Stacy Nakajima
Tigard,OR
Summary
Respected and visionary leader with a proven track record in managing and executing high-impact projects for Nike athletes. Recognized for expertise in cross-functional communication, product operations, and project management, driving collaboration and innovation across diverse teams. Committed to delivering exceptional results that enhance athlete performance and elevate brand standards. Passionate about leveraging strategic insights to foster growth and efficiency within dynamic environments.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
Work History
Apparel Product Manager
Nike Global Sports Marketing
01.2018 - Current
- Develop and manage sustainable seasonal processes for Geo Sports Marketing teams to access product to service athletes.
- Develop and foster cross functional partnerships with product, planning, business teams and third party product partners in service of Nike athletes.
Apparel Product Manager
Nike NA Sports Marketing
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Develop and manage seasonal product process for North America Sports Marketing.
Event Merchandising Manager
Nike Global Brand Marketing
01.1996 - 01.2016
- Create and develop new functional team with in Nike Event Marketing.
- Responsible for all HR functions for team of 5 as well as managing up to 30 projects per year from grassroots to the global stage.
Merchandising Trainer
Nike Direct to Consumer
01.1993 - 01.1996
- Member of factory store opening team. Created new process for the role of Merchandiser in the factory store opening process.
- Developed training program for factory store merchandisers.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration Marketing & French
Oregon State University
Skills
- Self-Motivated
- Embraces & Leads Change
- Global Oriented
- Growth Mindset
- Team Player
- Proactive
- Project Management
- Process Improvement
Accomplishments
Manage product assortment planning and buying, visual merchandising for 200+ Nike events, encompassing retail events grossing over $2 million per event, trade shows, athlete seeding, Nike owned tournaments and athlete hospitality. Planning Nike events as part of a cross functional team including product teams, design, production, Brand and Sports Marketing.
Timeline
Apparel Product Manager
Nike Global Sports Marketing
01.2018 - Current
Apparel Product Manager
Nike NA Sports Marketing
01.2016 - 01.2018
Event Merchandising Manager
Nike Global Brand Marketing
01.1996 - 01.2016
Merchandising Trainer
Nike Direct to Consumer
01.1993 - 01.1996
Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration Marketing & French
Oregon State University
Skills & Accomplishments
- Developed Event Marketing Merchandising team, managing up to 30+ projects per year and responsible for hiring, training and developing team up to 5 people.
- Designed bots with Nike Automation team for apparel athlete sizing resulting in improved productivity by 9%.
- Develop Apparel Athlete Sizing process for Global Sports Marketing. creating cross functional team with Product Business Integration and Product Information Analyst team creating a new process to maximize the CODE calendar and efficiency for each team.
- Created workback calendar and deadlines, consistent communication, improved data integrity, cross functional team alignment and partnership with Planning and Product teams for a sustainable buy process for Global Sports Marketing Basketball Federation and Promo Track & Field seasonal buys.
- Develop process for Global Sports Marketing to access TEAM apparel in each Geography: Create process to place futures buys for TEAM Stock apparel and also manage a process for GSM to order TEAM customized promo apparel styles.
- When Nike TEAM divested of its headwear line, I worked with a cross functional team to create a new process for Global Sports Marketing to continue to access TEAM headwear through a new third party vendor.