Business Planner

NIKE, Inc. fosters a culture of invention. We create products, services and experiences for today’s athlete while solving problems for the next generation.

As a Business Planner for North America sales, you'll collaborate with account and key stakeholders to develop and manage the top-line financial plan for an account (group of accounts) across categories, gender, and business units (FW/APP/EQ).

**Pre-season** * Develop the topline plan for an assigned account (or group of accounts) including retail sales, receipts, inventory, margin, and turn * Create informed plans against categories, gender, and business units (FW/APP/EQ) * Establish monthly sales and inventory plans by comp stores and new stores * Ensure the retail plan & metrics are aligned against the seasonal wholesale plan * Drive Collaboration and include input from key stakeholders including the Account, Sales, Planning, Category, and Merchandising to gain agreement on financial plans. **In-season** * Identify potential opportunities and / or risks in the business against inventory plans; develop actionable recommendations for execution * Create & manage monthly (rolling 12 months) OTB forecast (sales, inventory, margin, turn) against plan dimensions of category, gender, business unit for the account; adjust plans if necessary * Scorecard weekly results to plan **Post-season** * Develop topline business review of business vs. plan and LY - sales, margin, inventory, and turn * Share business review with account, account team and internal cross functional partners * Review comp door and new door performance * Recap bookings gross to net **Other** * Lead the development of the store review (every 6 months) to recap store volumes and productivity ($ PSF) results

* Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Sales, Fashion, Marketing or a related field * 2 years' additional experience in lieu of a degree * 5+ years' experience in Buying, Planning, Allocation and/or Vendor Sales for a multi-store retailer * Comprehensive understanding of retail math * Experience in gross margin profitability planning * Ability to create monthly reports, top line sales plans, track promotional calendar/events and pre-meeting prep * Strong and demonstrated ability to effectively communicate and influence others * Experience in developing an understanding of customers, competitors and retail trends; knowledge of sports apparel and footwear market preferred * Ability to interpret financial sales data to make decisions and recommendations that impact the business * Advanced knowledge of MS office applications; proficiency in Excel including creating spreadsheets, complex formulas, pivot tables, etc * Experience with planning software/tools and merchandise management systems is preferred * Ability to work in a matrix environment with multiple business functions * Strong team player and ability to work with the cross functional partners and senior management on all aspects of the business