Assortment Planner APLA

6 days ago

Beaverton, OR, United States NIKE Full time
Title: Assortment Planner APLA

Location: Beaverton, OR

Duration: 1 Year Contract

NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world's best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At Nike, it's about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.
ABOUT THE PLANNING TEAM

Nike's Planning function is at the center of aligning consumer demand with marketplace execution. We partner across diverse teams and geographies to deliver profitable, sustainable growth and inventory productivity for Nike and our partners. Through data-driven insights, strategic thinking, and collaboration, we ensure the right product reaches the right athlete at the right time. This is where bold ideas meet operational excellence-where you'll help shape a smarter, more connected value chain that powers Nike's mission to elevate human potential.
WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH

Join Nike's Running APLA Planning team, reporting directly to the Lead Planner. In this role, you will oversee assortment planning for the Running footwear segment across Asia Pacific and Latin America, supporting key business initiatives through consumer demand and supply management. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional partners, including merchandising, to gain pre-season assortment insights and drive business results.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We're seeking a teammate with a proven track record in assortment planning, buying, allocation, or vendor sales with at least 2 years' experience in a multi-store retail or wholesale apparel/footwear environment. You will bring strong analytical skills, a strategic mindset, and the ability to influence and communicate effectively across teams. In this role, you will embrace and lead change, act with courage, value differences, think strategically, and cultivate innovation as you help shape pre-season depth planning and guide in-season and post-season activities.You will be an objective partner to merchandising, driving fact-based decisions and leveraging market insights to inform demand and inventory forecasts.
  • Demonstrated expertise in buying, planning, allocation, or vendor sales within a multi-store retail environment, or assortment planning experience with leading apparel and footwear wholesale organizations.
  • Comprehensive understanding of retail math including gross margin profitability planning
  • Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate and influence others, with strong oral and written communication skills
  • Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, high proficiency in Excel (creating spreadsheets, advanced formulas, pivot tables, etc.)
  • Experience in developing an understanding of customers, competitors, and retail trends; knowledge of sports apparel market preferred
  • Actively listens and contributes to advancing discussions
  • Bachelor's degree in business or a related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience, and training
WHAT YOU'LL WORK ON

You will drive alignment on seasonal assortment plans forRunning footwear productsin APLA, using your expertise in consumer behavior, market trends, and marketing activities. Your daily responsibilities will include:
  • Developing and finalizing pre-season assortment plans at style-color and franchise levels to maximize revenue, drive margin, and optimize inventory
  • Providing detailed seasonal analysis based on actual sales results to inform future financial planning
  • Leveraging analytics, technology, and cross-functional input to develop long-range product-based sales and inventory forecasts for merchandising, finance, and marketing
  • Creating and managing monthly stock and sales plans for key product, providing inventory outlooks to guide buying decisions
  • Collaborating closely with our Business Planner to identify risks and opportunities that may impact long-term planning
  • Partnering with Merchandising to design assortments that best serve our young consumers
  • Fostering a continuous improvement mindset to optimize end-to-end processes and enhance operational efficiency

  • Published on 24 Dec 2025, 2:49 PM

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