NIKE, Inc.

Lead Merchant, Nike Digital Merchandising – Running Footwear & ACG

NIKE, Inc.

EMEA

Job Type Full-time
Experience Senior
Posted 2 weeks 4 days ago
Senior Level

Join Nike Digital Merchandising to build and manage seasonal assortments for Running Footwear and ACG Footwear/Apparel within Nike Digital across EMEA.

Who You’ll Work With

Nike Digital Merchandising is part of the wider Nike Merchandising Function and partners with Nike Direct Stores Merchandising, Product Merchandising, Channel Merchandising, Geo Express Lane, Planning, Digital Experience, and Marketing teams.

The role reports to the Director, Running Nike Direct Merchandising and is part of the wider Digital Performance merchandising team, with a dotted line to the Sport Business Director for ACG.

Who We Are Looking For

We’re looking for a collaborative and commercially minded merchandising professional passionate about running, outdoor culture, product, and creating meaningful digital assortments for consumers.

  • Experience in buying, merchandising, digital merchandising, or a related commercial role at a strategic level.
  • A passion for running, outdoor culture, sport, product, and digital consumer experiences.
  • Ability to build seasonal assortment strategies from insight to execution using retail KPIs and consumer understanding.
  • Strong commercial judgment, influencing skills, and confidence navigating a complex, fast-moving business environment.
  • Clear communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence and partner across functions.
  • Comfort working with merchandising visualization tools, databases, analytical dashboards, and Microsoft Office, especially PowerPoint and Excel.
  • Willingness to go the last mile, translating into executional excellence.

What You’ll Work On

  • Contribute to a positive and inclusive team culture within Nike Direct Merchandising and across cross-functional partners.
  • Build highly curated seasonal assortments from strategy and capacity planning through execution, with a clear connection to consumer needs.
  • Drive the seasonal process and engage key stakeholders.
  • Partner with merchandising counterparts and cross-functional teams to bring the Sport X Nike Direct strategy and vision to life across Nike Digital.
  • Manage pre-season, in-season, and future-season business needs through clear assortment strategies aligned to business priorities.
  • Use trade levers, retail data, and consumer insights to understand performance, make recommendations, optimize results, and influence future line plan needs.

No relocation is available. The role will be posted until 7 September.

NIKE, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive environment.

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