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Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, VT

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WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

As a Merchandise Financial Planning role, In general, the ideal candidate will possess a comprehensive understanding of retail metrics, buying, forecasting, account management, and how they are used across functions to deliver profitable and sustainable growth for Nike. The candidate should possess strong ability to interpret financial sales data to make decisions and recommendations that impact the business, strong communication skills. This role is accountable to be an objective partner to MPU / Gender teams to drive clear, thoughtful, fact-based business decisions. Understand product, marketplace, insights and marketing strategies to inform demand and inventory forecasts. Collaborate with key X-functional stakeholders on pre-season and in-season risks & opportunities. Cultivate an end-to-end process improvement mindset to optimize ways of working. Nike is committed to making every consumer's experience a rewarding one, and as a member of demand and supply management team, your contributions will be a big part of our success. Leadership competencies includes embraces & leads change, acts with courage, value differences, thinks strategically and cultivate innovation.

WHAT WILL YOU WORK ON?

Plan demand and inventory for Partner’s Key and Distributors to maximize revenue, margin and optimize inventory. Create & manage weekly, monthly (rolling 6 seasons) open to buy forecast (sales, inventory, margin) against plan / target. Adjust and align merchandise financial plan based on targets and actuals. This includes scorecard, tracking and collaboration with cross-functional team to build strategies aimed to maximize Partners demand. Drive Collaboration and include input from key stakeholders including Finance, Analytics, Assortment Planning, Inventory Operations, Marketing, Operations, Supply Chain, and Merchandising on financial plans

Planning Expertise: Retail planning, scenario planning across revenue, margin (MD planning) & inventory. Develop marketplace capacity plans for future seasons of which we don’t have supply/assortment information and inform x-functional teams for future growth potentials. Inform pre-season plan (pre-season target) to Assortment planners as a guidance for the season before they build bottom-up forecast. Develop merch financial plans by reconciliating Financial plan and bottom up assortment plans at pre-season planning cycle. Set a KPI target (i.e. inventory WOH, turns, Cxls) and build a plans to achieve the aligned goal. Create monthly plan as well as seasonal plans to speak with Finance by shifting to qtrly views. Also, create net ship plan which will link to Nike total inventory plans facilitated by Inventory Operation team. Own 0-8 months of planning cycle & partner with Geo MFP on months 18 -9 to inform total APLA portfolio consumed demand and inventory health

Insights and Consumer Trends: Use planning tools/systems & forecasts to anticipate trends, provide insights & make decisions. Adapt global systems (local tools for some) to build plans (i.e. Stock and sales plan). proactively get insights and interpret to make plans (e.g. macro economics, marketplace shifts, consumers, trend) and build plans with relevant KPIs (i.e. inventory WOH, turns, Cxls)

Influence: Drive alignment across stakeholders. Lead plan alignment meetings with stakeholders and x-functional teams by sharing the plans, assumptions, and make alignment for one number as a function. Ensure to keep updating the plans and changes with Finance and Inventory Operations team by both amount & unit based plans, running IBP eco system. Communicate to NDDC directly for the plans and make alignment with partnership with MPU leaders. (Partners operating model)

WHO WILL YOU WORK WITH?

You will partner and work with multiple key stakeholders to drive topline business strategy within a fast-growing and dynamic business. In this role, you will work closely with Assortment Planning, Merchandising, Finance, Inventory Operations, Marketplace Business Unit teams to deliver revenue, margin, and inventory productivity goals. Also, will work closely with geo team for forecast reviews and updates, process & system enablement.
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