Senior Planner, NA - Men's & Women's Running Apparel

Nike•Beaverton, OR

About The Position

Working on this team will be rewarding, challenging, and most definitely not be just another job. You'll be an ambassador of the Nike brand and specifically the North America Running men’s & women’s apparel business’ - everything we stand for: drive, determination, the unyielding commitment to excellence. These all will be a part of your everyday experience. In this role you'll establish clear assortment plans that tell a story for the season and helps merchandising create a line grounded in profitability and consumer centric offering. This will include collaborating with merchandising and sales to develop and communicate a comprehensive strategy that aligns future financial plans and product opportunities. 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. At NIKE, Inc. we promise to provide a premium, inclusive, compelling and authentic candidate experience. Delivering on this promise means we allow you to be at your best — and to do that, you need to understand how the hiring process works. Transparency is key.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in business or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training.
Have 3+ years of directly relevant work experience
Leverage statistical forecasting, data science and new ways of working to develop plans and drive better decisions pre and in-season
Demonstrate experience in assortment planning and understanding of financial, product and inventory planning
Influence others and craft compelling communication grounded in data
Think critically and understand the potential of a style in the marketplace as well as quantify any gaps to financial plans from a bottoms up perspective
Display problem solving and critical thinking skills by developing accurate plans that optimize trade-offs and outcomes
Understand of consumer and marketplace trend

Responsibilities

Present financial plans, forecasts and strategies in key meetings.
Proactively report on the health of the business, facilitate smart business decisions, communicate financial results, and create action plans to managers and cross-functional team members on a regular basis.
Collaborate with peers to ensure consistency of information, share best practices and develop systems knowledge.
Participate in a team structure that facilitates and maximizes individual and team performance, supporting and fostering an open and inclusive environment that embraces diversity, encourages accountability, and drives results.
Develop seasonal plans and monthly forecasts inclusive of sales, margin and inventory at the style color level leveraging analytics, develop strategies to meet financial goals and own open to buy bottom’s up forecasts to inform manufacturing decisions through to in season optimization
Partner with key stakeholders across Geo and Global to optimize business health throughout the entirety of the product life cycle
Recap and analyze the business against forecast and forecast in-season sales and inventories on a monthly basis
Product forecasting and in season optimization by analyzing data, & providing actionable insights
Report on forecast variance across key planning gates and deliver action plans as well as risks & opportunities
Support monthly and seasonal inventory planning and management activities
In partnership with account teams actively manage product; close-out process and aging inventory to maximize consumer demand and marketplace objectives