Senior Assortment Planner, Energy, North America
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Job Location:
Beaverton, OR - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
2 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
WHO YOULL WORK WITH:
Nike Energy is the team responsible for driving authentic consumer connection to sport culture. We do this through the lens of innovative product concepts collaboration projects and visionary marketing activations and storytelling. Within Nike we are tasked with creating the future of sport.
Planning plays a key role on the Nike Energy team. You will partner closely with Merchandising Marketplace Operations & Marketing to build seasonal plans that fulfill strategic goals and meet consumer needs.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
We are looking for a Senior Assortment Planner to build clear endtoend bottomsup assortment plans grounded in profitability productivity and consumercentric offerings. Because this role operates within Nike Energya fastpaced testandlearn environment rooted in sneaker and fashion cultureit requires comfort with change and an openness to a less traditional highly dynamic planning role. A strong candidate has:
Bachelors degree in business Analytics Finance Economics Supply Chain or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education experience and training
Proven experience in assortment planning (3-5 years directly relevant work experience) with a strong understanding of financial product and inventory planning
Ability to assess style potential in the marketplace and identify gaps to financial plans from a bottomsup perspective
Strong problemsolving and criticalthinking skills to build accurate plans and optimize tradeoffs
Ability to influence partners and deliver clear compelling datadriven communication
Strong collaborator who understands the importance of cross-functional alignment to build plans that support the businesss strategic intent.
Proficiency in building and managing Excelbased tools and analytics platforms including Power BI
WHAT YOULL WORK ON:
Nike Energy moves fastand planning is at the center of how we this role youll build clear endtoend assortment plans that tell the seasonal story while delivering profitable consumercentric line plans. Your forecasts and planning decisions will translate consumer demand into supply chain actioninforming manufacturing inventory flow and inseason pivots. Youll partner closely with your cross-functional partners to align product opportunities to future financial plans and ensure the strategy is clearly communicated and actionable.
You will:
Build seasonal plans and monthly forecasts at the stylecolor level; own bottomsup forecasts to inform manufacturing and inseason decisions.
Partner with Geo and Global stakeholders to optimize business health across the product life cycle including responsive inseason actions.
Analyze performance vs. forecast and update inseason sales and inventory forecasts monthly.
Drive inseason optimization by analyzing data and delivering actionable insights.
Bring cross-functional teams together to gather insight for forecasts and processes.
Track forecast variance at key planning gates; surface risks and opportunities and drive aligned action plans.
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 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
