Merchandise Planner (for Nike)

As a Senior Assortment Planner by EMEA at Nike, you will play a crucial role in shaping the consumer product offering across Nike Stores Owned (NSO) throughout the EMEA region. Based at the European Headquarters in Hilversum. This is a full-time position for 40 hours per week focused on developing multi-seasonal assortment plans that drive profitability, inventory health and brand strength.

Are you a strategic retail expert ready to turn complex data into clear, impactful business growth? We are looking for a resilient, collaborative leader to hit the ground running in a fast-paced environment!

• Retail & Financial: Strong understanding of retail finance, marketplace metrics and commercial strategy.
• Data Storytelling & Communication: Exceptional ability to translate complex data into clear narrative insights and actionable structures.
• Stakeholder influence: Proven experience collaborating with and influencing broad, cross-functional teams.
• End-to-End strategic mindset: Strong grasp of business decision impacts across both pre-season planning and in-season execution.
• Growth mindset: A proactive, can-do attitude with full ownership over decisions, outcomes and learnings.

In this role, you act as the connective tissue between planning, merchandising, sports, supply chain and finance to ensure assortment strategies deliver outstanding consumer experiences and strong commercial results. Your key responsibilities include:

• End-to-End assortment planning: Build and maintain rolling stock & sales and open-to-buy plans through the lens of sport to optimize retail sales value, margins and inventory health.
• Performance & Risk management: Lead seasonal buys and responsive planning, communicating key performance insights while mitigating risks and capitalizing on growth opportunities.
• Cross-Functional collaboration: Partner with merchandising, allocation, business planning and sport teams to align product offerings with Nike’s sport-led offense and brand activation initiatives.
• Strategic decision support: Actively contribute to key business review moments by presenting risk/opportunity analyses and data-backed business recommendations.
• Innovation & analytics: Adopt modern planning tools and analytics to drive process efficiency and facilitate strategic discussions with senior stakeholders.

You'll be based at Nike's inspiring European Headquarters (EHQ) in Hilversum, a dynamic campus fully immersed in the energy and values of the brand. Nike offers a hybrid working model (3 days in the office, 2 days working from home).

• travel allowance: €0.23 per km (up to a maximum of 100 km per day)
• home office allowance: €5 net per day when working from home
• 24 vacation days per year (based on a full-time 40-hour workweek), with the option to take extra days off
• 8% annual holiday allowance on top of your salary, paid in May or June
• a 25% discount in the Nike campus store.
• unlimited access to gym facilities on campus, even outside working hours!
• a pension plan provided by Randstad to ensure your future is well taken care of.
• personal development: access to a wide range of free training courses and programs through Randstad.

Does this vacancy seem like a perfect match for you? Then apply and send us your motivation and resume!

Brigitte & Vera

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