Senior Demand Planner
Senior Demand Planner
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WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Were looking for a Senior Consumer Planner to join our team!
In this role you will develop demand forecasts used by Merchandising Finance Sourcing & Supply Planning teams to drive critical business processes & decisions. This candidate needs to have industry planning experience and display strong analytical communication and problem-solving skills. Were looking for a self-starter whos comfortable with ambiguity and has the ability to work both collaboratively & independently.
***Multiple openings available****
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
As a Senior Consumer Planner for GSA you will utilize your subject matter expertise and collaborate with functional partners in Product Merchandising and Planning to focus on the consumer first as we plan for some of the most critical highly visible programs at Nike (eg. Global Football NBA WNBA College/High School Corporate). You will utilize industry standard planning concepts such as seasonless ladder plans Line Plan Architecture and Assortment planning. You will triangulate retail metric driven insights with Product and Merchandising teams to make decisions on assortments & retail sales plans that are grounded in profitability and a keen consumer focus. You will assess future risk and opportunity in the marketplace and communicate with your cross functional partners to enable informed decisions. You will collaborate with geography Merch Marketplace and Planning teams to understand the individual geography marketplaces and utilize those insights to shape your future demand. You will navigate our Matrix of internal partners and collaboratively make fact-based decisions advised by collective expertise strategic business priorities stakeholder input and most importantly data driven metrics. Youll collaborate with peers to ensure consistency of information share standard methodologies and develop systems addition youll participate in a team structure that facilitates and improves individual and team performance.
WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
In this role you will collaborate closely with Global & Geography cross-functional partners in Product Merchandising Finance Strategy Merchandise Financial Planning Marketplace S&IP and other Geography Planning teams.
WHAT YOU BRING
Bachelors degree in Business Logistics or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education experience and training.
5 years of relevant work experience in merchandise planning retail demand planning merchandising allocation or financial planning
Extensive experience in managing and understanding Retail concepts such as open to buy gross margin seasonal trending inventory turn and sku efficiency
Comfortable working in a fast-paced results-oriented environment
Strong verbal and written communication skills including meeting facilitation and presentations
Ability to effectively communicate data-dense and/or sensitive topics and concepts to a wide and diverse audience to influence action
Ability to build strong working relationships with cross functional and consumer team partners
Strong influencing skills including experience collaborating with virtual teams to align on a unified agenda cross-functionally
Sound judgment to elevate strategic concerns to senior management in a timely and appropriate manner
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Detail oriented and self-motivated with strong organizational skills (multi-tasking)
Familiarity with using statistical forecasting & data science to develop new ways of working and make more informed decisions
High level of proficiency with MS Office including Microsoft Word and Advanced Excel skills including complex formulas pivot tables & macros
Experience with SAP/APO Cognos or other advanced planning systems is preferred
Experience in a licensed wholesale apparel footwear or equipment organization is preferred
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. 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.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
