Experiences at NIKE

* Founding member of business that licensed and started legal Nike brand in Colombia. Responsible for starting sports retail stores in Bogot?? with exclusive Nike representation.
* Created and executed targeted five year business plan, which was supervised and closely followed by Nike's South American regional office.
* Managed brand, marketing strategies, selection and pricing of merchandise targeted for the Colombian market.
* Key responsibility included line buying for women, men and children footwear, apparel and accessories.
* Other tasks included merchandise management, sales team management, sales analysis, advertising and media display.
* Responsible for coordination of major sponsorships with local and international sporting events, which included the ATP Tennis Tour.
* Generated strong relationships with media and held successful PR events fortifying brand image.
* Implemented sales incentives which lead to increased sales and stronger motivation.
* Analysed individual sales results identified areas requiring improvement and guided staff accordingly and in line with corporate global objectives.
* Responsible for merchandising, inventory control and overall retail stores management in a multi-city scenario. In each of these areas, specified business objectives to measure growth and progress, and designed procedure manuals....

Helped to build the world's largest and most successful supply chain. My two links in the chain: Sales link and Distribution link

I was a seasonal (Summer, Winter) shipping and receiving associate that dealt with all matters pertaining to the stockroom. Also, often helped visual team with on floor layout.

*Assist Nike with automation of Machine-2-Machine strategy to increase percent of automated order captures, saving $20 per order; enabled retailers to send orders directly to Nike, replacing sales rep
*Interviewed 100 non-strategic buyers by researching their purchase-order methods, creating a matrix to explain results, and presented findings and recommendations to senior level management
*Redesigned ECS's resource allocation database in Excel, fixed hard coding errors, enhanced user friendly interface, and created conditional formatting system for error checking system and minimization of human error...

The amazing Nike campus
The high energy level
Employee perks (gym facilities, employee store, etc.)

I was responsible for coordinating a media conference at Nike WHQ in which we invited more than 30 media professionals from the Americas region to participate in the launch our largest running initiative of the fiscal year.

its really casual on campus jeans and a polo/tshirt