Demand Planner

Summary Notes: Local to PHQ (formally known as WHQ) 3 headcount for a Special Project on Jordan and Nike Sales Planning Team. They will help communicate Point of Sales (POS) and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) data to internal and external stakeholders. They will help sales and retail partners understand what is working, what can be improved, and what healthy POSs look like. I do not plan to add additional sub spots past 3 at this time. Please submit your top picks for the role Must haves: 5+ YOE of retail acumen in assortment planning Able to take complicated topics and make them easily understood to a variety of backgrounds Pulling POS and KPI data and analyze key takeaways to craft headlines of whats working in the market place Nice to Haves: Stock and sales planning for footwear, apparel, or retail Experience with o9 (pronounced Oh-nine) planning tool, Excel expert External engagement with vertical retail - with customer ie Dicks sporting goods, Cross functional with internal and external partners in similar industry environments to Nike Responsibilities WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR Our WHQ-based Planning team is looking for a Lead Assortment Planner focused on optimizing the business with our Marketplace Partners. In this role, you will play a pivotal role in bringing the marketplace vision to life with specific focus on pre-season forecasting, reacting to in-season trends and results analysis. You will establish clear financial plans while partnering with cross functional teammates to create a line grounded in profitability, productivity, and consumer demand. Strong collaboration is a key, working both internally and externally with Partner Accounts. As a Lead Planner, youll bring curiosity, a self-starter mentality, influential communication skills, and a strong ability to operate in ambiguous situations. Youll have phenomenal data storytelling abilities grounded in retail acumen, planning expertise and supported through elevated excel capabilities. WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON On any given day you might be developing style-level plans to inform financial plans that will fuel assortments and influence buy and supply decisions while partnering with key stakeholders. Youll also continuously monitor performance indicators keeping a pulse on the business: analyzing sales results, managing key product forecasts, in season recommendations and sharing actionable insights on risks and opportunities. You will create plans that optimize business health while achieving financial targets. Youll use strong communication skills with internal/external partners to elicit information, cultivate productive dialogue, verbalize ideas, and align financial plans with an overarching strategy. Youll enable success by collaborating with multiple cross functional internal teammates and external planning counterparts. WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH Youll be the planning point person for the product line in the WHQ office and collaborate regularly with a variety of groups and individuals, including (but not limited to): sales, merchandising, planning, marketplace teams, brand, as well as various external contributors and leaders. Youll participate in a team structure that facilitates individual and team performance, supporting and encouraging an open and inclusive environment that embraces diversity, encourages accountability, and drives toward results. Requirements WHAT YOU BRING Bachelors Degree in Business, Finance, Merchandising, Economics, Marketing, or related field 4+ years experience in Planning/Buying/Sales with emphasis on retail/wholesale financial planning and analysis Proven ability to leverage large amounts of data, identify critical information, analyze, and potentially create new ways of working to develop a recommendation. Strong ability to influence through compelling communication. Able to think critically and understand the potential of a product in the marketplace while identifying gaps to tops-down and bottoms-up financial plan. Advanced Excel skills Travel up to 15% of the time Skills Planning/Buying/Sales with emphasis on retail/wholesale financial planning and analysis