Nike Senior Professional Product Planning Icon Studios Marketing GC 

China, Shanghai 

981918402

The product planning Sr. professional is responsible for planning all categories and functionals over the full lifecycle of the product, from preseason forecasting, to deliver and ultimately post-season recapping.

• You will partner with business teams to understand product needs for each season through key gates
• You will closely partner with global counterpart to place orders, monitor progress, identify and preemptively solve bottlenecks and other challenges before they happen, and report to key stakeholders
• You will closely partner with studio key stakeholders, especially production team to ensure pre-production readiness and facilitate the timely and accurate delivery of merchandise to set
• You will monitor, leverage and develop new Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) when needed
• You will create and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s)
• You will facilitate ad hoc product needs with cross functional team to meet production needs

During the buildout of Icon. SH, you will be leading the foundational work that includes:

• Collaborating cross-departmentally with Global and Greater China based Planning/Ordering, Production, business stakeholders to fulfil product needs
• Collaborating cross-functionally to ensure that each unique product is correctly identified in location and in the system
• Create reports to track product status from receiving, transfer to liquidation
• Developing and documenting Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to reduce training time, improve comprehension and ensure compliance

Once the studio is operational, a typical day/week looks like

• Ensure all products are ordered through key gate checkpoint, key stakeholder communications and report tracking
• Provide pre-production readiness checklist to key stakeholders to ensure production needs are met
• Provide solutions to ad-hoc products needs through proactively working with cross functional teams
• Track product throughout all stages from inbound to photo production process to liquidation with tracking report with accurate data
• Leveraging IT systems and reports to evaluate performance and identify improve areas

• 5+ years of Product Planning/Ecommerce/Photo Studio/Operations experience; successfully delivering results in planning/project management/pre-production capability
• Ability to create SOP from ground up and obsess with implementations
• 3+ years managing a team from hiring, training and development; experience working with 3rd party team will be a plus
• Possesses an inspiring work ethic with the ability to drive teams to high level of quality and performance
• Strong collaborative skills with the ability to work with a diverse group of people
• Computer savvy with advanced Microsoft Office Excel skills
• Skilled in data analytics with the ability to drive clarity in information and share reports to the team
• Strong critical thinking skills and results oriented with a bias for action
• Excellent presentation, oral and written communication skills
• Flexible and able to work as needed, including the occasional weekend, to meet peak demands
• Enthusiastic, positive energy and able to work well under pressure
• Bachelor’s degree
• Fluency in both Chinese and English