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Job Description
WHO YOULL WORK WITH:
You will partner cross functionally with Buying Consumer Planning Allocation Merch Financial Planning and Marketing/ Brand teams.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
We are looking for a Assortment Planner for our North America Nike Stores to establish clear end to end bottoms up assortment plans partnering with Buying & MFP to create a line grounded in profitability productivity and consumer centric offerings by creating preseason 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.
You Bring:
Bachelors degree or equivalent combination of education experience or training
A minimum of 2 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 inseason
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 our store fleet 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 tradeoffs and outcomes
Current understanding of consumer and marketplace trend
Experience planning a stores centric business a plus
WHAT YOULL WORK ON:
Working on this team will be rewarding itll be challenging and itll most definitely not be just another job. Youll 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 youll establish clear assortment plans that tell a story for the season and helps buying to create a line grounded in profitability and a consumercentric offering. This will include collaborating with buying and other cross functional partners 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. Youll proactively report on the health of the business and facilitate smart business decisions communicate financial results forecasts and action plans to managers and crossfunctional team members on a weekly basis. Youll collaborate with peers to ensure consistency of information share best practices and develop systems knowledge. In addition youll 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 North America Value Stores financial goals and own open to buy bottoms up forecasts to inform manufacturing decisions through to in season optimization
Recap and analyze the business against forecast weekly and forecast inseason 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
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
