Lead, Business Planning, NA

Nike • Indianapolis, IN

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About The Position

Elevating Jordan Brand’s partnership with Sport Specialty/Sporting Goods will be rewarding, challenging, and most definitely not be just a job. You'll be an ambassador of the Jordan Brand - everything we stand for: relentless commitment to serving athletes through Streetwear and Sport. WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR As the NA Jordan Lead Business Planner for Sport Specialty/Sporting Goods, you play a critical role in defining, shaping and meeting consumer demand. You are responsible for defining and leading multi-season sales, receipt, and inventory plans for Sport Specialty/Sporting Goods to serve consumer demand, while adjusting and aligning based on evolving targets. You can build hypotheses and data driven analysis, translate insights into action through problem-solving and critical thinking skills. You possess a deep understanding of the marketplace, product and inventory planning with actions grounded in qualitative research, data, and insights to support your view. You are a great collaborator who proactively builds positive relationships across the organization. Using your strong financial and commercial acuity, you show good judgment in making decisions and problem solving. WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON If this is you, you will serve as the merchandise financial planning Lead to Jordan’s Sport Specialty/Sporting Goods team, working cross-functionally to forecast consumer demand, plan optimal supply, and meet financial expectations. You will set tops-down plans for key business dimensions across both Gross-to-Net and Stock & Sales in the MFP o9 planning tool that balance consumer demand, partner strategies, and align with the Consumer Architecture. Your plans will inform franchise/style plans, financial forecasts, and end-to-end inventory forecasts. You’ll reconcile forecasts, recap business results, and clearly depict decision impacts with cross-functional and leadership teams. You will also lead and conduct internal/external seasonal financial account meetings while providing overall context to seasonal plans. WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH You will work both within the Nike/Jordan Planning function and across the broader cross-functional organization including partnering closely with both internal and external Sport Specialty/Sporting Goods stakeholders, Sales, Sport Business Planning, Sport Assortment Planning, MPO, Finance, and others to deliver top-down financial business targets both pre-season and in-season. Your focus is to understand and share trade-off actions that ultimately drive drive consumer demand, maximize Nike and Partner margin, and optimize inventory health.

Requirements

• 5+ years’ experience in retail, planning and/or product management
• Strong ability to influence & work constructively with others by communicating effectively. Listens actively and contributes to advance the conversation.
• Outstanding written/verbal communication, analytical capabilities, and attention to detail
• Ability to collate and understand relevant market data that integrates and informs the Merchandise Financial Plan; assessing risk and solving problems to deliver business results
• Strong command of Retail metrics including Retail Sales, ST%, WOS, Inventories (marketplace + DC), Revenue and Margin with the ability to manipulate data for efficient outcome
• In-depth knowledge of consumers, competitors, and retail trends; knowledge of sports apparel and footwear market preferred.
• Advanced capabilities in Excel
• Bachelor’s degree required

Responsibilities

• Serve as the merchandise financial planning Lead to Jordan’s Sport Specialty/Sporting Goods team, working cross-functionally to forecast consumer demand, plan optimal supply, and meet financial expectations.
• Set tops-down plans for key business dimensions across both Gross-to-Net and Stock & Sales in the MFP o9 planning tool that balance consumer demand, partner strategies, and align with the Consumer Architecture.
• Inform franchise/style plans, financial forecasts, and end-to-end inventory forecasts.
• Reconcile forecasts, recap business results, and clearly depict decision impacts with cross-functional and leadership teams.
• Lead and conduct internal/external seasonal financial account meetings while providing overall context to seasonal plans.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees