Senior Buyer, Omni Nike Direct Merchandising – NikeSKIMS
Nike · Beaverton, OR · 1 mo ago
On-sitePurchasingFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections only if content present. Use for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to map content.
The posting includes:
- "Who You’ll Work With": description of team. Could be "About the role" maybe? Actually "Who You’ll Work With" is about team. Could be placed under "About the role" or maybe "Responsibilities"? The instruction: use headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to decide which sections have content.
We have:
- Who You’ll Work With (team description) -> could be "About the role" (description of role context). We'll put under
for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to map content.
The posting includes:
- "Who You’ll Work With": description of team. Could be "About the role" maybe? Actually "Who You’ll Work With" is about team. Could be placed under "About the role" or maybe "Responsibilities"? The instruction: use headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to decide which sections have content.
We have:
- Who You’ll Work With (team description) -> could be "About the role" (description of role context). We'll put under About the role
with paragraphs.
- Who We Are Looking For: description of desired candidate, includes many bullet-like sentences. Could be "Requirements" or "Qualifications" or "Skills". We need to separate: Requirements (experience, education), Qualifications (degree), Skills (specific abilities). The posting includes: Bachelor’s degree... Will accept any suitable combination... 4+ years’ experience... Strong affinity... Footwear... Understanding of KPIs... Communicates vision... Experience developing relationships... Self-directed... Cultivates innovation... Solves problems... Advises others... Attention to detail... Ability to contribute... Values differences... Proven balance... Responds with speed...
These are many skill/requirement statements. We could put them under "Requirements" as a list. Or split: "Qualifications" for degree, "Requirements" for experience, "Skills" for abilities. But we should avoid many thin sections; prefer few substantive sections. Could combine into one "Requirements" section with list items covering education, experience, skills. That seems okay.
- What You’ll Work On: responsibilities. That's clearly responsibilities. So Responsibilities
with list.
- Benefits: there is a section "mynext: Be Empowered to Grow within NIKE and Create the Future We offer a number of accommodations..." That's about accommodations for interview process, not benefits. No explicit benefits like health, retirement. So we should NOT create Benefits section unless posting actually states them. It does not mention benefits like health insurance, etc. So omit Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
Thus we have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (or Qualifications+Skills). We'll use About the role
, Responsibilities
, Requirements
. Use
for prose,
- for lists. We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not repeat job title. Must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. The posting includes some accommodation text: "mynext: Be Empowered to Grow within NIKE and Create the Future 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." This is about interview accommodations, not benefits. Should we include? The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. This accommodation text is not exactly boilerplate but it's about application process. It might be considered application instructions? It's about accommodations for interview process. Might be considered part of application instructions. Safer to remove it as it's not substantive about the job. The instruction says remove application instructions. So we drop that paragraph. Now we need to extract content. Let's parse: Who You’ll Work With: "We work closely with fellow merchants, buyers and cross-functional teams within NA Nike Direct; Digital and Stores Buying, Geo Sport Merchandising, Planning, Allocation, and Brand Marketing. We also work with Site Experience, operations and the insights/analytics teams; relying on business reporting which includes quantitative and qualitative metrics on sales, inventory and consumer behavior." That's prose. Who We Are Looking For: Paragraph: "For Nike merchants, everything begins and ends with the consumer! We are looking for consumerists with an affinity for product that enjoys the energy of moving at the pace of retail and the consumer. A successful Senior Buyer will thrive and contribute to a positive and progressive team dynamic, as well as lead in a way that elevates the total team. At Nike, it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game." Then: "This role is uniquely responsible for adapting & curating consumer right assortments with end in mind for the Omni Nike Direct business (NDDC and NSO) by using historical data, analytics and real-time market feedback to advise the future seasons, while winning today (in-season read & react/selling). The Merchandising team understands consumer needs and market opportunities to craft the product mix. We blend art with science to bring Nike’s vision to life. The team has the ability to see beyond trends and identify new market opportunities, delivering the right product, at the right price, in the right place, at the right time." Then bullet-like list of candidate should possess... Actually after that: "The candidate should possess proven retail competence and analytical abilities, have an understanding of stores and digital environments, and bring a consumerist perspective to the team and business. Bachelor’s degree in Business, Merchandising, Marketing, or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience, and training.4+ years’ experience in footwear or apparel buying and/or merchandising, product creation and/or retail in a vertical, multi-brand or digital environmentStrong affinity for current market trends and how Nike apparel can continue to be a style leader in the marketplaceFootwear, Apparel, Equipment or relevant consumer product buying and/or merchandising experienceUnderstanding of common retail key performance indicators and/or digital profit-based metrics such as sell-through, turn, AUR, Demand, Conversion and othersCommunicates vision and purpose and able to lead effectively in complex situationsExperience developing strong working relationships with teammates and comfort navigating a cross-functional matrix with an emphasis on influencing skillsSelf-directed, independent, and dedicatedCultivates innovation while also ensuring accountabilitySolves problems using limited information and implements solutions with the ability to foresee most future implicationsAdvises others on complex matters requiring in-depth knowledge or conceptual thinkingAttention to detail, understanding the importance of consistencyAbility to contribute to and drive strategy into action that shape the future of the businessValues differences and builds strong relationships with high cultural awarenessProven balance of art and science in decision-makingResponds with speed and agility, curiosity, and motivation" We need to preserve all substantive information. The text runs together without spaces; we need to insert appropriate punctuation? We should keep as is but maybe add spaces for readability? The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. We can keep the text as given, but we might need to separate sentences for clarity. However we must not add info not present. Adding spaces is okay as formatting; not adding new content. We'll split into list items for each distinct requirement. We need to decide how to chunk list items. Could list each sentence as
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Let's identify distinct statements: - proven retail competence and analytical abilities - understanding of stores and digital environments - bring a consumerist perspective to the team and business - Bachelor’s degree in Business, Merchandising, Marketing, or related field - Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience, and training - 4+ years’ experience in footwear or apparel buying and/or merchandising, product creation and/or retail in a vertical, multi-brand or digital environment - Strong affinity for current market trends and how Nike apparel can continue to be a style leader in the marketplace - Footwear, Apparel, Equipment or relevant consumer product buying and/or merchandising experience - Understanding of common retail key performance indicators and/or digital profit-based metrics such as sell-through, turn, AUR, Demand, Conversion and others - Communicates vision and purpose and able to lead effectively in complex situations - Experience developing strong working relationships with teammates and comfort navigating a cross-functional matrix with an emphasis on influencing skills - Self-directed, independent, and dedicated - Cultivates innovation while also ensuring accountability - Solves problems using limited information and implements solutions with the ability to foresee most future implications - Advises others on complex matters requiring in-depth knowledge or conceptual thinking - Attention to detail, understanding the importance of consistency - Ability to contribute to and drive strategy into action that shape the future of the business - Values differences and builds strong relationships with high cultural awareness - Proven balance of art and science in decision-making - Responds with speed and agility, curiosity, and motivation That's many items; okay. Now Responsibilities: "What You’ll Work On" paragraph: "You will own bringing the seasonal NikeSKIMS assortment to life on Nike Direct Digital (NDDC) and in Nike Stores (NSO). You will understand and integrate holistic NikeSKIMS strategy for NA Direct Merchandising with a focus on assortment size, capacity tiers, strength and timing of flow. You will understand related aspects of the business and marketplace in making your plans, including coordinating between sports, brands (NikeSKIMS, Nike & Jordan) and how individual products or collections impact each other. You will collaborate cross functionally to ensure assortment plans meet consumer demand and flow strategies execute. You will hone consumer-centric assortment plans across multiple seasons with an understanding of Nike Direct’s position in the market & competitive landscape to blend fact-based and intuitive inputs. You will participate in seasonal buy reviews and in-season trading to influence actions to optimize growth with your critical partners." We can make list items for each sentence. Now About the role: combine Who You’ll Work With and maybe the earlier paragraph about role uniqueness? Actually the "Who We Are Looking For" includes some role description; but we already used that for requirements. The "About the role" could be the initial description of team and maybe the role purpose. We'll use Who You’ll Work With as About the role. Could also include the sentence about role uniquely responsible... but that is more about responsibilities. We'll keep it in Responsibilities? Actually that sentence: "This role is uniquely responsible for adapting & curating consumer right assortments with end in mind for the Omni Nike Direct business (NDDC and NSO) by using historical data, analytics and real-time market feedback to advise the future seasons, while winning today (in-season read & react/selling)." That sounds like a responsibility. Could be placed under Responsibilities as well. But we already have responsibilities list; we could incorporate that as first item. However we must not duplicate. Let's decide: Keep About the role as just the team description. Responsibilities list includes all action items, including that sentence. Thus we need to extract that sentence from Who We Are Looking For and put into responsibilities. Let's extract: "This role is uniquely responsible for adapting & curating consumer right assortments with end in mind for the Omni Nike Direct business (NDDC and NSO) by using historical data, analytics and real-time market feedback to advise the future seasons, while winning today (in-season read & react/selling)." We'll add as a responsibility item. Now we need to ensure we don't miss any other substantive info: The paragraph about Merchandising team understands consumer needs... "The Merchandising team understands consumer needs and market opportunities to craft the product mix. We blend art with science to bring Nike’s vision to life. The team has the ability to see beyond trends and identify new market opportunities, delivering the right product, at the right price, in the right place, at the right time." This is more about team capabilities; could be part of About the role or Responsibilities? It's descriptive of team; could go under About the role as additional prose. We'll add to About the role after the team description. Thus About the role will have two paragraphs: team description and team capabilities. Now we need