Lead, Energy Assortment Planner, APLA

Lead ENERGY (SNKRS/NBHD/RNWY)  Assortment Planner, APLA

Grade 40 WHQ

Who You Will Work With: 

You will work closely with Merch Financial Planning, Consumer Assortment Planning, Consumer Merchandising, Marketplace Merchandising, Supply & Inventory Planning, Marketplace, Finance, and Global partners to create a robust rolling forecast grounded in quantitative and qualitative metrics of sales, inventory, and margin.

Who We Are Looking For: 

We are seeking a dynamic Lead ENERGY Assortment Planner to join our team! 

In this role, you will develop comprehensive Retail Sales and Demand forecasts to drive critical business processes and decisions within the ENERGY business. You will establish clear, bottom-up merchandise plans in partnership with the APLA ENERGY squad for both Mens and Womens. This involves collaborating with multiple stakeholders and cross-functional leaders to create a plan that is profitable, productive, and consumer-centric.

The ideal candidate will have industry planning experience and demonstrate strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills. We are looking for a self-starter who is curious and capable of working both collaboratively and independently.

• Leverage statistical forecasting, data science, and new ways of working to develop plans and drive better decisions pre and in-season.

• Demonstrated experience in assortment planning and understanding of financial, product, and inventory planning.

• Strong ability to influence and design compelling communication grounded in data.

• Ability to think critically and understand the potential of a style in the marketplace, as well as quantify any gaps to financial plans from a bottom-up perspective.

• Demonstrated problem-solving and critical thinking skills by developing accurate plans that optimize trade-offs and outcomes.

• Current understanding of consumer and marketplace trends.

• High level of proficiency with Advanced Excel skills, including complex formulas, pivot tables, and macros. Airtable experience is a plus.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, experience or training

What You Will Work On: 

As a Lead Assortment Planner for Nike ENERGY, you will leverage your expertise to prioritize the consumer while planning for Nike's most critical, high-heat products. You will build hypotheses and conduct data-driven analyses, translating insights into actionable strategies through problem-solving and critical thinking. You will work closely with Merchandising and Marketplace teams to make informed decisions on sales plans and assortment investments that drive energy for our SNKRS, RNWY, and NBHD channels, creating a halo effect for Nike overall.

Your role will involve understanding the unique dynamics of various territory marketplaces, using these insights to shape future demand. You will also be responsible for entering sales and demand plans throughout the CODE and planning gates, collaborating with supply planners and MSC teams to validate allocations and contracts for our highly coveted "KIT" products, and creating purchase orders for our Nike Direct channels.

Additionally, you will:

• Develop seasonal style-color plans for Energy Inline and Quickstrike products that support Nike's goals and consumer x marketplace plans at Territory, Country, and MPU levels. This includes sales, margin, and inventory at the style color level, leveraging analytics to develop strategies that meet financial goals and owning open-to-buy bottom-up forecasts to inform both manufacturing decisions and purchase orders.

• Be agile and responsive in delivering style color plans for our quickstrike broadcast process, finalizing buys for our high-heat products under tight deadlines.

• Deliver a seasonal inline buy for SNKRS that aligns with Retail Sales, Inventory, and Market expectations, including flow and size specificity.

• Provide input on demand potential by territory for styles based on performance and trends, influencing depth for early seasonal planning until broadcast/buy finalization.

• Recap and analyze the business against monthly forecasts and create visibility for Territories to activate action plans based on risks and opportunities.

• Support monthly and seasonal inventory planning and management activities.

• Actively manage products in partnership with marketplace teams to maximize consumer demand and marketplace objectives.

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.