Lead Energy Assortment Planner APLA
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Lead ENERGY (SNKRS/NBHD/RNWY)Assortment Planner APLA
Grade 40 WHQ
Who You Will Work With:
You will work closely with Merch Financial Planning Consumer Assortment Planning Consumer Merchandising Marketplace Merchandising Supply & Inventory Planning Marketplace Finance and Global partners to create a robust rolling forecast grounded in quantitative and qualitative metrics of sales inventory and margin.
Who We Are Looking For:
We are seeking a dynamic Lead ENERGY Assortment Planner to join our team!
In this role you will develop comprehensive Retail Sales and Demand forecasts to drive critical business processes and decisions within the ENERGY business. You will establish clear bottomup merchandise plans in partnership with the APLA ENERGY squad for both Mens and Womens. This involves collaborating with multiple stakeholders and crossfunctional leaders to create a plan that is profitable productive and consumercentric.
The ideal candidate will have industry planning experience and demonstrate strong analytical communication and problemsolving skills. We are looking for a selfstarter who is curious and capable of working both collaboratively and independently.
Leverage statistical forecasting data science and new ways of working to develop plans and drive better decisions pre and inseason.
Demonstrated experience in assortment planning and understanding of financial product and inventory planning.
Strong ability to influence and 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 bottomup perspective.
Demonstrated problemsolving and critical thinking skills by developing accurate plans that optimize tradeoffs and outcomes.
Current understanding of consumer and marketplace trends.
High level of proficiency with Advanced Excel skills including complex formulas pivot tables and macros. Airtable experience is a plus.
Bachelors degree or equivalent combination of education experience or training
What You Will Work On:
As a Lead Assortment Planner for Nike ENERGY you will leverage your expertise to prioritize the consumer while planning for Nikes most critical highheat products. You will build hypotheses and conduct datadriven analyses translating insights into actionable strategies through problemsolving and critical thinking. You will work closely with Merchandising and Marketplace teams to make informed decisions on sales plans and assortment investments that drive energy for our SNKRS RNWY and NBHD channels creating a halo effect for Nike overall.
Your role will involve understanding the unique dynamics of various territory marketplaces using these insights to shape future demand. You will also be responsible for entering sales and demand plans throughout the CODE and planning gates collaborating with supply planners and MSC teams to validate allocations and contracts for our highly coveted KIT products and creating purchase orders for our Nike Direct channels.
Additionally you will:
Develop seasonal stylecolor plans for Energy Inline and Quickstrike products that support Nikes goals and consumer x marketplace plans at Territory Country and MPU levels. This includes sales margin and inventory at the style color level leveraging analytics to develop strategies that meet financial goals and owning opentobuy bottomup forecasts to inform both manufacturing decisions and purchase orders.
Be agile and responsive in delivering style color plans for our quickstrike broadcast process finalizing buys for our highheat products under tight deadlines.
Deliver a seasonal inline buy for SNKRS that aligns with Retail Sales Inventory and Market expectations including flow and size specificity.
Provide input on demand potential by territory for styles based on performance and trends influencing depth for early seasonal planning until broadcast/buy finalization.
Recap and analyze the business against monthly forecasts and create visibility for Territories to activate action plans based on risks and opportunities.
Support monthly and seasonal inventory planning and management activities.
Actively manage products in partnership with marketplace teams to maximize consumer demand and marketplace objectives.
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.
Employment Type
Full-Time
