Lead, Business Planner, EMEA

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Who You Will Work With
You will work closely with Integrated Teams—including Business Planners, Assortment Planners, and cross-functional partners—as well as cross-functional leadership. Your primary stakeholders are the Commercial and Planning teams for Sport and Marketplace Units (MPO) Partners.

Other Key Partners Are

• Finance
• Merchandising
• Central /GEO Business Planning & Assortment Planning
• Marketplace Supply Chain
• Partner Management
• Supply & Inventory Management

Who We Are Looking For
Join a dynamic team of planners dedicated to sales planning, where you'll play a key role in shaping the future of the Nike Marketplace Partner (NMP) business. As Lead Business Planner, you will collaborate across a wide network of teams, including Merchandising, Finance, Sports & Business planning, and S&IM. You'll serve as the NMP partner lead in multiple forums, coordinating and consolidating key deliverables for the NMP team.

The ideal candidate should demonstrate the below criteria;

• Expertise in planning, including finance, merchandising, and end-to-end supply chain; understands interdependencies and retail metrics.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with advanced Excel, Tableau, and planning systems (SSP, o9); connects demand, supply, and inventory.
• Ability to influence and communicate effectively with diverse audiences, from peers to Lead leaders; combines data and storytelling to drive alignment.
• Growth mindset, leveraging statistical forecasting, scenario planning, and data science for decision-making.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; simplifies complexity without losing accuracy

Business Skills

• Planning & Scenario Management +5 years in retail or planning with strong stock/sales planning, P&L understanding, and KPI knowledge. Anticipates change, balances short-term priorities with long-term strategy, and creates reliable plans.
• Critical Thinking & Problem Solving Optimizes trade-offs, applies market insights, and challenges assumptions with evidence-based recommendations.
• Risk Assessment & Decision-Making Evaluates risks holistically, makes fact-based recommendations, and presents clear options aligned with business goals.
• Analytics & Data-Driven Planning Applies forecasting models, uses Excel/PowerBI/Tableau for visualization, and turns data into actionable insights connected to consumer and financial impact.
• Consumer & Market Focus Grounds plans in consumer needs and market trends; understands product lifecycle and growth opportunities
• Proven record of managing multiple workstreams
• Excellent stakeholder management

Inerpersonal Skills

• Influencing & Communication Builds trust and relationships across teams; uses persuasion and negotiation techniques. Crafts compelling narratives, adapts messaging to audience, and builds influence through consistent, value-driven communication.
• Self-Awareness & Growth Mindset Open to feedback, acknowledges mistakes, and continuously improves.
• Curiosity & Continuous Learning Demonstrates curiosity about upstream/downstream impacts; seeks innovation and combines quantitative and qualitative insights for objective recommendations.
• Active Listening & Alignment Listens actively, asks clarifying questions, and uses storytelling plus data to drive decisions and alignment.

What You Will Work On
Shape and contribute multi-season, Business Plan (Order Books to Net Ship and inventory) for Sport x MPU including management of Risks & Opportunities.

This Means You Will

• Maintain Business Plans Own seasonal business plans (e.g., banner, account, account group) and manage all seasons post-bookings broadcast.
• Analyze & Act Review performance against plan and forecast monthly, assess risks and opportunities, and create action plans—escalating when needed.
• Drive Strategic & Financial Goals Develop strategies to achieve Win Now objectives and guide in-season optimization.
• Drive Marketplace Health Partner with key stakeholders across Geo to ensure marketplace business health and alignment with strategic objectives.
• Influence In-Season Performance Execute inventory sell-through actions within the marketplace and support weekly trade processes and decisions.
• Optimize Trade-Offs Align planning rolling forecasts to Sport and execute cross- trade-off actions to drive consumer demand, margin, and market share.

Application deadline: 17 December 2025.