Lead Planner, Global Energy

Nike • Beaverton, OR

18h

About The Position

The Lead Planner for Global Energy will drive the creation and execution of seasonal Energy assortments that balance consumer demand, financial targets, and marketplace strategies. You will build and manage seasonal assortment plans, developing bottom-up forecasts, and optimize inventory to maximize brand revenue across territories. You will own critical planning tools and processes—including Workbench, Airtable, SAP, and QS Allocations—ensuring timely, accurate submissions for seasonal gates and code gate milestones. Leveraging advanced analytics and Excel, you will monitor performance, identify risks and opportunities, and deliver actionable insights to stakeholders. Success depends on strong cross-functional collaboration with Merchandising, Marketplace, and Global/Territory teams to align on and continuously adjust plans to drive assortment strategies and seasonal priorities.

Requirements

• 6+ years in business planning, assortment planning, merchandise planning or equivalent experience
• Strong understanding of assortment planning, inventory management, and retail financial metrics
• Advanced proficiency in Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, data modeling)
• Ability to manage complex seasonal calendars, code gates, and planning deliverables with precision
• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training

Nice To Haves

• experience with planning systems (SAP, o9, Workbench) preferred

Responsibilities

• Build and manage seasonal assortment plans for Global Energy, ensuring alignment with financial targets, consumer insights, and marketplace strategies
• Develop bottom-up forecasts and manage assortment plans to optimize inventory and brand revenue across multiple territories
• Own key planning tools and processes (Workbench, Airtable, SAP, QS Allocations), ensuring timely submissions and accuracy for seasonal code gates and activation milestones
• Leverage Excel and advanced analytics to track performance, identify risks/opportunities, and provide actionable insights to stakeholders
• Partner with Merchandising, Marketplace, and Global & Territory teams to align on assortment strategies and seasonal priorities

Benefits

• We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form .

What This Job Offers

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