Nike Global Consumer Planner Converse 

United States, Massachusetts, Boston 

688427799

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

You will report to the Director of Global Consumer Planning. This role is heavily collaborative, working with many cross-functional teams such as Regional Planners, Analytics, Global Product/Consumer Merchandising, Global Finance, and Inventory/Supply planning.

This individual plays a strategic role acting as a liaison between Global Consumer Merchandising, Regional Planning and Global Finance to drive alignment and generate a Demand Plan driven by Integrated Business Planning processes. The role requires someone who can be agile, roll-up their sleeves, and is excited by the challenge of building something from the ground up. You have a passion for data and can identify trends and synthesize demand signals to develop accurate demand plans. You ask questions, are continually learning, and are finding opportunities to share knowledge with others.

You Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, experience or training

• 2+ years in merchandise planning, demand planning or business planning

• An understanding of key business tradeoffs with experience in the Retail or Wholesale industries a plus

• Strong analytical, financial modeling, and problem-solving skills

• Proven ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects at once

• Self-starter with the skills to manage through ambiguity in a fast-paced environment

• Influencing skill development and ability to story-tell data, across a diverse range of audiences

• Experiencing in data visualization, pulling a thread across strategy, insights and intuition

• Comfort in highly collaborative, cross-functional working environments

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

You will work alongside business partners to unlock the power of quantitative and qualitative data to drive Converse forward towards an integrated planning process.

To do this, you will:

• Provide information, analysis, and recommendations to drive planning decisions during all phases of seasonal product creation (long range through end of season)

• Consolidate demand by channel and identify and resolve gaps between financial targets & demand plan

• Provide information, analysis, and recommendations to drive Line Planning decisions during all phases of seasonal product creation, enabling assortment planning

• Leverage marketplace and assortment insight to influence early stages of the seasonal product creation process to maximize future season opportunities

• Support the building of franchise and family level forecasts using seasonal line plans, historical information and insights gained from partners Consolidate demand by geo and reconcile gaps between consumer demand, financial targets and Seasonal line plans.

• Bring together strategies across Demand Planning, Inventory Management, Operations and Finance to ensure the connectivity