דרושים Sr Merch Financial & Assortment Planner Sourcing Req ב-Nike ב-הולנד

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

We are looking for a Lead Merch Financial Planner, NMP EMEA to create a 6 season rolling MFP for one (or more) major accounts, grounded in revenue, inventory, retails sales, profitability, productivity, margin, and consumer centricity. You will create pre-season plans that support the commercial of Nike and consumer field of play. You will manage these plans through to in-season optimization and delivery of commercial targets through a robust rolling forecast process and collaborative weekly offense with the Integrated Account Teams and various cross-functional stakeholders.

• Demonstrated experience (8+ years) in business planning (both retail and wlsl) & good understanding of finance, merchandising and supply chain planning processes

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to engage efficiently with a broad range of audiences including retail partner, senior business leaders and other senior planning leaders

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Excellent knowledge of automated planning systems, particularly Excel

• Can identify commercial opportunities and leads decision making based on well-developed merch financial plans

• Demonstrated ability to influence and design compelling communication grounded in data

• A strategic outlook and experience in leading projects

• Ability to influence senior stakeholders through clear storytelling & business acumen

• Bigger picture thinking by understanding how the Nike matrix operates x-functionally.

Critical Thinking:

You are ready to think outside of the box, make decisions even if there is lack of data or information, also partnering with key stakeholders and remain agile.

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

Self-Awareness:You have a growthdemeanortoward yourself and others. You seek a balance between demonstrating your strengths and working on your development opportunities. You know what motivates you, what your pitfalls are, and what unconscious biases you may bring to the table, and you are able and willing to communicate about them and work on them. You know how to admit your mistakes.

Curiosity:Your thirst for knowledge is well-known by others. You seek to understand first. You are able to make objective recommendations and draw conclusions based on a combination of quantitative and qualitative insights

because you are always willing to challenge your and others’ assumptions.

You are ready to leverage statistical forecasting and data science to develop a decision-oriented plan.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

• Shape and contribute to 6 season merchandise financial plans, including orders and inventory for Consumer Fields of Play(CFOP) x Marketplace Units

• Manage Risks & Opportunities between CFOP x Marketplace

• Maintain Merch Financial Plan at sub-MPU dimensions (e.g. banner, account, account group)

• Partner with Consumer planning & CEMEA Assortment Planning

• Partner with key stakeholders across Geo to drive marketplace business health throughout the in-season product life cycle

• Influence and optimize inventory Sell-Through across Marketplace

• Reconcile In-Season Assortment Plans with Planning Rolling Forecast and Align to Consumer Fields of Play

• Execute cross-MPU trade-off actions to drive consumer demand, Nike and partner margin and optimize overall marketplace inventory health

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

You will report to the Director of Technical Design, Training.

The Sr. Technical Designer coordinates the fit and construction from initial concept through to commercialization and production for assigned styles to lead to on time development and delivery according to critical dates, product specification, and sustainability, performance and profitability goals.

The Sr. Technical Designer will also create and revise Tech Packs for assigned styles and ensure all appropriate development documentation is maintained including product specs and prototype notes. In addition, the Sr. Technical Designer will execute fit and construction standards for a team or product group to ensure consistency. You will track and facilitate prototyping for styles; identify and address key issues and challenges inconstruction/manufacturingand plans accordingly to deliver proven and tested product. Additionally, you will monitor and communicate progress and challenges throughout the product testing process to meet product integrity requirements.

Bullets to include details on:

• Bachelor's degree in apparel design, textile science or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training
• Two years additional product creation experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
• Minimum 5 years technical design experience in the apparel industry, which includes the apparel development process from inception through production including pattern making, grading, construction, materials, costing, manufacturing and quality. Experience in bras, leggings , shapewear, swim, or other stretch to fit apparel is strongly preferred.
• Experience in creating grades, reviewing graded nests, and correcting stretch to fit patterns strongly preferred.
• Experience with construction methods for stretch fabric and performance garment strongly preferred.
• Strong problem solving, organization, collaboration and communication skills.
• Experience interpreting design intent and offering alternative solutions.
• Experience writing product specs and construction standards instructions.
• Experience working with factory vendors to ensure and improve manufacturability.
• Ability to manage multiple projects.
• Experience using Adobe Illustrator, CAD Pattern Design software (Optitex) and 3D software (Clo) highly desired.
• Proficiency with MS Office programs.
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time (domestic and international).

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

In this role you will also be responsible for the Technical Design of assigned styles product in Bodywear (leggings, bras, and other stretch to fit apparel). Working with Design, Product Management and Product Creation Center (Asia) on tailoring the product to the specific consumer needs.:

• You will be working on long development cycle franchise resets and chassis builds with teams across the business including training, running and beyond. These styles are long lifecycle and are the pillars of the business that they sit in.
• You will obsess pattern and grade while collaborating closely with Design, Product Management, and other cross functional teams to collectively meet the product brief needs.
• You will need to collaborate with many different teams across the organization and have the ability to flex to multiple team dynamics, processes, and business needs. Often times needing to communicate the unique needs of our product classification to partners who are less familiar.
• You will problem solve with your peers and cross functional partners throughout the development cycle – solving for issues such as material, construction, and fit, or pivoting to meet changing business needs.
• You will consult with a variety of specialized teams around the organization including wear testing, standards, and the Nike Sports Research Lab to drive product excellence.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

In this varied position, no day is the same. You will flex between working on multiple store layout and space projects that are at many different stages of execution, to providing productivity insights in support of business cases for new stores, in addition to conducting post opening reviews of trading stores. You will drive financial results that maximize sales, inventory and bottom line profitability from category and store space.You will also:

• Be a focal point, key contact and gatekeeper of Space Planning data across Nike Stores.

• Participate and engage in a team structure that facilitates and maximizes individual and team performance, supporting and fostering an open, empowered, and inclusive work environment that embraces diversity, encourages accountability, and drives Nike enterprise results.

• Proactively provide visual planning, allocation, visual merchandising, buying, store teams, real estate, construction, design teams and wider European Headquarters teams data analysis and productivity insights and support, that can drive actions across the enterprise.

• Take responsibility for maintaining a Space Planning data set that ensures accurate option counts/capacities/floor plans for all stores in the fleet. Ensuring accurate floor-plans and credible floorplan data is accessible, archived, coordinated, and updated for Nike Stores.

• You will closely collaborate with Retail Design teams on layout pre and post design intent, and additionally partner with multiple cross functional experts focusing on growing our business in the most profitable way.

• Take accountability for planning, organizing, and prioritizing many small to large projects, so strategic goals and objectives are met. You’ll be accountable for generating space and productivity insights as part of the new Nike Next % strategy, with our partners across DSM.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

You'll work with our Space Planning Manager and other key partners to communicate clear, brand-enhancing spaces that meet all business requirements. You’ll manage change across all levels of the Nike Matrix, up to VP level, by aligning people and processes. Where there are competing interests, you’ll effectively scenario, negotiate and drive agreements and alignment that benefit the Nike business.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Experience of Planning/Retail Space/Design/ experience within an international retail environment.

• Proficiency in REVIT / AUTOCAD / Autodesk with a comprehensive understanding of floor plans is advantageous

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel with a comprehensive understanding of big data and formulas is advantageous

• Demonstrable experience of working with Retail KPIs with a comprehensive understanding of Excel is preferred

• Excellent verbal and engaging written communication skills including meeting facilitation and presentations.

• Ability to think strategically, and to connect high level corporate strategy to actionable objectives in a formative roadmap or agile project tracker.

• Demonstrated ability to work in a matrix environment with multiple business functions, as well as establish relationships easily across the business at all levels.

• A self-starter with a problem solving and solutions driven mentality.

• Strong numerical skills, ability to deep dive into the detail, whilst working in a fast-paced Retail focused environment.

1. Responsible for new fixture & construction material development for NIKE new concept launch.

2. Lead the environment design and fixture/construction material mock-up review.

3. Take the ownership for “RE” cost management, including cost review & analysis, seek the saving opportunity via “value engineering” solution.

4. Manage the fixture production planning & inventory management to secure door opening.

5. Fixture order management with high data accuracy, improve the working process/LT with X-function teams.

6. Manage all store fixture supplementary requests related to retail marketing activity in a timely manner (prototype review, quotation & ordering, delivery, payment execution)

7. Responsible for vendor management in terms of new vendor on board/training, vendor performance review, payment management/follow up, quality improvement, etc

8. Manage store maintenance for follow-up action, cost review and process improvement.

9. Conduct Team’s report production in good manner.

10. Other jobs will be assigned due to the business need

1. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, with a background of technical or business preferred.

2. At least 3 years’ relevant working experience, purchasing and/or product development or relevant experience in a multinational company is preferred.

3. Previous experiences in retail or similar industry.

4. Understand the technical requirement on material and production techniques.

5. Good knowledge and skill in cost analysis & management

6. Capable of mastering MS office (Excel, PPT, Keynote, etc)

7.Good presentation skill on both Chinese & English. Can work in multiple function & complex working environment.

Seeking an analytical, adaptable problem-solver with strong communication skills to develop multi-seasonal merchandise financial plans for Nike Marketplace Partners. You’ll bridge commercial needs with actionable insights, delivering detailed plans to support consumer demand in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Shape 6-season merchandise financial plans, including orders, margins, and inventory

• Partner with cross-functional teams to drive in-season inventory, reconcile assortment plans, and ensure alignment

• Influence and optimize inventory sell-through across the marketplace

Key Qualifications:

• Experience in business planning, Demand Supply Management, finance, or merchandising

• Proficiency in Excel and planning systems.

• Strong analytical skills with a growth mindset for leveraging data in decision-making

Key Responsibilities:

• Co-create and influence seasonal plans, focusing on sales, margin, inventory, and receipts

• Monitor and analyze business performance, adjusting strategies to optimize demand and inventory

• Drive insights for financial and assortment planning across multi-year strategies

Key Qualifications:

• Previous solid years in retail/merch financial planning, with expertise in Excel and data modeling

• Strong critical thinking, risk assessment, and analytical skills

• Excellent communication and influencing skills to engage stakeholders effectively

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Experience in assortment planning and understanding of financial, product and inventory planning

• Growth mindset that is ready to leverage statistical forecasting, data science and new ways of working to develop a decision-oriented plan

• Experience in a multi store retail environment preferred

• Ability to think critically and understand the potential of a style in the marketplace as well as quantify any gaps to financial plan from a product potential perspective

• Strong ability to influence and design compelling communication grounded in data

• Demonstrated problem solving skills

• Ability to approach planning end-to-end across all marketplace channels and multiple connected seasons beginning with retail metrics grounded in marketplace health

WHAT YOU'LL WORK ON

• Develop and/or Inform/Influence seasonal plan inclusive of RSV, net sales, margin, receipts, and inventory at Style-Color level for ND (leveraging consistent business logic & analytics)

• Develop strategies to achieve CFoP (Consumer Fields of Play) goals and manage product-driven OTB forecast for manufacturing decisions and in-season optimization.

• Analyze the business against plan and forecasted in-season sales and inventories on a monthly or weekly basis, assessing business risk / opportunity & developing action plans and driving escalations where needed

• Monitor top Franchise Stock and Sales Plans & drive x-marketplace decision-making to optimize product health and captured consumer demand and inform trading / pricing decisions

• Set and Manage E2E Inventory health within and across CFoPs plus understanding any impact on overall marketplace health

• Communicate and advocate Assortment Plan to Partner Management (or internal x-functional leadership team) at Franchise-/Merch Class-level through lens of CFoP.

• Drive projects independently (day-to-day) and prioritize workload & deliverables within the project

WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH

You will be reporting to the NVS Senior Assortment Planning Manager Men’s, you will foster collaborative relationships with key cross functional partners pre-season and in-season, including Merch Financial Planning (MFP), Merchandising Function, Consumer AP, Allocation, Business Offense, Value Marketplace, Seasonal Moments and other ND Planning Teams.

As a part of Nike Value Team, you will drive the E2E strategic assortment planning and inventory management for your CFOP, across Nike value stores. You will be able to unlock the best experience for our consumers through developing pre-season financial and assortment plans as well as maximizing in-season opportunities through trade and inventory management.
Alongside the planning of your CFOP, you will be leading the pre-season strategic pillar, focusing on evolving the NVS CODE and planning processes.

WHAT YOU'LL WORK ON

• Strategic Assortment planning: You will be developing pre-season assortment plans for your CFOP– Aligning product plans with revenue, margin, and inventory goals, ensuring optimal assortment depth and breadth for Nike Value Stores.Furthermore, you will work cross functionally during in-season trading to deliver and exceed seasonal targets for product revenue, profitability and inventory productivity.

• Risk management: You are aware of emerging trends in the overall business and your own CFOP. You escalate risks and opportunities that are grounded in facts and presents options for resolution.

• Consumer focus: You understand the needs of the consumer and marketplace from available data and link plans with market trends. Awareness of product portfolio and strategy, including expectations around consumer response, growth opportunities and product lifecycle.

• Influence: You design compelling communications that articulate the story and insights with a clear summary of the main ideas.Listen actively and make insightful contributions.

• Stakeholder management / Collaboration: Actively advocate alignment with multiple stakeholders downstream and upstream, including merchandising, Allocation, consumer planning and S&IP.

• Think Strategically: Demonstrate ability to prioritize and lead independently strategic objectives, through project-based work or business processes.

• Embrace and lead change: Drive organizational and operational change even when things are uncertain, or the way forward is unclear to drive improvement within a fast paced and ever evolving Retail environment.

• Team coaching: You will guide and mentor your teammates and act as a “go to” person.

WHAT YOU BRING

• 5+ years of experience in Consumer and/or Retail Merchandising/Assortment Planning be crucial.

• Experience deciding markdown & pricing strategies and/or working in off-price retail.

• Strategic outlook and proven experience leading projects independently with diverse teams, with a track record of overcoming obstacles and challenges to meet business expectations

• You are a team player, you demonstrate the ability to work in a cross-functional team, as well as engaging and coaching your peers.

• Commercial acumen & Entrepreneurial mind and forward-thinking skillset to drive the results

• A self-starter mentality, eager to drive and own end to end communication with results driven, forward thinking and proficient information seeking skills in a fast-paced environment

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to engage effectively with a broad range of audiences including senior business leaders and direct cross functional teammates.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Ability to network, utilize internal and external resources, deliver commitments, and to meet timelines

• Excellent knowledge of automated planning systems, MS Windows applications, particularly Excel, WSSI, Assortment Planning tools.