Merchant Authenticator Associate

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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, Inc. it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

For NIKE, Inc. merchants, everything begins and ends with the consumer. The Nike Merchandising team understands consumer needs and market capacity to create the right product mix for marketplaces around the world. From stores to online, this team helps bring the seasonal category visions to life. The Merchandising team has the unique ability to see beyond trends to identify what’s next to deliver the right product to the right places at the right time and price.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

We are looking for a Singapore/Malaysia Authenticator Merchant that will help authenticate our brand and effectively serve our consumers in the most compelling and relevant way possible. They will prioritize consumer culture and trends at the forefront of their strategies in order to land the right product at retail and drive the Authenticator offense across the Singapore and Malaysia marketplace. They will be empowered to make decisions with key stakeholders in order to hit their targets as well as build an effective account relationship to best serve the consumer. This position is based in Singapore.

You have strong merchandising, communication, and business analytical skills. You obsess the culture, trend, and lifestyle of the consumer placing them at the center of all assortment and business decisions. You are a self-starter and creative thinker with strong collaboration and a partnership mentality. You have effective verbal and written communication skills, including meeting facilitation and presentations in English. You instill trust, act with courage, embrace and lead changes when it happens. You value differences among team members and foster effective teamwork.

You will work closely with the SNKRS/Authenticator team in the territory and within APLA to build strategic plans to accelerate the SNKRS/Streetwear offense across genders. You will be empowered to make decisions with key stakeholders in order to build a compelling consumer-centric assortment each season that achieves the planned revenue targets.

WHAT WILL YOU WORK ON?
- Adopt and edit the Geo Edited Offer to best suit the needs of the Singapore and Malaysia marketplace obsessing the SNKRS/Authenticator consumer.
- Expertise in consumer culture, trend, and pulse by leveraging social media, marketplace travel, Media platforms, and partner with APLA Geo to share learnings.
- Inform planning on product strength to derive forecasting accuracy and allocations for Singapore and Malaysia by focusing on launch intent, demand-served percent, and sell-thru.
- Engage in weekly business results through the lens of SNKRS/Authenticator.
- Communicate product shifts from Geo to the account and cross-functionally within the territory.
- Build assortment sell-in tools to provide accounts with critical product information.
- Co-led presenting the assortment strategies and products to the accounts to land the seasonal goals.

WHO WILL YOU WORK WITH?

You will work within the SEA&I NBHD/Authenticator Merchandising team in partnership with the APLA Merchandising team to help bring the right assortment to the marketplace each season. You will partner closely with the accounts to build a strong partnership and support to help execute the seasonal strategy and achieve the financial targets. You will also have a cross-functional team that you will work closely with across planning, marketing, and operations to ensure seamless execution each season.

WHAT YOU BRING TO NIKE
- Bachelor/Master’s degree in Business or equivalent
- Minimum 5 years of directly relevant experience in the following functions: Merchandising or Category Management and Account Management.
- Strong Product Merchandising & strong Business Acumen
- Ability to Understand Retail Math
- Culture, trend, Consumer Expertise
- Good knowledge of Marketplace insights, assortment strategies, Serving members O2O (online to offline/offline to online) & in-season business management
- Strong Teamwork & accountability

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NIKE, Inc. is a growth company that looks for team members to grow with it. Nike offers a generous total rewards package, casual work environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and an electric atmosphere for professional development. No matter the location, or the role, every Nike employee shares one galvanizing