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NA JORDAN LEAD BUSINESS PLANNING, NORTH AMERICA PLANNING
Elevating Jordan Brand’s partnership will be rewarding, challenging, and not just a job. You'll be an ambassador of the Jordan Brand — everything we stand for: relentless commitment to serving athletes. Nike Inc.’s Planning function partners with diverse teams across the company — and around the world — to bring our mission of elevating human potential to life. Nike/Jordan Planning drives profitable, sustainable growth and inventory productivity for Nike/Jordan and our partners. As a team, we are building a smarter, more connected, and automated value chain.
What You Will Work On If this is you, you will serve as the merchandise financial planning Lead working cross-functionally to forecast consumer demand, plan optimal supply, and meet financial expectations. You will set tops-down plans for key business dimensions across both Gross-to-Net and Stock & Sales in the MFP o9 planning tool that balance consumer demand, partner strategies, and align with the Consumer Architecture. Your plans will inform franchise/style plans, financial forecasts, and end-to-end inventory forecasts. You’ll reconcile forecasts, recap business results, and clearly depict decision impacts with cross-functional and leadership teams. You will also lead and conduct internal/external seasonal financial account meetings while providing overall context to seasonal plans.
Who You Will Work With You will work both within the Nike/Jordan Planning function and across the broader cross-functional organization including partnering closely with both internal and external stakeholders, Sales, Sport Business Planning, Sport Assortment Planning, MPO, Finance, and others to deliver top-down financial business targets both pre-season and in-season. Your focus is to understand and share trade-off actions that ultimately drive consumer demand, maximize Nike and Partner margin, and optimize inventory health.
What You Bring
5+ years’ experience in retail, planning and/or product management
Strong ability to influence & work constructively with others by communicating effectively. Listens actively and contributes to advance the conversation.
Outstanding written/verbal communication, analytical capabilities, and attention to detail
Ability to collate and understand relevant market data that integrates and informs the Merchandise Financial Plan; assessing risk and solving problems to deliver business results
Strong command of Retail metrics including Retail Sales, ST%, WOS, Inventories (marketplace + DC), Revenue and Margin with the ability to manipulate data for efficient outcome
In-depth knowledge of consumers, competitors, and retail trends; knowledge of sports apparel and footwear market preferred.
Advanced capabilities in Excel
Bachelor’s degree required
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.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Business Development and Sales
Industries
Retail
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Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area
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Elevating Jordan Brand’s partnership will be rewarding, challenging, and not just a job. You'll be an ambassador of the Jordan Brand — everything we stand for: relentless commitment to serving athletes. Nike Inc.’s Planning function partners with diverse teams across the company — and around the world — to bring our mission of elevating human potential to life. Nike/Jordan Planning drives profitable, sustainable growth and inventory productivity for Nike/Jordan and our partners. As a team, we are building a smarter, more connected, and automated value chain.
What You Will Work On If this is you, you will serve as the merchandise financial planning Lead working cross-functionally to forecast consumer demand, plan optimal supply, and meet financial expectations. You will set tops-down plans for key business dimensions across both Gross-to-Net and Stock & Sales in the MFP o9 planning tool that balance consumer demand, partner strategies, and align with the Consumer Architecture. Your plans will inform franchise/style plans, financial forecasts, and end-to-end inventory forecasts. You’ll reconcile forecasts, recap business results, and clearly depict decision impacts with cross-functional and leadership teams. You will also lead and conduct internal/external seasonal financial account meetings while providing overall context to seasonal plans.
Who You Will Work With You will work both within the Nike/Jordan Planning function and across the broader cross-functional organization including partnering closely with both internal and external stakeholders, Sales, Sport Business Planning, Sport Assortment Planning, MPO, Finance, and others to deliver top-down financial business targets both pre-season and in-season. Your focus is to understand and share trade-off actions that ultimately drive consumer demand, maximize Nike and Partner margin, and optimize inventory health.
What You Bring
5+ years’ experience in retail, planning and/or product management
Strong ability to influence & work constructively with others by communicating effectively. Listens actively and contributes to advance the conversation.
Outstanding written/verbal communication, analytical capabilities, and attention to detail
Ability to collate and understand relevant market data that integrates and informs the Merchandise Financial Plan; assessing risk and solving problems to deliver business results
Strong command of Retail metrics including Retail Sales, ST%, WOS, Inventories (marketplace + DC), Revenue and Margin with the ability to manipulate data for efficient outcome
In-depth knowledge of consumers, competitors, and retail trends; knowledge of sports apparel and footwear market preferred.
Advanced capabilities in Excel
Bachelor’s degree required
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.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Business Development and Sales
Industries
Retail
Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Nike by 2x
Lead, Business Manager Nike App & Nike.com North America
Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area
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