Demand Planner 2

Nike; Beaverton (OR); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Part time

Job summary

Nike Beaverton is seeking a Demand Planning professional to forecast basketball footwear, apparel, and equipment demand. You will analyze marketplace plans, manage franchise health, and tell data-driven stories across merchandising, product, and analytics teams.

Requirements include a Bachelor’s degree and 3–5 years in demand or supply chain planning, with strong Excel and Tableau skills. This role emphasizes independent work, adaptability, and a passion for sports.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 3-5 years in demand, marketplace, or supply chain planning.
• Strong business acumen and understanding of supply chain.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and data analysis.
• Familiarity with Tableau for dashboards.

Responsibilities

• Set, review, and reconcile periodic demand plans for categories.
• Lead demand management and communicate forecast variances.
• Analyze inventory and delivery performance with KPI tracking.
• Collaborate with merchandising, product, and analytics teams.

Skills

Demand planning

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Independent worker

Adaptability

Sports enthusiasm

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

Tableau

Job description

Location: Beaverton, OR

Duration: 6-Month Contract

NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world's best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries, and push the edges of what can be. We look for people who can grow, think, dream, and create. Our culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. We seek achievers, leaders, and visionaries - people who bring skill and passion to a challenging, ever-evolving game.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

In this role, you will support future forecasting for the basketball footwear, apparel, and equipment business. You will analyze current marketplace plans to manage franchise health, tell a story through data, and collaborate cross-functionally with merchandising, product, and analytics teams.

• Set, review and reconcile periodic demand plans (including assortments, flow, drops, stock-keeping unit productivity and allocations to maximize revenues and minimize closeout inventory).
• Taking the lead in demand management (including communication of purchase position, forecast variances, and prioritize, negotiate and resolve category-specific inventory issues).
• Taking the lead in Demand & Delivery performance analysis (including building inventory management awareness, analyze inventory data & KPI's, manage and track key targets on inventory and delivery performance).
• Operational excellence (including knowledge of planning tools, their dependencies and associated systems, being accurate, communicating well and an understanding of KPI's and resulting improvements).

WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelor's Degree
• 3-5 years of minimum experience in a demand, marketplace, or supply chain planning role
• Strong business acumen
• General knowledge of supply chain principles
• Retail math knowledge
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Familiarity with Tableau
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently
• Adaptable and comfortable navigating ambiguity
• Curious passion for sports, the Nike brand, and basketball