Senior Assortment Planner, NA

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NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world’s best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At NIKE, Inc. it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

The NIKE, Inc. Supply Chain team is the engine that propels product around the world. Supply Chain experts ensure that every year, almost a billion units of footwear, apparel and equipment arrive at the right place, at the right time. To ensure this complex job goes off without a hitch, Supply Chain teams work with a network of more than 50 distribution centers, thousands of accounts, and more than 100,000 retail stores worldwide — making the impossible happen every single day.

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH:

You will partner cross functionally with Merchandising, Consumer Planning, Merchandising Planning, Concept Planners and Marketing/ Brand teams.

* Hiring for multiple Roles: Kids Running & Fitness FW and AP, and Mens AP

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

We are looking for a Senior Assortment Planner to establish clear end to end bottom’s up merchandise plans partnering with Merchandising & MFP to create a line grounded in profitability, productivity, and consumer centric offerings by creating pre-season style color plans that support the goals of Nike and consumer field of play and managing through to in- season optimization through a robust rolling forecast process and collaborative weekly offense with marketplace.

You Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, experience or training

• A minimum of 3 years directly relevant work experience

• Ability to Leverage statistical forecasting, data science and new ways of working to develop plans and drive better decisions pre and in-season

• Demonstrated experience in assortment planning and understanding of financial, product and inventory planning

• Strong ability to influence and ability to design compelling communication grounded in data

• Ability to 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

• Demonstrated problem solving and critical thinking skills by developing accurate plans that optimize trade-offs and outcomes

• Current understanding of consumer and marketplace trend

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON:

Working on this team will be rewarding, it'll be challenging, and it'll most definitely not be just another job. You'll be an ambassador of the Nike brand - 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 merchandise plans that tell a story for the season and helps merchandising to create a line grounded in profitability and consumer centric offering. This will include collaborating with merchandising and business units to develop and communicate a comprehensive strategy that aligns future financial plans and product opportunities.

You will:

• Present financial plans, forecasts and strategies in key meetings. You'll proactively report on the health of the business and facilitate smart business decisions, communicate financial results, forecasts, and action plans to managers and cross-functional team members on a weekly basis. You'll collaborate with peers to ensure consistency of information, share best practices and develop systems knowledge. In addition, you'll 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 toward results.

• Develop seasonal plans and monthly forecasts inclusive of sales, margin and inventory at the style color level (leveraging analytics), develop strategies to meet CFoP 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 inclusive of responsive offering

• Recap and analyze the business against forecast weekly 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 weekly with action plans and risks & opportunities

• Support monthly and seasonal inventory planning and management activities

• In partnership with marketplace teams actively manage product; close-out process and aging inventory to maximize consumer demand and marketplace objectives

We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees and job applicants. 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.

NIKE, Inc. is a growth company that looks for team members to grow with it. Nike offers a generous total rewards package, casual work environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and an electric atmosphere for professional development. No matter the location, or the role, every Nike employee shares one galvanizing mission: To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world.

NIKE, Inc. is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.