Senior Assortment Planner

We are looking for a senior assortment planner to join the Kids Performance team at Nike! For this role we are looking for a strategic planner to create franchise plans that align Nike's commercial goals with product strategies. Your responsibilities include optimizing in-season performance through collaborative planning, inventory management, and data insights.

We are looking for someone to start as soon as possible for 40 hours a week. It's a temporary role till the 11th of November 2025.

We seek a candidate with energy, playfulness, and positivity. You should have basic Assortment Planning experience and a solid understanding of Retail. Quick learning of our planning process is essential. We value individuals who take calculated risks and are eager to try new things.

What you will bring:

• +5 years of experience in Consumer and/or Retail Merchandising/Assortment Planning/Demand Planning. You should have consistent track record demonstrating skills in customer demand, retail math, financial planning and reporting;
• Show proficiency in detailed assortment planning, product affinity, as well as Omnichannel Retail and Coordinated marketplace strategy;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; the ability to engage effectively with various audiences including senior business leaders and direct cross-functional teammates;
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and commercially minded skills;
• Self-starter mentality with the eagerness to drive and own end-to-end communication, results-driven, forward thinking and proficient information seeking skills;
• Ability to network, utilize, internal and external resources, deliver commitments and meet timelines;
• Excellent knowledge of automated planning systems, MS Windows applications, particularly Excel, WSSI, Assortment Planning tools;
• Demonstrate the ability to work in a cross-functional team, engaging peers, and enjoying the collaborative process.

This role is part of the Kids Performance team and focuses on developing plans for the Nike Marketplace. The Senior Assortment Planner collaborates with Merchandising, Finance, Marketplace, and Supply & Inventory Planning teams, and reports to the Assortment Planning Manager.

What you will do:
• Set and Manage E2E Inventory health within and across CFoPs plus understanding any impact on overall marketplace health

• Develop and/or Inform/Influence seasonal plan inclusive of RSV, net sales, margin, receipts, and inventory at franchise level for Nike Marketplace (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 and deliverables within the project

You will work at the Nike European Headquarters in Hilversum. It is a dynamic, energizing place to work that reflects the values and spirit of the brand. Your colleagues come from all over the world, the team is diverse.

Nike maintains a hybrid working model, 3 days in the office, 2 days from home.

• Access to the gym facilities on campus
• Commuting allowance of € 0,21 per km
• 25 vacation days if you work 40 hours per week a full year
• Diverse team

Kun jij je helemaal vinden in deze vacature? Solliciteer dan en stuur je motivatie en cv naar ons op!

Esmée Buitenhuis & Loïs Eikens

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