Become a Part of the NIKE, Inc. Team
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.
WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
You will work within Nike’s Planning function and collaborate with cross-functional teams—including Sales, Finance, Operations, Enterprise Business Planning and Merchandising, to meet financial targets for both pre-season and in-season. You’ll partner with Account Directors and Sports Directors to drive actions that boost demand and optimize sales and inventory.
Reporting to the LATAM Sales Planning Director, you’ll work closely with Account Executives, Merchandising and Peer Planners from Territory and Geography to achieve revenue, margin and inventory goals while aligning and embracing planning processes and new tools deployment.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We are seeking a dynamic Business/Assortment Planner to join our team! This role is critical in defining, crafting, and executing sport consumer demand strategies for our Nike Marketplace Partners.
You will be responsible for leading multi-seasonal plans from a merchandise and financial lens, diving into different levels of detail Account x Sport x Franchises analyzing and driving key decisions related to seasonal revenue, inventory management (cancels & returns), markdown support across Third Party Partner to maximize profitability.
You should possess:
- Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Industrial Engineering or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 3-5+ years of relevant experience in merchandising planning, retail planning, demand planning, finance planning.
- Proven analytical skills and business acumen to solve complex issues collaboratively
- Strong ability to influence and communicate effectively across teams
- Advanced Excel skills (complex formulas, pivot tables, macros); familiarity with Cognos BI tool and Tableau is desired
- Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy, with the ability to work in a deadline-driven, fast-paced, and dynamic environment
- Competence in understanding retail KPIs and using data analytics to identify commercial drivers
- High proficiency in Advanced Business English.
- Ability to work across a matrixed and cross-functional environment, leading change and achieving business results through storytelling (written and verbal) to technical and non-technical audiences
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
- Define and lead multi-season Business Plans at Sport Level to inform financial forecasts and end-to-end inventory forecasts. Ability to develop scenario planning based on marketplace assumptions through cross-functional alignment.
- Drive the future by reviewing upcoming seasonal products and building a compelling purchase assortment for a set of Partner’s Accounts, leveraging current results and trends while adding strategic items that fuel continued growth.
- Identify over- and under-performing styles and develop strategies to optimize performance in the marketplace
- Make recommendations to manage inventory health and capitalize on key consumer moments, including returns, cancels, markdown budget management.
- Communicate results and impacts with cross-functional and leadership teams.
- Master new planning tools and provide accurate data to improve Nike Planning Ecosystem.
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.
