Buyer, Retail

Title:

Buyer II Duration: 9 months contract

Location:

Beaverton, OR (traditional hybrid model with Fridays remote) Job Description Summary

• Supports franchise health across Direct through effective assort, buy, and trade decisions
• Collaborates with cross-functional team to ensure end-in‑mind execution
• Executes cross‑team systems and deliverables
• Maintains whiteboards and Recon
• DDS support SME
• Manages and maintains samples as needed
• Primary LBA partner
• Delivers to CODE Calendar
• Organizes seasonal tools/templates

• May manage assortment plans/creation for small business with support
• Executes Assortment and TAT with precision, supporting DSM throughout bottoms‑up planning
• Surfaces gaps/opportunities with product priorities against targets (marketing planner, reactivations, allocations)

• Pulls Monday reports; may analyze business trends for actionable insights to feed into W
• Supports weekly business review with reports and insights/actions to optimize business
  
  Surfaces emerging consumer/product trends based on competitive landscape
• Supports Weekly Business Review (W ) and bi‑weekly Internal Business Alignment (IBAs)

• Inspires excellence through partnership and collaboration; manages and leads through change

• Geo Sport Merchandising
• Geo Cross‑consumer ND Stores Leader
• Geo NDDC+ Merchant teams
• Geo NVS Stores Cross‑functional Consumer Triad Geo Merch Ops
• Store Visual Merchandising
• Geo LBAs
• Geo Merchandising Operations
• Geo Consumer/Unite/Partner Product Merchandising

• Additional support is needed to deliver Direct assortment excellence pre/during/post World Cup 2026
• 2026 is the first time the US will host the men’s World Cup since 1994
• 48 teams, 104 games, ~10 weeks (6/12–8/19)
• US Host Cities:
  Seattle, San Francisco, LA, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Miami, Atlanta, Boston, Philadelphia, NYC/New Jersey
• Canada Host Cities:
  Vancouver, Toronto
• Role focused on physical store assortments across NSO and NVS with supporting collaboration with NDDC team
• NA Direct will run IBAs starting December, bi‑weekly to weekly closer to tournament time
• Current structure lacks sufficient GFB coverage to support tournament
• NA ND Sport Merch Directors cover: GFB, Basketball, Team, Licensed, Golf, Tennis, Field Sports
• No buyers in NA Direct dedicated entirely to GFB
• Additional attention needed for: priority store assortments, win/lose scenarios, post‑tournament transition to NVS
• Recommended project timeline:
  January–August (9 months)

• Consumer Industry Insights and Acumen
• Retail Financial Acumen:
  Buying & Trading
• Translate Insights into Actionable Strategies & Plans
• E2E Athlete & Member Journey Management
• Product Strategy & Expertise
• Multi‑Season Planning
• Product and Merch Intuition and Taste
• Marketplace Expertise
• Physical Merchandising
• End‑in‑Mind Approach

Bachelor's degree required