Merchandise Planner

Net2Source (N2S); Beaverton (OR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Nike in Beaverton, OR is seeking a Senior Assortment Planner to establish end-to-end bottom-up assortment plans partnering with Merchandising, Sales, and Business Planning. You will create pre-season style level plans and drive profitability through data-driven forecasting, consumer insights, and cross-functional collaboration.

The role emphasizes communicating plans clearly, aligning financial targets with product opportunities, and influencing decisions across geo and global teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in assortment planning and understanding of financial, product and inventory planning.
• Leverage forecasting, data science and new methods to develop plans.
• Influence others with data-driven communication.
• Bachelor’s degree with 3-5 years relevant experience; or PhD/Law +1yr; Masters +0-3yrs.
• Strong problem solving and critical thinking.
• Understanding of consumer and marketplace trends.

Responsibilities

• Present financial plans, forecasts and strategies in key meetings.
• Develop seasonal plans and monthly forecasts including sales, margin, and inventory.
• Collaborate with merchandising and sales to align future financial plans and product opportunities.
• Product forecasting and in-season optimization by analyzing data.
• Report forecast variance and deliver action plans, risks, and opportunities.

Skills

Forecasting

Assortment planning

Data-driven decisions

Communication

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Consumer trends

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

PhD or Law + 1 yr

Masters + 0-3 yrs

Job description

You will partner cross functionally with Merchandising, Finance, Marketplace Planning, Business Planning, Supply Planning and Product teams.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

We are looking for a Senior Assortment Planner to establish clear end to end bottom’s up assortment plans partnering with Merchandising, Sales and Business Planning to create a line grounded in profitability, productivity, and consumer centric offerings. You will be tasked with creating pre-season style level plans. A strong candidate will:

• Leverage statistical forecasting, data science and new ways of working to develop plans and drive better decisions
• Demonstrate experience in assortment planning and understanding of financial, product and inventory planning
• Influence others and craft compelling communication grounded in data
• Think critically and understand the potential of a style in the marketplace as well as quantify any gaps to financial plans from a bottoms up perspective
• Display problem solving and critical thinking skills by developing accurate plans that optimize trade-offs and outcomes
• Understand of consumer and marketplace trend
• Hold a Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 3-5 years directly relevant work experience

Note: One of the following alternatives may be accepted: PhD or Law + 1 yr; Masters + 0-3 yrs

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON:

Working on this team will be rewarding, challenging, and 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'll establish clear assortment plans that tell a story for the season and helps merchandising create a line grounded in profitability and consumer centric offering. This will include collaborating with merchandising and sales to develop and communicate a comprehensive strategy that aligns future financial plans and product opportunities.

You will:

• Present financial plans, forecasts and strategies in key meetings. You'll proactively report on the health of the business, facilitate smart business decisions, communicate financial results, and create action plans to managers and cross-functional team members on a regular basis. You'll collaborate with peers to ensure consistency of information, share best practices and develop systems knowledge. In addition, you'll participate in a team structure that facilitates and maximizes individual and team performance, supporting and fostering an open and inclusive environment that embraces diversity, encourages accountability, and drives results.
• Develop seasonal plans and monthly forecasts inclusive of sales, margin and inventory at the style color level leveraging analytics, develop strategies to meet financial goals and own open to buy bottom’s up forecasts to inform manufacturing decisions.
• Partner with key stakeholders across Geo and Global to optimize business health throughout the entirety of the product life cycle inclusive of responsive offering
• Product forecasting and in season optimization by analyzing data, & providing actionable insights
• Report on forecast variance across key planning gates and deliver action plans as well as risks & opportunities