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We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce, reflecting the communities we serve.\nIf you are ready to make a difference as part of the world’s greatest sports team, apply to join our team today!\nOVERVIEW:\nOVERVIEW:\nAcquire Market Intelligence:\nDevelops skill set across trend, athlete and market insights, and the competitive set.\n\nSeasonal research on demos/spend/market basket analysis.\n\nUtilize athlete insights to support strategies and test and prove new ideas.\n\nObtain athlete’s preferences and POV through focus groups, virtual/in store testing, and product use tests.\n\nAnalyze product reviews and athlete feedback and apply learnings to future development.\n\nParticipates in seasonal Athlete intelligence trips to show up where the athlete is present at scale to learn from them in terms of what activities they are doing, how they are doing them, and the equipment they are using.\n\nKnowledge of the competitive set through regular omnichannel competitive shopping to glean intimate knowledge of the assortment architecture, pricing and promotion, key items, and category shifts within our key competitive set\n\nAssessment of the competitive sets strength and weaknesses to assist in identifying opportunities and/or threats.\n\nTrack identified emerging competitors to aid in assessing their strengths and threats.\n\nUse and test competitive product to identify hits/misses/opportunities for our vertical brand product.\n\nSeasonal analysis of Circana/SFIA/KOA…etc. data by category to identify trends and opportunities/risks in the market.\n\nRegular omni channel shopping and tracking of identified aspirational brands for product intelligence and inspiration.\n\nAssist in identifying emerging aspirational brands to watch.\n\nExecute Business Development Functions Throughout the Product Lifecycle:\nExecute style creation when new styles are adopted\n\nExecute Purchase Order maintenance\n\nAssist in the sample management of samples\n\nDevelop analytical thinking skills to translate current business analysis into strategy and action.\n\nAnalyze seasonal selling by attributes to identify opportunities for future development: category, class, style, item size/type, color, print/pattern, good/better/best pricing…etc.\n\nIdentify where style and category attributes are over indexing and under indexing in the business to influence future product strategies, assortments, and development.\n\nAssist in the post-season hindsighting of product wins/misses/opportunities\n\nInstill Trust and Credibility within the Vertical Brands Cross Functional Team:\nDevelop credibility and trust with manager and internal vertical brands cross functional team through delivering consistent, high quality work\n\nBuild on skills and learn from peers and managers on the job\n\nBuild sound POV on the assortment backed up by data\n\nDevelop selling and influencing skills that can be applied to successfully selling ideas around the product strategies, big ideas, and assortment architecture to managers and internal vertical brands cross functional team\n\nQUALIFICATIONS:\nBachelor's Degree\n\n1-3 years of related experience in vertical merchandising or product development\n\nVIRTUAL REQUIREMENTS:\nAt DICK’S, we thrive on innovation and authenticity. 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