lead merchandiser licensed football.

• Salary based on experience
• Temporary role till December 30st 2025
• Challenging and diverse role
• 40 hours a week
• Hilversum

We are looking for an experienced Merchandising talent that is pro-active, flexible, collaborative, strategic and has a clear understanding of the training consumer needs with a sharp eye for product, assortment excellence and loves to drive a smooth process!

What you bring:

• Experience in Licensed merchandising and/or product creation demonstrating a high level of product, retail and merchandising acumen;
• Strong interest in Elite level Men’s and Women’s Football;
• Strong administrative, system and proces management skills, preferably having some familiarity with existing Nike systems (mmx, av);
• Strong organizational skills with an ability to manage multiple workstreams, consolidate and/or amplify key insights and present this in a structred and compelling way;
• Strong teammate and ability to effectively collaborate with peers, cross functional partners and senior management on all aspects of the business within a complex matrix organizational set-up;
• Experience with translating observations of trends, color, materials, and fashion into compelling product and assortment recommendations;
• Positive, problem-solving and pro-active attitude with high level of accountability, advanced influencing, communication and storytelling skills;
• A clear understanding of the EMEA consumer and marketplace, and a great balance of art and science. Ability to deliver results against tight and complex timelines with competing priorities

The goal of the function is to serve the consumer and key football assets in EMEA with an amazing, relevant product line-up, available where they shop, at the right time, and the right price.
The priority of your work will be to build, manage and maintain the EMEA product line plan and assortment strategy with an editor’s mentality, ensuring the consumer has clear and compelling choice and we offer differentiation and segmentation across the marketplace. You will work closely with cross functional partners across a range of functions in service of some of Europes biggest Football Clubs and Federations.

If this is you, you will consequently execute the EMEA Football Licensed Apparel Merchandising Strategy on a seasonal basis. This includes, amongst others, a strong ability to manage the assortment (processes) end to end , have a point of view on segmentation and the ability to cultivate innovation that will help elevate Nike Football Licensed Apparel to the consumer.

Below you will find some of your tasks:

• Manage relationships with a range internal and external partners to ensure the needs of Licensed partners as well as those of the Nike sport marketplace are met;
• You will support with the launch coordination of in-season and tournament moments and monitor in season feedback and performance, to ensure you can react quickly to the demands of the marketplace or Licensed partner;
• You will manage the Football Licensed Apparal Business all the way from line planning to seasonal go to market throughout the seasonal CODE process;
• Maintain the EMEA product line and assortment plan based on consumer-led marketplace capacity information, being quick to respond to shifts in the market;
• You will be responsible for regularly feeding the wider Men's consumer Team and Global Teams with the latest consumer and marketplace insights to influence decision-making;
• The current state of the business offers plenty of opportunities to strengthen your strategic skills with the ability to contribute to several key strategic project workstreams.

You will partner closely with the Global Consumer Merchants & Product leads based in the USA, EMEA Marketplace merchants responsible for the assortment and buy plan for our key accounts, Club Business Directors responsible for the relationship between Nike and Our Key football Assets.
Additionally, you will interact with cross-functional partners such as Supply, Planning, Marketing and Insights & Analytics on a regular basis. You will collaborate with these partners in order to ensure on time, coordinated launch moments and that consumer right insights & trends are addressed with speed at the right time.

NIKE EHQ is based on an inspiring campus in Hilversum. A dynamic, energizing place to work that reflects the values and spirit of the brand. Colleagues from all over the world and located in and amongst numerous parks, cycling lanes and running tracks. Nike maintains a hybrid working model, 3 days in the office, 2 days from home.

• Access to the gym facilities on campus;
• Commuting allowance of € 0,23 per km;
• 25 vacation days if you work 40 hours per week a full year;
• Diverse team;
• Work from home allowance of €5 per day on days you are working from home;
• 8.33% holiday allowance

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