Senior Assortment Planner, Nike EMEA

Nike is hiring two Senior Assortment Planners: one for Nike Value Stores (NVS), the value channel focused on a compelling value offer and managing changing inventory opportunities, and one for Nike Stores Owned (NSO), the full-price owned retail channel focused on seasonal assortments, franchise health and Brand expression. Both roles own the end-to-end assortment planning process through the lens of Sport, translating consumer and business strategy into multi-seasonal assortment plans and trading performance to deliver revenue, margin, productivity and inventory-health objectives. The roles sit within a collaborative EMEA Assortment Planning community, working across a broad Nike Direct network with partners including Merchandising/Buying, Business Planning, Allocation, Sport teams, Finance, Supply Chain, Marketing and central Supply & Inventory teams.

• Own the end-to-end assortment planning process through the lens of Sport, translating consumer and business strategy into multi-seasonal assortment plans.
• Develop and maintain rolling Stock & Sales and Open-To-Buy plans by Sport, consumer and relevant product dimensions.
• Build seasonal investment and buy recommendations, balancing demand, revenue, margin, inventory health, franchise or product-family health and marketplace needs.
• Monitor in-season performance, identify emerging risks and opportunities, and recommend clear actions grounded in facts.
• Lead seasonal and responsive planning conversations, including order-entry completeness, investment choices and tactical adjustments.
• Bring scenarios and trade-offs into key decision moments, supported by a clear recommendation and ownership.
• Create concise communication that connects insights to business implications, decisions and actions.
• Adopt new tools and analytics and improve planning ways of working.
• For the NVS role, manage one or more Sport portfolios across the EMEA NVS fleet, shaping pre-season assortment and investment plans and trading the business as demand, supply and inventory conditions evolve, translating changing conditions into investment, flow
• Pricing and promotional choices with Buying/Merchandising, Allocation, Business Planning and Supply & Inventory teams.
• For the NSO role, develop and execute multi-seasonal assortment plans for the owned-store fleet, optimising RSV, OTB, margin, inventory productivity and franchise or product-family health, and translating Sport strategy and Brand activation priorities into productive store assortments.

• 3+ years of experience in Consumer, Retail Merchandising and/or Assortment Planning.
• Strong understanding of retail finance, consumer demand, marketplace metrics, margin, inventory planning and commercial drivers.
• Ability to build and own assortment, Stock & Sales and Open-To-Buy plans, while understanding the end-to-end impact of decisions pre-season and in-season.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and data-storytelling skills, with the ability to turn complexity into clarity and present recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Proven ability to influence across Planning, Merchandising/Buying, Allocation, Sport, Finance, Supply Chain and related Nike Direct teams.
• Commercial mindset and confidence to take calculated risks, trade the business and own decisions, outcomes and learnings.
• Strategic outlook and experience leading projects or cross-functional work through obstacles to deliver business objectives.
• Self-starter mentality, strong information-seeking skills and consistent delivery against commitments and timelines.
• Advanced Excel and planning system capability.
• Energy, resilience and a proactive mindset, with the ability to turn complex data into clear choices, aligned actions and measurable results in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
• Candidates must currently reside in The Netherlands; no relocation package is offered and applications from outside The Netherlands will not be accepted.

• SSP (Stock and Sales Plan) and assortment-planning tool experience is strongly preferred.
• Off-price, outlet or owned-retail experience is an advantage, depending on the role.

• Hybrid working: 2 days per week home office and 3 days per week at the office.