Lead Buyer Role Job at Civil Recruit, Beaverton, OR

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  • Civil Recruit
  • Beaverton, OR

Job Description

Summary

Lead Buyer, Nike Direct Jordan Kids Footwear

Become a Part of the NIKE, Inc. Team

NIKE, 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, its about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

Jordan Brand North America is hiring a Lead Buyer, Kids Footwear to be a part of our Direct Merchandising Team & broader Direct Marketplace team.

Responsibilities

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

For Jordan Brand merchants, everything begins and ends with the consumer! The Merchandising team understands consumer needs and market opportunities to craft a relevant product mix for each marketplace. They blend art with science to bring the Jordan Brand vision to life in all retail environments. The Merchandising team has the unrivaled ability to see beyond trends and identify new market opportunities, delivering the right product, at the right price, in the right place, at the right time.

Born in basketball and expanded to streetwear culture, Jordan Brand is set up by Fields of Play (Streetwear & Sport); this role is responsible for adapting & curating consumer right assortments with end in mind, defining how the product comes to life to serve the consumer in our Owned Store channels by using historical data, analytics and real-time market feedback to advise the future (coming seasons) while winning today (in-season read & react/selling & serving)!

This candidate should possess solid retail acumen and analytical skills, an understanding of retail environments including both brick and mortar and digital commerce, while bringing a consumerist perspective to the team and business. They are comfortable leading with and through peers and driving end to end strategies with ownership of their respective business unit.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

You will own bringing the Jordan Kids Footwear seasonal assortments to life in Direct Channels, primarily focused on Digital. You will understand related aspects of the business, strategy, and marketplace in making your plans, including coordinating between genders, brands (Nike & Jordan) and how individual products or collections impact each other. You will collaborate cross functionally to ensure assortment plans meet consumer demand and strategies execute.

You will hone consumer-centric assortment plans across multiple seasons with an understanding of Nike Directs position in the market & competitive landscape to blend fact-based and intuitive inputs. You will participate in seasonal buy reviews and in-season trading to influence actions to optimize growth with your critical partners. This includes assortment building and submits working with systems entry, allocation and planning.

Requirements

Hi Suppliers - Onsite at WHQ (Traditional hybrid model with Fridays remote)

Lead Buyer Role (kids footwear and core)
Reason for role: Parental leave

Top 3 Skills:
1. previous buying experience
2. retail fundamentals
3. drive

Nice to have:
- Passion for the Jordan brand (kids consumer) would be the BEST soft skill (sneakerhead)
- Nike experience in AV merch system, nike direct, or GO is highly preferred
- College degree is preferred but not mandatory

Job Tags

Seasonal work,

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