Senior Partner Representative, Soccer Specialty
Nike
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Philadelphia • New Jersey • Pennsylvania • United States
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About the role
- Optimize Nike product sales by developing accurate and realistic seasonal assortments, forecasts, and scenario plans.
- Solicit and submit orders; ensure timely coordination of order tracking, retail release and launch information, order confirmation, cancellations/Return-To-Stock summaries and delivery of information.
- Increase sell-in and sell-through by preparing, planning and delivering clear and persuasive merchandising and product presentations.
- Create, lead, and coordinate seasonal business plans to maximize NIKE’s business.
- Be a thought partner to the Director, NA Partners Soccer Specialty and lead cross functional projects that drive the business forward.
Requirements
- 5-7 years' overall business experience that includes field sales, retail buying, merchandising, sales business planning, or sales business analysis
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field is preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience in the soccer industry in retail or sales; or Nike field support experience
- Strong understanding of Team Sales across Club/Grassroots and Institutional channels
- Knowledge of the competitive market, customer, and retail trends
- Passion for soccer, ideally an enthusiast and participant
- Ability to communicate moderately complex information, to varied audiences who are not familiar with the subject matter.
- Acts as a resource to teammates.
- Completes work independently with review at critical points; requires guidance only on complex issues
- Independently utilizes knowledge, skills, and abilities to identify areas of opportunity, resolve complex problems & navigate solutions.
- Ability to prepare, plan and deliver clear and persuasive presentations
- Ability to use financial data to make decisions and maximize account profitability
- Experience developing seasonal assortments, forecasts, and scenario plans
- Proficient with Microsoft Office
- Ability to lift and carry samples up to 25 lbs.
- Ability to travel up to 20%
- Must be located in or around the New Jersey area.
Benefits
- 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.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
business planningsales analysismerchandisingseasonal assortmentsforecastsscenario plansfinancial data analysispresentation skills
Soft skills
communicationindependenceproblem-solvingteam collaborationpersuasiveness