WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

The Nike Planning Function combines insights and analytics to sense and craft how much product consumers will want, where and when they’ll want it. This offense combines work in the Merchandise Financial Planning (MFP) and

Assortment Planning (AP) sub functions to support a more detailed and flexible approach to serve consumers and drive inventory efficiency for NIKE and our partners.

You will be a part of the Nike Marketplace Partners (NMP) MFP team and closely interact with the NMP AP teams to ensure plans and directions are aligned long term, pre-season and in-season. Planning is a crucial member within

the integrated commercial teams, shaping marketplace plans in line with Nike’s strategic priorities and keeping the consumer at the center of strategy. You will collaborate closely with partner management, AP, finance, consumer MFP, supply chain and merchandising.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for a Lead Merch Financial Planner, NMP EMEA to create a 6 season rolling MFP for one (or more) major accounts, grounded in revenue, inventory, retails sales, profitability, productivity, margin, and consumer centricity. You will create pre-season plans that support the commercial of Nike and consumer field of play. You will manage these plans through to in-season optimization and delivery of commercial targets through a robust rolling forecast process and collaborative weekly offense with the Integrated Account Teams and various cross-functional stakeholders.

• Demonstrated experience (8+ years) in business planning (both retail and wlsl) & good understanding of finance, merchandising and supply chain planning processes

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to engage efficiently with a broad range of audiences including retail partner, senior business leaders and other senior planning leaders

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Excellent knowledge of automated planning systems, particularly Excel

• Can identify commercial opportunities and leads decision making based on well-developed merch financial plans

• Demonstrated ability to influence and design compelling communication grounded in data

• A strategic outlook and experience in leading projects

• Ability to influence senior stakeholders through clear storytelling & business acumen

• Bigger picture thinking by understanding how the Nike matrix operates x-functionally.

BUSINESS SKILLS

Planning: You have extensive of work experience, preferably in (retail merch) financial planning, and the ability to apply that knowledge independently in your work. Demonstrated experience working with stock and sales plans, high-level P&L comprehension, experience with Excel or other planning tools, and experience with retail KPIs are important for this role. You understand the importance and value of scenario planning. You are able to collaborate optimally with up- & downstream functions and are aware of emerging trends in planning.

Critical Thinking: You demonstrate strong problem solving & critical thinking skills by developing proven plans that optimize trade-offs & outcomes. You think beyond prescribed solutions, demonstrating industry & market trends to improve business outcomes. You understand retail metrics & business drivers and can flexibly adapt scenarios based on continuous input from business partners.

Risk Management: You can assess risks and opportunities that are grounded in facts, make impactful recommendations, and present options for resolution. You assess risk within business objectives, taking a holistic business view.

Analytics: You know how to use statistical forecasting, data science, and new ways of thinking to develop plans and drive better decisions. You can expand existing Nike frameworks to perform analyses in a logical structure. You have sufficient expertise in Excel, PowerBI, or other data modeling applications (this is key to performing optimally in this role). What you do not yet know, you are able to learn and implement quickly.

Problem Solving: You are ready to think outside of the box, make decisions even if there is lack of data or information, also partnering with key stakeholders and remain agile.

Consumer focus: You can ground yourself quickly in consumer needs & the marketplace from available internal and external data and are able to link your plans to market trends. You have an awareness of Nike’s product portfolio and strategy, including expectations around consumer response, growth opportunities and product lifecycle.

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

Influencing: Your maturity allows you to influence senior stakeholders through a combination of facts and relational skills. You craft compelling communications that articulate the story and insights with a clear summary of the main ideas. You listen actively & make insightful contributions to multi-year strategies as well as ongoing business decisions. You know your audience and how best to serve their needs, and you can adapt as needed. You serve as a role model within your peer group and can ground them in the bigger picture and/or coach them as needed.

Self-Awareness: You have a growth demeanor toward yourself and others. You seek a balance between demonstrating your strengths and working on your development opportunities. You know what motivates you, what your pitfalls are, and what unconscious biases you may bring to the table, and you are able and willing to communicate about them and work on them. You know how to admit your mistakes.

Curiosity: Your thirst for knowledge is well-known by others. You seek to understand first. You are able to make objective recommendations and draw conclusions based on a combination of quantitative and qualitative insights

because you are always willing to challenge your and others’ assumptions.

Growth Mindset: You are ready to leverage statistical forecasting and data science to develop a decision-oriented plan.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

• Shape and contribute to 6 season merchandise financial plans, including orders and inventory for Consumer Fields of Play(CFOP) x Marketplace Units

• Manage Risks & Opportunities between CFOP x Marketplace

• Maintain Merch Financial Plan at sub-MPU dimensions (e.g. banner, account, account group)

• Partner with Consumer planning & CEMEA Assortment Planning

• Partner with key stakeholders across Geo to drive marketplace business health throughout the in-season product life cycle

• Influence and optimize inventory Sell-Through across Marketplace

• Reconcile In-Season Assortment Plans with Planning Rolling Forecast and Align to Consumer Fields of Play

• Execute cross-MPU trade-off actions to drive consumer demand, Nike and partner margin and optimize overall marketplace inventory health

*Application Deadline: Wednesday 11 June 2025