Merchant - Soccer, Golf, Tennis Channel Merchandising

Job Title: Merchant - Soccer, Golf, Tennis Channel Merchandising
Location: Beaverton, OR
Duration: 9 months
Hybrid: Mon – Thurs onsite, Fri remote

General Information:

• Team details & who they will work with: NA Brand Merchandising Soccer & Field Sp, Merchandising Soccer &
  Field Sports NA

Desired Candidate Profile:

• Minimum required years of experience: 10+ YOE in Merchandising
• Education requirements: Bachelors or equivalent experience

Must have skills:

• Exp making strategic business decisions, comfortable presenting to groups
• Dealing with complex convos to negotiate products - for assortments, assuring insight are communicated to global teams on behalf of geo

Nice to have skills:

• Background in Golf and Tennis
• Experience with Global Product Assortment
• Assort Visual (AV) tools
• Software/technical requirements:
• NA Soccer, Golf, Tennis Channel Merchandising

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

The Merchant works with Soccer, Golf, Tennis x-functional teams and NA Channel Merchants to set AP, EQ and FW assortment strategies for marketplace channels that drive revenue and market share growth. This position reports to the NA Soccer, Golf, Tennis Merchandising Senior Director.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
The candidate must be a strategic leader with marketplace and consumer expertise. They should deliver innovative product strategies and ideas to drive growth, and lead through partnership and collaboration to create end in mind. Key skills include analytical thinking, creativity, adaptability to change, strong merchandising and business acumen, effective communication, influence and cross-functional teamwork. Strong business acumen and proficiency in retail math and marketplace analytics is required, in addition to some knowledge of marketplace channels and consumers to drive assortment development.

Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in Merchandising or a related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training.
Minimum 10+ years of experience in merchandising (Marketplace or Consumer/Sport), and/or retail, with leadership experience
Expertise in footwear and apparel merchandising; proficiency in retail and profit-based metrics

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

You will drive the product strategy and assortments for Soccer channels in the NA marketplace. You will create channel-tier specific assortments and closely collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate marketplace insights to inform the seasonal assortment segmentation and tiering strategy. You will share insights to inform Soccer sport product merch partners to influence future product line plans. You will partner closely with Soccer, Golf, Tennis Channel Sales, Soccer, Tennis, Golf Sport Product Merchandising, and finance to ensure healthy inventory and alignment with channel growth strategies.

Core Responsibilities:
You will:
Develop a channel-tier assortment offerings across apparel, equipment and footwear.
Define and drive multi-season strategic plans by channel to align with channel/marketplace growth, financial targets (MFP), and NA CSR.
Drive the product strategies and tiered assortment offering by collaborating closely with Sales, Sport Merchants, Marketing, Direct, and x-sport Channel Merch teams.
Provide in-depth consumer and marketplace insights to represent the NA marketplace and provide these insights to inform the NA Sport Product Merchants on future line plans and assortment frameworks.
Provide capacity and tiering insights to Geo Sport Product Merchandising teammates to inform product differentiation by channel.
Define and build multi-season strategic plans by channel to align with sales and marketplace growth to meet and exceed financial targets.
Manage franchise health within the channel through assortment and buy offers based on key metrics for healthy in-season and futures inventory positions.
Responsible for monitoring franchise health within assigned channel(s) based on key metrics for healthy inventory positions (both in-season and futures).
Consult with Sales and Sport Planning on invest/divest strategies and style-level forecasts to ensure alignment with strategy, financial targets, and KPIs.
Funnel Market Trends and product opportunities through Sport Product Engine Merchandising to inform the creation of closer-to-market trends (GEL and T-100) and future season line plans.