Senior, TW Nike Direct Planning GC - NIKE TAIWAN HQ | Nike Job

Key responsibility:

• Work with TW ND/NVS team and NSP planning team to build balanced business plan with the consideration of sales/margin/inventory to ensure the delivery of financial target and marketplace healthy for Nike Direct business.
• Initiate in-season management proposals to support business plans and cross functional alignment. Lead period analysis, including but not limited to product level sell through and overall sales/margin/ inventory study to influence current and future season planning.
• Conduct ND Assortment Plan to shape consumer demand & supply for driving growth and inventory productivity. 

• Pre-season:
  • Build seasonal sku level investment plan & strategies for retail concepts tied to the financial targets & brand vision;
  • Align plan with input and collaboration from key stakeholders including Merchandising and Business Team;
  • Conduct monthly rolling forecast to trigger actions on buy or inventory management;
  • Partner with Supply Planning team to secure buy execution/capacity & plan inventory flow.

• In-season:
  • Conduct weekly/monthly/seasonal business review and analysis of highlight or lowlight vs. plan, including traffic, sales, retail KPI, inventory and sports level & key product performance. And provide weekly recap of marketplace performance.
  • Work with NSP planning & Finance team to align Quarterly / monthly shipment plan and track closely to drive meaningful alignment & actions.
  • Track in-season performance to trigger cross season management plan and recommend key actions to cross function partners to optimize business.
• Post-season:
  • Analyze seasonal topline financial and product performance including sell-through, color performance, and SKU productivity;
  • Provide insights and recommendations to key stakeholders for future season planning.

• Critical experience/knowledge/skills to be gained:
  • Understanding of inline & closeout product planning/ future season strategy in retail business;
  • Enhanced analytical skills to come up with insights in product/store performance;
  • Development of communication skills with key retail business counterparts to work together on insights and problem solving.