Senior Planner, NA

Responsibilities

• You will:
• Develop seasonal plans and monthly forecasts inclusive of sales, margin and inventory at the style color level leveraging analytics, develop strategies to meet financial goals and own open to buy bottom's up forecasts to inform manufacturing decisions through to in season optimization
• Partner with key stakeholders across Geo and Global to optimize business health throughout the entirety of the product life cycle inclusive of responsive offering
• Recap and analyze the business against forecast and forecast in-season sales and inventories on a monthly basis
• Product forecasting and in season optimization by analyzing data, & providing actionable insights
• Report on forecast variance across key planning gates and deliver action plans as well as risks & opportunities
• Support monthly and seasonal inventory planning and management activities
• In partnership with account teams actively manage product; close-out process and aging inventory 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 fo

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Additional Information

SENIOR ASSORTMENT PLANNER- SOCCER APPAREL & ACCESSORIES, NORTH AMERICA NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world's best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At NIKE, Inc. it's about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game. The NIKE, Inc. Supply Chain team is the engine that propels product around the world. Supply Chain experts ensure that every year, almost a billion units of footwear, apparel and equipment arrive at the right place, at the right time. To ensure this complex job goes off without a hitch, Supply Chain teams work with a network of more than 50 distribution centers, thousands of accounts, and more than 100,000 retail stores worldwide - making the impossible happen every single day. WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH: You will partner cross functionally with Merchandising, Sport Planning, Business Planning, Sales, Concept Planners and Marketing/ Brand teams. WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR: We are looking for a Senior Assortment Planner to establish clear end to end bottom's up assortment plans partnering with Merchandising, Sales and Business Planning to create a line grounded in profitability, productivity, and consumer centric offerings. You will be tasked with creating pre-season style color plans that support the goals of Nike by managing from in- season optimization to a robust, seasonal rolling forecast process in collaboration with account planning teams. A strong candidate will Leverage statistical forecasting, data science and new ways of working to develop plans and drive better decisions pre and in-season Demonstrate experience in assortment planning and understanding of financial, product and inventory planning Influence others and craft compelling communication grounded in data Think critically and understand the potential of a style in the marketplace as well as quantify any gaps to financial plans from a bottoms up perspective Display problem solving and critical thinking skills by developing accurate plans that optimize trade-offs and outcomes Understand of consumer and marketplace trend Hold a Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 3-5 years directly relevant work experience Note: One of the following alternatives may be accepted: PhD or Law + 1 yr; Masters + 0-3 yrs

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