Senior Assortment Planner Nike Direct, EMEA

WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH

This role will be part of the Kids Performance team, with responsibility to develop plans for the Nike Direct side of the business. The Senior Assortment planner will work across various teams, including Merchandising, Finance, Marketplace- and Supply and Inventory Planning. The Senior Assortment Planner reports to the Assortment Planning Manager.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Experience in assortment planning and understanding of financial, product and inventory planning
• Growth mindset that is ready to leverage statistical forecasting, data science and new ways of working to develop a decision-oriented plan
• Experience in a multi store retail environment preferred
• Ability to think critically and understand the potential of a style in the marketplace as well as quantify any gaps to financial plan from a product potential perspective
• Strong ability to influence and design compelling communication grounded in data
• Demonstrated problem solving skills
• Ability to approach planning end-to-end across all marketplace channels and multiple connected seasons beginning with retail metrics grounded in marketplace health

• Develop and/or Inform/Influence seasonal plan inclusive of RSV, net sales, margin, receipts, and inventory at Style-Color level for ND (leveraging consistent business logic & analytics)
• Develop strategies to achieve CFoP (Consumer Fields of Play) goals and manage product-driven OTB forecast for manufacturing decisions and 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 Stock and Sales Plans & drive x-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 CFoPs plus understanding any impact on overall marketplace health
• Communicate and advocate Assortment Plan to Partner Management (or internal x-functional leadership team) at Franchise-/Merch Class-level through lens of CFoP.
• Drive projects independently (day-to-day) and prioritize workload & deliverables within the project