Inventory Sales Account Representative

Work options: Hybrid

Onsite: Mon-Thurs

Title: Inventory Sales Account Representative

Location: Beaverton, OR

Duration: 3 months contract

NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world's best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At Nike, it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

What You Will Work On

As our Inventory Sales Account Representative, you will support our Value Partner business in NA. You will partner and collaborate with the Inventory Sales Managers to manage the North America Marketplace. You will build and maintain strong relationships with internal cross-functional partners as well as our External Partner portfolio of accounts. This position helps to deliver on metrics that keep us the leading sports brand in the world. Your attention to detail, decision making skills and results oriented motivation will be utilized to achieve our deliverables to Nike and the accounts we service.

Responsibilities

• Systems
• SAP for data entry and utilizing BOTS for automated data entry
• Create reports and analysis in Excel that help manage execution of value partner accounts shipments “Manage the on Order book”
• Utilize a third-party platform as a “Go to Market” tool to communicate inventory to our Value Partner account buying teams as well as execute confirmed deals in SAP
• Account Management
• Build collaborative relationships with external Partner buyers and assistant buyers.
• Work closely with Inventory Sales Managers to create and communicate a clear story for business partners.
• Work across the matrix to build strong working relationships with IBP, finance, distribution centers, and S&IP.
• Ability to use financial data to make decisions and maximize account profitability
• Proactively identify account issues, future business opportunities and product issues
  
  

What You Bring

Skills & Attributes

• Proactive, accountable and goal-oriented; demonstrates strong organizational skills and able to deliver accurate results in a timely manner.
• Ability to evaluate and prioritize the current cross functional needs of the business units and shift focus accordingly
• Displays excellent customer service skills with a high degree of professionalism
• Able to cooperatively work with a diverse group of individuals and teams within Nike as well as account buyers and assistant buyers externally
• Understands Retail metrics and financial data and able to utilize information to make informed and sound decisions
• Leadership qualities and ability to persuade and influence people to take desired action
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (preferred) or equivalent relevant work experience
• Retail, Account Management, Direct Sales experience preferred
• Experience in the “Off-Price” or Value Sector a definite plus
• Technical/Professional Skills: Proficiency in SAP and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) and data platforms
• Excellent Written and Oral communication skills