Lead MFP NA

Elevating Nikes partnership with JD Sports / Finish Line will be rewarding challenging and most definitely not be just a job. Youll be an ambassador of the Nike brand everything we stand for: passion for sport an instinct to innovate and relentless commitment to serving athletes.

Nikes Demand and Supply Management (DSM) function partners with diverse teams across the company and around the world to bring our mission of elevating human potential to life. Nike DSM drives profitable sustainable growth and inventory productivity for Nike and our partners. As a team we are building a more connected and automated value chain.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

You will work both within the Nike DSM function and across the broader crossfunctional organization including partnering closely with both internal and external JD Sports/ Finish Lines partners Consumer MFP MPO Finance and others to deliver topdown financial business targets both preseason and inseason. Your focus is to understand and share tradeoff actions that ultimately drive consumer demand improve Nike and Partner margin and optimize inventory health.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

As the Merchandise Financial Planning Manager for JD Sports / Finish Line you play a critical role in defining shaping and meeting consumer demand. You are responsible for defining and leading multiseason sales receipt and inventory plans for JD Sports / Finish Line to serve consumer demand while adjusting and aligning based on evolving targets. You can build hypotheses and data driven analysis translate insights into action through problemsolving and critical thinking skills. You possess a deep understanding of the marketplace product and inventory planning with actions grounded in qualitative research data and insights to support your view. You are a great collaborator who proactively builds positive relationships across the organization. Using your strong financial and commercial acuity you show good judgment in making decisions and problem solving.

You Bring:

• Typically requires a Bachelors degree and minimum of 6 years directly relevant work experience Note: One of the following alternatives may be accepted: PhD or Law 3 yrs; Masters 4 yrs; Associates degree 6 yrs; High School 7 yrs

• 5 years experience in retail planning and/or product management

• Strong ability to influence & work constructively with others by communicating effectively. Listens actively and contributes to advance the conversation.

• Outstanding written/verbal communication analytical capabilities and attention to detail

• Ability to collate and understand relevant market data that integrates and informs the Merchandise Financial Plan; assessing risk and solving problems to deliver business results

• Strong command of Retail metrics including Retail Sales ST% WOS Inventories (marketplace DC) Revenue and Margin with the ability to manipulate data for efficient outcome

• Indepth knowledge of consumers competitors and retail trends; knowledge of sports apparel and footwear market preferred.

• Advanced capabilities in Excel

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

If this is you you will serve as the merchandise financial planning Lead to Nikes JD Sports / Finish Line team working crossfunctionally to forecast consumer demand plan optimal supply and meet financial expectations. You will set topsdown plans for key business dimensions across both GrosstoNet and Stock & Sales that balance consumer demand partner strategies and align with the Consumer Architecture. Your plans will inform franchise/style plans financial forecasts and endtoend inventory forecasts. Youll reconcile forecasts recap business results and clearly depict decision impacts with crossfunctional and leadership teams. You will also lead and conduct internal/external seasonal financial account meetings while providing overall context to seasonal plans.

We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers sign language interpreters accessible and single location for inperson 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.