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Brand Merchandising Manager, Global Markets Footwear
Nike
Boston, MA, United States
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CONVERSE Brand Merchandising Manager, Global Markets Footwear
Description
Responsibilities:
Strategic Merchandise Management
• Play a critical role in influencing and crafting the regional seasonal Go-To-Market strategies, including channel and market mapping and key account initiative development.
• Responsible for cultivating integrated, profitable, and relevant product assortments, which express the Converse vision in the marketplace
• Collaborate with the Footwear Director to represent GPM’s voice at all major product merchandising forums
• Brief the Global merchandising team on the seasonal product needs and provide a strong point of view on emerging market trends
Business Planning
• Establish financial plans by segment and classification by country
• Analyze sales data to identify and influence brand and volume drivers.
Converse Partner Management
• Interact directly with Converse Global Partners.
• Ensure all locally relevant opportunities are briefed in a timely manner and inline with the seasonal global direction.
• Plan and lead market visits with cross-functional partners to gain marketplace and consumer insight that can be interpreted into new business opportunities.
• Collaborate with the partners on key seasonal stories and directed assortment plans
Qualifications
• Education: Bachelor’s Degree
• Years of Experience: 3-5 years. (consumer goods, apparel, or footwear)
• Strong communication skills, able to influence at a variety of levels and across functions in a complex
• matrix organization
• Ability to deliver results against tight timelines
• Excellent command of English, both written and spoken required, other languages (ie Spanish/Portuguese) a positive
• Domestic and Intl Travel: 15% of the time