Lead Assortment Planner, EMEA

Hilversum - Netherlands

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 20 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

WHO YOULL WORK WITH

Join a dynamic team of planners dedicated to sales planning where youll play a key role in shaping the future of the Nike Marketplace Partner (NMP) business. As Lead Assortment Planner you will collaborate across a wide network of teams including Merchandising Finance Sports & Business planning and S&IM. Youll serve as the NMP partner lead in multiple forums coordinating and consolidating key deliverables for the NMP team.

WHO WERE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for a candidate who has demonstrated experience in assortment/retail planning and understanding of financial product and inventory planning (min 5years)
Ability to demonstrate a growth mindset that is ready to leverage statistical forecasting data science and new ways of working to develop a fact-based plan
Ability to think critically and understand the potential of data & quantify any gaps to financial plan from a product potential perspective
Demonstrated ability to influence and design compelling communication/story telling grounded in data
Demonstrated problem solving skills and ability to work independently
Proven record of managing multiple workstreams
Excellent stakeholder management

WHAT YOULL WORK ON

In this role youll:

The Lead Assortment Planner role is responsible for developing and/or informing/influencing seasonal plan based on rolling SSP inclusive of retail sales (value/units) receipts and inventory at the levels of Franchise/Merch Class Sports and Marketplace unit
You will develop strategies to meet Sports Offense strategic and financial goals and own product-driven OTB forecast to inform manufacturing decisions through to in-season optimization
Analyze the business against plan and forecasted in-season sales and inventories on a monthly or weekly basis assessing business risk/opportunity & developing action plans and driving escalations where needed monitor top franchise SSPs & drive marketplace decision-making to optimize product health and captured consumer demand and inform trading/pricing decisions
Set and manage E2E inventory health within and across categories &NMP MPUs within your MPU plus understanding impact on overall marketplace health. Communicate and advocate Assortment Plan to cross-functional leadership team at Franchise/Merch Class- level through the lens of Sports Offense and in partnership with merchandising to optimize sell-in in line with MPU strategy and marketplace role
Drive projects independently prioritize workload and deliverables within the project

*Application Deadline:Monday 8 December2025

WHO YOULL WORK WITHJoin a dynamic team of planners dedicated to sales planning where youll play a key role in shaping the future of the Nike Marketplace Partner (NMP) business. As Lead Assortment Planner you will collaborate across a wide network of teams including Merchandising Finance Sports & Bus...

WHO YOULL WORK WITH

WHO WERE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for a candidate who has demonstrated experience in assortment/retail planning and understanding of financial product and inventory planning (min 5years)
Ability to demonstrate a growth mindset that is ready to leverage statistical forecasting data science and new ways of working to develop a fact-based plan
Ability to think critically and understand the potential of data & quantify any gaps to financial plan from a product potential perspective
Demonstrated ability to influence and design compelling communication/story telling grounded in data
Demonstrated problem solving skills and ability to work independently
Proven record of managing multiple workstreams
Excellent stakeholder management

WHAT YOULL WORK ON

In this role youll:

The Lead Assortment Planner role is responsible for developing and/or informing/influencing seasonal plan based on rolling SSP inclusive of retail sales (value/units) receipts and inventory at the levels of Franchise/Merch Class Sports and Marketplace unit
You will develop strategies to meet Sports Offense strategic and financial goals and own product-driven OTB forecast to inform manufacturing decisions through to in-season optimization
Analyze the business against plan and forecasted in-season sales and inventories on a monthly or weekly basis assessing business risk/opportunity & developing action plans and driving escalations where needed monitor top franchise SSPs & drive marketplace decision-making to optimize product health and captured consumer demand and inform trading/pricing decisions
Set and manage E2E inventory health within and across categories &NMP MPUs within your MPU plus understanding impact on overall marketplace health. Communicate and advocate Assortment Plan to cross-functional leadership team at Franchise/Merch Class- level through the lens of Sports Offense and in partnership with merchandising to optimize sell-in in line with MPU strategy and marketplace role
Drive projects independently prioritize workload and deliverables within the project

*Application Deadline:Monday 8 December2025