WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
You will work within Nike’s Planning function and collaborate with cross-functional teams—including Digital Business, Finance, MSC, EBP, and Merchandising—to meet financial targets for both pre-season and in-season.
• Partner with Sports Directors to drive actions that boost demand and optimize digital inventory.
• Report to the Digital Planning Director, working closely with analysts, planners, and allocators to achieve revenue, margin, and inventory goals.
• Collaborate across Marketplace, Inventory Operations, Merchandising, and Enterprise Planning teams to deliver results.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We are seeking a dynamic Business and Assortment Planner to join our team!
This role is critical in defining, crafting, and executing consumer demand strategies for the Digital Channel.
You will be responsible for:
• Leading multi-season revenue, receipt, and inventory plans.
• Analyzing key decisions related to pricing, promotions, and inventory movement across Third Party Partners to maximize revenue, margin, and inventory productivity.
You should possess:
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Industrial Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 3+ years of relevant experience in merchandising planning, retail planning, and demand planning.
• Proven analytical skills and business acumen to solve complex issues collaboratively.
• Strong ability to influence and communicate effectively across teams.
• Advanced Excel skills (complex formulas, pivot tables, macros); familiarity with Cognos BI and Tableau is desired.
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy, with the ability to work in a deadline-driven, fast-paced, and dynamic environment.
• Competence in understanding retail KPIs and using data analytics to identify commercial drivers.
• High proficiency in English.
• Ability to work across a matrixed and cross-functional environment, leading change and achieving business results through storytelling (written and verbal) to both technical and non-technical audiences.
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
• Define and lead multi-season Business Plans at the Sport Level to inform financial forecasts and end-to-end inventory forecasts.
• Drive the future by reviewing upcoming seasonal products and building a compelling purchase assortment for the channel, leveraging current results and trends while adding strategic items that fuel continued growth.
• Conduct analysis to optimize pricing structures, promotional levers, and inventory movements across channels.
• Identify over- and under-performing styles and develop strategies to optimize performance in the marketplace.
• Make recommendations to manage inventory health and capitalize on key consumer moments, including end-to-end inventory liquidation plans within Canal Digital.
• Communicate results and insights with cross-functional and leadership teams.