Become a Part of the NIKE, Inc. Team
NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world’s best athletes. It’s a place where passionate individuals come together to create the future of sport. We are unapologetic about who we are and what we’re after—bringing innovation and inspiration to every athlete* in the world. We look for athletes who can push boundaries, elevate our potential and continue leading us to greatness. The next tastemakers, playmakers, risk takers and glue players. Are you game?
WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
This role sits within the EMEA Sport Planning team, focused on Nike Basketball & Kobe. The Lead Assortment Planner co-owns the One EMEA Assortment Plan with Marketplace Planning and partners closely with Merchandising, Marketplace Planning, Business Planning, Global Planning, and Supply & Inventory Management to shape profitable, productive, sport-led seasonal plans that support Nike Inc. goals.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Advanced experience in assortment planning across financial, product, and inventory planning.
Growth mindset with the ability to leverage forecasting, data science, and new ways of working to build fact-based plans.
End-to-end planning mindset across marketplace channels and multi-season horizons, grounded in total marketplace health.
Ability to work independently and drive priorities forward with limited guidance. Strong communication, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.
CORE BEHAVIOURS
Wins With Consumers
Thinks Strategically
Embraces and Drives Change
Fosters Effective Teamwork
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
Lead, drive and oversee sport multi-season assortment plans from top-down and bottom-up angles (Sports, Franchise/Product Family, Style-color) and give a clear demand signal to Supply Planning and ultimately Sourcing.
Own Open-To-Buy (OTB) plans and validate those by multi-season rolling Stock & Sales Plans (SSP) to optimize Sales, Margin, Inventory & Product Health.
Lead key Franchise/Product Family health aligning to global Franchise health targets and maintain a pull market.
Define OTB allocations of products which are constrained for production and/or demand capacity.
Influence and align with cross-functional partners in Merchandising, Nike Direct, Sales and S&IM to optimize key Sport and Marketplace seasonal and energy moments.
Lead projects independently by setting project direction, defining scope and proactively prioritizing across wider work and teams.
Strengthen to the broader cross sports planning and functional teams in building a culture of inclusion, engagement, empowerment, and continuous improvement of process and planning capabilities
Relocation support is not provided for this role. Deadline to apply - 10th August 2026
OUR HIRING GAME PLAN
01 Apply
Our teams are made up of diverse skillsets, knowledge bases, inputs, ideas and backgrounds. We want you to find your fit – review job descriptions, departments and teams to discover the role for you.
02 Meet a Recruiter or Take an Assessment
If selected for a corporate role, a recruiter will reach out to start your interview process and be your main contact throughout the process. For retail roles, you’ll complete an interactive assessment that includes a chat and quizzes and takes about 10-20 minutes to complete. No matter the role, we want to learn about you – the whole you – so don’t shy away from how you approach world-class service and what makes you unique.
03 Interview
Go into this stage confident by doing your research, understanding what we are looking for and being prepared for questions that are set up to learn more about you, and your background.
