WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH

Join a dynamic team of planners dedicated to sales planning, where you'll 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. You'll serve as the NMP partner lead in multiple forums, coordinating and consolidating key deliverables for the NMP team. 

WHO WE'RE 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 YOU'LL WORK ON

In this role, you'll:

• 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 MPU’s 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 December 2025