Nike · 7 hours ago
Senior Planner, NA - Men's & Women's Running Apparel
Beaverton, Oregon
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
3+ years expNike is a leading athletic brand, and they are seeking a Senior Planner to establish clear assortment plans for their Men's and Women's Running Apparel. The role involves collaborating with various teams to create forecasts that are profitable and consumer-centric, while also managing in-season optimization and seasonal planning.
ApparelE-CommerceFashionLifestyleProduct DesignRetailSporting Goods
Responsibilities
Partner cross functionally with Merchandising, Sport Planning, Marketplace Planning, Sales, and Marketing/ Brand teams
Establish clear end to end bottom’s up assortment plans partnering with Merchandising, Sales and Business Planning to create a forecast grounded in profitability, productivity, and consumer centric offerings
Create pre-season style color forecasts that support the goals of Nike by managing from in-season optimization to a robust, seasonal rolling forecast process in collaboration with account planning teams
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 consumer and marketplace trends
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
Qualification
Required
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
Benefits
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.
Company
Nike
Nike is a retail brand that provides the sale of apparel, footwear, sports equipment, and accessory products.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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$239MKey Investors
Pershing Square Capital Management
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Leadership Team
Elliott Hill
President and Chief Executive Officer
Muge Erdirik Dogan
EVP & Chief Technology Officer, NIKE, Inc.
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