Brand Merchandising

Title:Brand MerchandisingLocation:Beaverton, ORDuration:7 month contractNIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world's best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At Nike, it's about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.WHAT YOU WILL DOAs a Brand Merchandiser, you will be responsible for consumer insights, assortment planning, Go to Market strategies, and product management activities. Your primary focus will be to ensure that merchandised assortments align with segmentation strategies, differentiate in the marketplace, and drive incremental growth. You will finalize all category assortment plans, resolving issues related to flow, pricing, and distribution decisions. Additionally, you will work to ensure that the assortment category vision is effectively executed on the retail floor, resulting in profitable consumer-right assortments. Optimizing the planning and placement of products in the appropriate format will also be part of your responsibilities.WHAT YOU WILL WORK ONManaging product assortment strategies to enable segmentation and differentiation, ensuring a consumer-centered global product offering.Continuously managing and maintaining all seasonal tools and assortments.Developing and maintaining key relationships among cross-functional teammates to ensure alignment and collaboration.Analyzing data and insights to support business decisions throughout the product calendar.WHAT YOU WILL BRINGA Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 2-4 years of directly relevant work experience, or equivalent education and experience.Aptitude for data and analysis, including data capture, reporting, analysis, and practical application.Ability to manage multiple deadlines across various stakeholders.Effective verbal and written communication skills, including presentations to cross-functional partners.Curiosity and comfort with independently seeking out information needed to make decisions and meet goals.Must-Have Experience with the Following Tools:TableauMS Office Suite (Excel)MMX