Director, Product Merchandising - Converse (Boston) Job at Nike, Boston, MA

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  • Nike
  • Boston, MA

Job Description

Become part of the Converse Team.

Converse is a place to explore potential, break barriers, 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 Converse, its about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving world to make things better as a team.

The Product Creation and Merchandising team has a one-team mentality across a multitude of specialtiestrend and Concept, Footwear Design, Product and Consumer Merchandising, Product Development, and Business Operationscollectively driven to deliver Converse consumers with the best products possible and advance the independent spirit of youth.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for a Director, Product Merchandising, to join the Global Product Merchandising team. An ideal Product Merchant is a collaborative teammate with a history of excellence, strong problem-solving skills, and phenomenal attention to detail. You will need strong leadership skills, organizational skills, a drive to craft outstanding products, and the ability to learn, adapt, and lead quickly. A passion for serving our consumers is required. We are looking for someone who can partner effectively with diverse teams around the globe and across Converse org.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

The Product Merchandising team manages the Chuck Footwear Porfolio for men's, women's, and kids. This role will lead multiple teammates through the product creation process, obsessing over the needs of consumers our consumers, and partnering with cross functional peers. You will lead the product offense. This includes ensuring profitability while delivering fresh solutions for our consumer needs. Managing the sports line, you will work on lifestyle and performance product management teams across the genders to ensure alignment and drive a complete footwear portfolio offense. You will also collaborate with merchanding, design, development, and marketplace planning on the footwear creation process from line planning through final product approval. You will research our product, consumer, and marketplace, manage product creation workflow and data, maintain product tools, and effectively collaborate across functional partners. You will deliver on critical dates and hold yourself accountable to be a great teammate.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

You will work closely with your product management cross-gender teammates and global merchandising, design, development, marketplace planning, and marketing teams to manage the product creation and advise our go-to-market process.

WHAT YOU BRING

  • Bachelors degree in Merchandising or a related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training.
  • 3+ years Leadership of multiple direct reports in a fast pace, agile work environment.
  • 8+ years' relevant experience in Footwear Product-Creation related roles. Womens Footwear a plus.
  • Influencing skills. Ability to drive vision and strategy across functions while respecting the balance of competing interests.
  • Experience managing and developing a team of direct reports
  • Keynote presentation building and presenting along with strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Proven experience translating a footwear vision into a multi-year line plan.
  • Relationship management and professional athletes
  • Passion for skateboarding and sneaker culture.
  • Able to demonstrate a deep understanding of and streetwear consumers (tastes, habits, preferences, interests & behaviors)
  • Optimism. Dedication to bring hopefulness and confidence about the future.
  • Franchise, Classification, and Lifecycle Management
  • Media Event Presenting and interviews
  • Attention to detail and deadlines.
  • Ability to travel globally up to 20% of the time.
  • This role is based in our Converse HQ in Boston, Massachusetts.

We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form .

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Job Tags

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