty and NBHD channel-tier assortment offerings across Men’s NSW apparel and footwear
Define and drive multi-season strategic plans by channel that align with channel and marketplace growth, financial targets, and NA NSW CSR
Drive NSW City Specialty and NBHD product strategies and tiered assortment offerings by collaborating with NSW Sales, Sport Merchants, Marketing, Nike Direct, and cross-sport Channel Merch teams
Provide in-depth consumer and marketplace insights to represent the NA marketplace across City Specialty and NBHD channels and inform NA NSW Sport Product Merchants on future line plans
Provide capacity and tiering insights to Geo Sport Product Merchandising teams to enable product differentiation by channel
Build multi-season strategic plans to align with sales and marketplace growth and meet or exceed financial targets
Manage franchise health within the channel through strategic assortment and buy decisions grounded in key metrics for healthy in-season and futures inventory
Monitor franchise health across assigned channels using key metrics to maintain strong inventory positions
Collaborate with Sales and Sport Planning on invest/divest strategies and style-level forecasts to ensure alignment with strategy, financial goals, and KPIs
Funnel marketplace trends and product opportunities through Sport Product Engine Merchandising to shape closer-to-market insights and future season line plans

Qualification

Merchandising expertiseRetail math proficiencyMarketplace analyticsBusiness acumenLeadership experienceAnalytical rigorEffective communicationCross-functional collaborationCreativityAdaptability

Required

Open to work in Beaverton, Oregon
Minimum 7+ years of experience in merchandising (Marketplace or Consumer/Sport), and/or retail, with leadership experience
Bachelor's degree in Merchandising, Business, Design or a related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training
Expertise in footwear and apparel merchandising; proficiency in retail and profit-based metrics

Company

Nike is a retail brand that provides the sale of apparel, footwear, sports equipment, and accessory products.

H1B Sponsorship

Nike has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (340)
2024 (302)
2023 (328)
2022 (543)
2021 (426)
2020 (253)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$239M
Key Investors
Pershing Square Capital Management
2024-08-17Post Ipo Equity· $239M
1980-12-02IPO

Leadership Team

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Elliott Hill
President and Chief Executive Officer
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Muge Erdirik Dogan
EVP & Chief Technology Officer, NIKE, Inc.
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