We are looking for an experienced Digital Planner (+4 years’ experience in Retail Merchandising/Planning, with at least 2 years’ in an e-commerce based role) for Nike EHQ in Hilversum!
What are you going to do?You will work closely with Merchandising team and Digital Platform team and collaborate with key partners to ensure we have the right product, in the right quantity, at the right time. You will utilize existing tools to analyse performance and assess risks and opportunities, driving tactical actions to reach financial targets, and participate in new planning capabilities establishment as the business evolves.
You will also;
- Influence budgets and targets setting, based on demand trends, analytics and business strategy.
- Use a wide range of reporting, data and insights: turning this large, complex information into learnings that helps us understand better the needs of our consumer and the overall marketplace performance. You will then take these learnings, combined with product strategy, to sharpen pre-season plans and strengthen in-season trade actions.
- Influence pre-season forecasts on key product classifications that will flow into style colour level plans combining numbers with strategy. This will be the output of a highly collaborative pre-season Consumer Code process in which you will work with a wide range of functions.
- Observe trends and identify risks and opportunities, highlighting these in an easy-to-understand way of communication with recommended actions.
- Turn numbers in to clear and concise messages through highly skilled story telling. With a varied group of stakeholders and a complex direct to consumer business you will need to land clear and concise communications that helps to guide decision making.
- Be working at the heart of the Nike strategy as we look to accelerate DTC and digital growth. This will mean working with flexibility and changing priorities as you manage multiple seasons and varied topics over short periods.
- Lead weekly trading meetings for your business area reading and reacting to weekly sales, inventory and experience KPI's. Creating summaries of this information and creating action plans to work towards Nike Digital financials goals.
What do we offer?- Nike maintains a hybrid working model, 3 days in the office, 2 days from home.
- 25 vacation days if you work 40 hours per week a full year
- Commuting allowance of €0.23 cent per km/max of €23 net per office day
- Work from home allowance of €5 per day on days you are working from home
- 8.33% holiday allowance
- Participation in pension plan, fully covered by Adecco in the first year
- 25% discount in the employee store
- Free access to the online learning platform Adecco Academy
- Access to the gym facilities on campus
Where will you work?NIKE EHQ is based on an inspiring campus in Hilversum. A dynamic, energizing place to work that reflects the values and spirit of the brand. Colleagues from all over the world and located in and amongst numerous parks, cycling lanes and running tracks.
What do we ask?Coming into this role, you will have +4 years’ experience in Retail Merchandising/Planning, with at least 2 years’ in an e-commerce based role. You will also demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills; ability to effectively collaborate with upstream and downstream functions and engage optimally with a broad range of audiences including senior business leaders.
What else will you bring:
- Bachelor's/Master/MBA degree in Merchandising, Inventory Management, Business Analytics or a related field.
- Strong assortment planning experience and good understanding of financial, product and supply planning, 1-2 years of digital retail experience required. Business development and/or consulting experience are welcomed.
- Highly advanced excel skill, experience in top-down and bottom up planning, analytics tools and/or other data modelling application.
- Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills; ability to think beyond prescribed solution.
- Experience in coaching and developing junior team members.
- Experience in leading projects with diverse and x-functional teams to drive changes and innovation, with a track record of overcoming obstacles and challenges to meet goals.
- Demonstrate a self-starter attitude with positive energy and proactiveness to drive and act; fast paced, results driven, forward thinking, strong sense of accountability.
Are you interested?Apply now via the green button. If you need more information about the team, the company, the role; feel free to send an email to nike@adecco.nl. We will be more than happy to support!