Senior Manager, Digital Merch, Jordan GC

About the role

Nike is hiring a Senior Manager, Digital Merch, Jordan GC in Shanghai. The role owns the GC Jordan digital assortment plan, partnering with Jordan Merchandising leaders, cross-functional partners and the GC Nike Direct Digital platform and planning team to plan, build and trade consumer-right assortments. It also influences the product merchandising strategy for Jordan sports and streetwear and responds quickly to emerging sports and trend opportunities.

Key responsibilities

• On-board seasonal plans covering product assortment strategy, flow, consumer journey and key moments (Sports, Consumer and Retail).
• Build consumer-centric assortment plans across Nike's own ecosystem, Tmall, JD and DY, blending fact-based and intuitive inputs.
• Take part in seasonal reviews, submissions and trading, including assortment building and submission with Associate Merchants and system entry.
• Lead geo seasonal product hindsight and share insights on product opportunities from the digital marketplace.
• Contribute 25% to the future seasonal line plan and adoption by supporting Jordan Sports Merchandising Leadership upstream, 50% to managing assortment planning in depth during the seasonal process, and 25% to gathering insights and supporting optimal trading of in-market seasons.
• Manage weekly trade and in-season actions, and provide seasonal and key-moment hindsight to influence future growth strategy.
• Lead projects across teams or topics and advise individual contributors within a structured coaching framework.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or two additional years of experience in lieu of a degree.
• 8 years of experience in footwear or apparel merchandising, product creation and/or retail in a vertical, multi-brand or digital environment.
• Footwear, apparel, equipment or relevant consumer product merchandising experience.
• Affinity for sports, trends and fashion.
• Leadership among peers, including coaching and mentoring teammates.

Required skills

• Understanding of retail and digital profit-based metrics such as sell-through, turn, ASP and UPT.
• Command of analytics portals.
• Multichannel, cross-concept online and offline experience.
• Agility and process management in ambiguity.