Demand and Supply Management(Level 40)

Who we are looking for

We are looking for for several Lead, Assortment Planner to align to our stores. You will 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.

What you will work on

• 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

Who you will work with

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

What you bring

• 5+ years experience in retail planning

• 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 trends