WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

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 Business 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. 

WHAT YOU BRING 

• Expertise in planning, including finance, merchandising, and end-to-end supply chain; understands interdependencies and retail metrics

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with advanced Excel, Tableau, and planning systems (SSP, o9); connects demand, supply, and inventory

• Ability to influence and communicate effectively with diverse audiences, from peers to Lead leaders; combines data and storytelling to drive alignment

• Growth mindset, leveraging statistical forecasting, scenario planning, and data science for decision-making

• Excellent verbal and written communication; simplifies complexity without losing accuracy

BUSINESS SKILLS 

-Planning & Scenario Management

+5 years in retail or planning with strong stock/sales planning, P&L understanding, and KPI knowledge. Anticipates change, balances short-term priorities with long-term strategy, and creates reliable plans

-Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Optimizes trade-offs, applies market insights, and challenges assumptions with evidence-based recommendations

-Risk Assessment & Decision-Making
Evaluates risks holistically, makes fact-based recommendations, and presents clear options aligned with business goals

-Analytics & Data-Driven Planning
Applies forecasting models, uses Excel/PowerBI/Tableau for visualization, and turns data into actionable insights connected to consumer and financial impact.

-Consumer & Market Focus
Grounds plans in consumer needs and market trends; understands product lifecycle and growth opportunities

• Proven record of managing multiple workstreams

• Excellent stakeholder management

INERPERSONAL SKILLS 

-Influencing & Communication
Builds trust and relationships across teams; uses persuasion and negotiation techniques. Crafts compelling narratives, adapts messaging to audience, and builds influence through consistent, value-driven communication

-Self-Awareness & Growth Mindset
Open to feedback, acknowledges mistakes, and continuously improves

-Curiosity & Continuous Learning
Demonstrates curiosity about upstream/downstream impacts; seeks innovation and combines quantitative and qualitative insights for objective recommendations

-Active Listening & Alignment
Listens actively, asks clarifying questions, and uses storytelling plus data to drive decisions and alignment

-WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
Shape and contribute multi-season, Business and Assortment Plan for specific Sport across the sales marketplace

This Means You Will:

-Drive the rhythm of the game
Consistent execution and coordinate sport insights. Liaisons between Sport and Marketplace strategy. Help landing Sport x channel offense within IPT/IAT teams with holistic view of the marketplace for top down and bottom-up plans

-Strategic support to (Senior) Sales Sport Director
Including product “allocations” across marketplace units

-Portfolio Management of Sport Business & Assortment Plans across NMP
Review and shape seasonal business and assortment plans. Drive alignment across business and assortment plan

• Analyze & Act
  Review Sport performance against plan and forecast monthly, assess risks and opportunities, and create action plans—escalating when needed, through the lens of a Sport across sales marketplace.

• Drive Strategic & Financial Goals
  Develop strategies to achieve Win Now objectives and guide in-season optimization. Set seasonal targets for Sport across marketplace units. Support long range financial planning

-Drive Marketplace Health
Partner with key stakeholders across Geo to ensure marketplace business health and alignment with strategic objectives

-Influence In-Season Performance
Execute inventory sell-through actions within the marketplace and support weekly trade processes and decisions

-Optimize Trade-Offs
Align planning rolling forecasts to Sport and execute cross- trade-off actions to drive consumer demand, margin, and market share.

-Support and Champion Capability & process enhancement

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
You will work closely with Integrated Teams—including Business Planners, Assortment Planners, and cross-functional partners—as well as cross-functional leadership. Your primary stakeholders are the Commercial and Planning teams for Sport and MPU Partners.

Other key partners are:

·       Sales (Senior) Sales Directors and x-functional Sport marketplace team

·       Sport Teams

·       Finance

·       Merchandising

·       Central /GEO BP & AP

·       MSC

·       Partner Management

·      S&IM

*Application Deadline: Monday 8 December 2025