Senior Planner, NA

Nike • Beaverton, OR

12h

About The Position

The Senior Planner will optimize Nike’s business with key marketplace partners and lead planning for specific product segments. Working with Planning, Sales, Merchandising, Supply Chain, and external marketplace partners, the role helps bring Nike’s e-commerce marketplace vision to life through pre-season forecasting, in-season decisions, and results analysis.

The planner develops financial and assortment plans grounded in profitability, productivity, and consumer demand. They use data to connect financial targets with product and inventory plans, identify gaps, risks, and opportunities, and provide actionable recommendations that guide assortment, inventory, and marketplace decisions throughout the season. The role requires strong retail planning expertise, critical thinking, collaboration, and clear, influential communication.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Merchandising, Economics, Marketing, or a related field; a suitable combination of education, experience, and training will also be accepted.
• At least 4 years of experience in Planning, Buying, or Sales, emphasizing retail or wholesale financial planning and analysis.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and demonstrated ability to analyze large data sets, identify critical insights, and develop actionable recommendations.
• Experience in digital or e-commerce assortment planning, including forecasting, in-season performance analysis, and translating consumer demand into product and financial recommendations.
• Ability to travel up to 5% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Create financial and assortment plans that support business health and financial targets.
• Develop pre-season forecasts and buy recommendations that connect top-down targets with bottom-up product and inventory plans.
• Build franchise and classification plans to inform buy and supply decisions.
• Monitor weekly, monthly, and seasonal sales, inventory, sell-through, profitability, and digital demand signals.
• Analyze in-season performance, manage product forecasts, and recommend actions based on emerging risks and opportunities.
• Partner with Sales, Merchandising, and Supply Chain to align financial plans, seasonal assortments, launches, and inventory decisions.
• Build productive relationships with internal teams and external marketplace partners, communicating data-driven insights to align decisions with broader business strategy.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior