APLA Senior Operations Coordinator

Nike; Beaverton (OR); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Nike Beaverton is seeking an APLA Senior Operations Coordinator to lead end-to-end off-cadence buys for the Sportswear Specialty channel. You will forecast demand and manage inventories across a multi-territory framework, collaborating with energy, marketing, and planning teams to ensure timely launches.

You will drive cross-functional alignment, analyze sales data, and maintain planning databases to support seasonal launches across the Asia-Pacific Latin America geography.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in planning, operations, merchandising or related field or equivalent experience.
• 3 years’ merchandise planning, company planning, allocations or operations.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end operational process for off-cadence buys for upcoming seasons.
• Manage SKU-level planning, create size curves, finalize buys.
• Coordinate with Energy, MSC, S&IM, Marketing to track launch readiness.
• Oversee SAP contract administration for off-cadence buys and contract updates.

Skills

Retail planning

Forecasting

Cross-functional influence

Excel proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in planning or related field

Tools

Excel

Airtable

SAP

Job description

Who We Are Looking For

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Who We Are Looking For

We’re looking for an APLA Senior Operations Coordinator that will focus on Nike’s Sportswear Specialty business in the Asia-Pacific Latin America (APLA) Geography. This role will work with APLA Energy Marketplace and cross-functional teams to deliver product demand and operations plans for APLA Geo and territory stakeholders. The candidate needs to have strong retail acumen, excel in operations with cross functional influencing skills. This candidate should have a strong grasp of Energy product, marketplace and trends to advise demand and inventory forecasts. This role will report to the Director, APLA Athletic Specialty and Sportswear Specialty.(AS and SW SP)

What Will You Work On

If this is you, you’ll be on the APLA AS and SW SP team working with planning, inventory management, merchandising and marketing teams focus on Sportswear Specialty channel. You will forecast consumer demand and inventory for Nike products to maximize consumer relevance while driving revenue and optimizing inventory. You will drive accuracy and operational excellence for the business through attention to detail, cross-functional coordination, and communication.

You will use analytics, technology, sales data and cross-functional input to develop long‑range product-based sales and inventory investment forecasts. This will be used to advise product investment and capacity for your marketplace, merchandising, finance, marketing and Supply & Inventory Planning partners.

Off-Cadence Buying Process

• Owning the end-to-end operational process for off-cadence buys for upcoming seasons.
• Manage QS product launch date changes, SKU-level planning, create size curves, and finalize buys.
• Work across teams: Energy, MSC, S&IM, Marketing to ensure partners are aware of the status of projects for launch.
• Own SAP contract administration for off-cadence buys, including contract updates and validation to support accurate product ordering and launch execution

Seasonal Program Management

• Ensure cross-functional alignment to deliver on key products and launch moments.
• In-season Business Management: Communication of final seasonal assortments, partnering with forecasting & execution across all 5 territories.
• Seasonal CODE integration across Energy and NSW plans.
• Owner of planning databases to manage APLA launches to in collaboration with Global, Geo, Territory launch planning.

What You Will Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in planning, operations, merchandising or related business field or equivalent combination of education, experience and training.
• 3 years’ experience in merchandise planning, company planning, allocations or operations.
• Proven track record in retail, assortment and/or merchandising planning, inclusive of planning across revenue, margin and inventory.
• Ability to effectively communicate complex and/or sensitive topics and concepts to a wide and diverse audience; experience working with highly diverse international team preferred.
• Comprehensive understanding of retail math; ability to interpret sales data to make decisions and recommendations that impact the business.
• Experience working across multiple business platforms, including owned and partner businesses.
• Familiarity with merchandise and forecasting management systems.
• PC literate with proven understanding of Excel (formula fluency, experience with pivot tables & data management).
• Knowledge of Energy apparel and footwear market preferred.
• Knowledge of Airtable and SAP systems preferred.

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.