Expert Merchant, NikeSKIMS

Role Overview

This role leads the end-to-end global merchandising strategy and seasonal assortment ownership for NikeSKIMS , accountable for building, governing, and activating seasonal assortments across Apparel, Footwear, and Accessories (AXS). The position serves as the single point of global merchandising ownership and clarity , creating assortment strategy and marketplace segmentation strategy ensuring full-line adoption, and consumer-led assortments across all geographies, channels, and partners.

This leader operates at the intersection of strategy, execution, and curation , partnering closely with Nike and SKIMS stakeholders across Merch, Product, Planning, Ops, Retail, and Geo teams.

What You'll Work On

Global Assortment Strategy & Ownership

• Own global seasonal assortments across Apparel, Footwear, and AXS.
• Build style, color, and size frameworks, including drops, launch cadence, and newness vs. carryover decisions.
• Maintain AV, Excel, and Keynote as the single source of truth for global and geo teams.
• Clearly define non-negotiables vs. flex areas (style adoption vs. depth) in assortment adoption with Geo merch partners.

Geo Partnership & Marketplace Alignment

• Strategize product/assortment segmentation and drive assortment alignment across Nike Direct, wholesale, and strategic marketplace partners.
• Partner with NA, EMEA, APLA, and GC on seasonality, climate, and capacity considerations.
• Lead geo workshops to adapt global direction within retail constraints.

Seasonal Line Planning & Roadmaps

• Partner with product team on seasonal Line planning, roadmaps, long-range views, and investment framing. (Seasonal Style & CC target)
• Drive global drop calendars, flow, and launch sequencing.
• Lead merchandising inputs into GTM, GGP, and IBA for marketplace execution.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Partner with Design and PLM on styling, key looks, color validation, materials, and naming.
• Align with Planning on style ranking for investment, size curves, depth logic, carryovers, cancels, and buy timing.
• Collaborate with Ops, PIA, and Systems on AV readiness, MMX, imagery, and flow.
• Support Marketing and Digital product readiness.

Performance Tracking & Seasonal Hindsight Leadership

• Review weekly POS and launch performance; translate insights into future assortments.
• Drive seasonal hindsight and continuous improvement.

Retail & Visual Merchandising Input

• Partner with VMS and Retail team on fixture strategy, capacity constraints, and brand storytelling at retail.
• Define Nike Direct layouts, capacity frameworks, and minimum viable footprints by store size.
• Collaborate to provide merchandising framework and strategy for future retail concepts and vision for NikeSkims.

Governance & Communication

• Act as the central point of merchandising clarity across Merch, Planning, Geo, Product, Operations, and SKIMS partners.

Who We Are Looking For

• 5+ years of relevant industry experience in merchandising.
• Bachelor's degree in Merchandising or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience, and training.
• Strong global merchandising leadership experience across Apparel and Footwear .
• Proven ability to lead complex, matrixed, and partnership-driven businesses with clarity and influence.
• Deep understanding of consumer-led assortment building , and performance analysis.
• Exceptional cross-functional influence, clarity, and decision-making skills.
• Highly organized, decisive, and comfortable operating at the intersection of strategy, execution, and governance .
• HIGHLY entrepreneurial and able to work in an ambiguous, resource constrained and off Nike process environment.

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.