Lead Planner, NDDC
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 10, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 9, 2026. Nike scores A on the Alion truth index.
LEAD BRAND BUSINESS PLANNER
WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
This role works within Nike Planning and the Global Sport team, partnering closely with Sports Planning, Geography Business Planning, Brand Business Planning, Enterprise Business Planning, Finance, and other cross-functional teams.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Nike is looking for a Lead Brand Business Planner who can turn consumer, marketplace, product, and inventory insights into clear business actions. This person brings strong financial and commercial acumen, builds data-driven hypotheses, and uses critical thinking to solve complex planning challenges.You will be responsible for defining and leading multi-season sales trend, revenue, receipt and inventory plans for Kids sports FW and partner with Brand teams to serve consumer demand.
- 5+ years of experience in retail, planning, and/or product management.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training.
- Strong communication and influencing skills with the ability to collaborate constructively across teams.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication, analytical capabilities, problem-solving skills, and attention to detail.
- Strong command of retail metrics, including retail sales, sell-through, Weeks of Stock (WOS), inventory, revenue, and margin.
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
You’ll partner with the Global Sport and broader Business Planning teams to build and lead multi-season operating plans. You’ll connect consumer demand, Sport strategies, assortment plans, and financial targets to inform forecasts, inventory decisions, and trade-offs across the global marketplace.
- Define and lead multi-season Operating Plans for Global Sport and the Product Engine.
- Adjust and align Operating Plans to Sport architecture using financial targets, actual performance, consumer demand, and marketplace insights.
- Support Global and Geography pre-season top-down financial targets across consumer demand, revenue, margin, and inventory.
- Define consumer demand, revenue, receipt, and inventory plans across Geography, channel, and Sport.
- Reconcile assortment plans with Operating Plans to maintain alignment with Sport architecture and long-range financial objectives.
- Partner across Global and Geography Business Planning teams to reconcile forecasts and communicate results, risks, opportunities, and business impacts.
- Determine cross-Sport trade-off actions that strengthen consumer demand, support Nike and partner margin, and optimize overall marketplace inventory health.
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