LEAD BUSINESS PLANNER, NA

LEAD BUSINESS PLANNER

WHQ, NORTH AMERICA

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

This role is heavily collaborative, working with many cross-functional teams such as Buying, Nike Direct Merchandise Financial Planning (MFP), Merchandise Planning, Finance, and Nike Direct Consumer teams.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for a Lead Business Planner to partner with Nike Direct Merchandise Planning and Nike Direct Consumer teams to analyse and manage business and operation changes, ensuring all stock and sales plans reconcile and meet channel profitability and inventory management objectives.

You bring:

• 6+ years in business planning, assortment planning, merchandise planning or equivalent experience

• Self-starter with ability to manage through ambiguity in a fast-paced environment

• Strong influencing skills and ability to story-tell data across a diverse range of audiences

• Ability to perform business analysis to build in-season strategies inclusive of markdown recommendations and execution, promo assortment building and Open to Buy reconciliation across tops-down and bottoms-up forecasts

• High proficiency in problem solving and critical thinking skills and able to develop accurate plans that optimize trade-offs and outcomes

• Comfort in highly collaborative, cross functional working environments with proven ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects at once

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalentcombination of education, experience

  or training

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

Working on this team will be rewarding, it'll be challenging, and it'll most definitely not be just another job. You'll be an ambassador of the Nike brand - everything we stand for: drive, determination, the unyielding commitment to excellence, these all will be a part of your everyday experience. In this role, you will drive the in-season offense, partnering with Merchandise Planning and ND Consumer teams to influence and give guidance on weekly and monthly targets, ensuring consistency on driving the actualization of One Plan.
 

You will:

• Function as a SME and partner with Global Tech/Innovation on in-season capabilities, helping to lead training and overviews to educate DSM teammates and cross functional partners

• Bring together strategies across Merchandise Planning, MFP and ND Consumer teams to ensure connectivity and alignment on in-season actions and re-forecasting to drive One Plan

• Drive CC productivity analysis and seasonal CC target setting by partnering with Buyers and ND Consumer teams on investment strategies for optimal assortments to maximize profitability in NDDC

• Influence Open to Buy activities through incorporating NDDC KPIs and use trend analysis to develop scenarios to empower teams to better forecast the shape of the NDDC business

• Develop product life cycle management guardrails to optimize full price realization and manage inventory through markdown and promo pricing actions and cancel/closeout/chase recommendations

• Support the weekly business offense activities, including reporting, analysis and in-season action recommendations and executions

• Partner with ND Consumer Leads and ND Merchandise Planning to drive the ND Marketplace Offense, creating consistency and optimization across M/W/K/J where relevant

• Continue to build and optimize an Omni offense and in-season strategy with ND Store teams

We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees and job applicants. We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.