Lead Planner, Sport Specialty, NA

Nike • Beaverton, OR

4d

About The Position

Elevating Nike’s partnership with marketplace partners will be rewarding, challenging, and most definitely not be just a job. You'll be an ambassador of the Nike brand - everything we stand for: passion for sport, an instinct to innovate, and relentless commitment to serving athletes. Nike’s Sales Planning function partners with diverse teams across the company — and around the world — to bring our mission of elevating human potential to life. Nike Sales Planning drives profitable, sustainable growth and inventory productivity for Nike and our partners. As a team, we are building a smarter, more connected, and automated value chain.

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
• Advanced capabilities in Excel
• Bachelor’s degree required

Nice To Haves

• knowledge of sports apparel and footwear market preferred.

Responsibilities

• Defining and leading multi-season sales, receipt, and inventory plans for an influential portfolio of banners to serve consumer demand, while adjusting and aligning based on evolving targets.
• Forecasting consumer demand, planning optimal supply, and meeting financial expectations.
• Setting tops-down plans for key business dimensions across both Gross-to-Net and Stock & Sales that balance consumer demand, partner strategies, and align with the Consumer Architecture.
• Reconciling forecasts, recapping business results, and clearly depicting decision impacts with cross-functional and leadership teams.
• Leading and conducting internal/external seasonal financial account meetings while providing overall context to seasonal plans.
• Understanding and sharing trade-off actions that ultimately drive consumer demand, maximize Nike and Partner margin, and optimize inventory health.

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