Lead Business Planner, LATAM

WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH

You will work within Nike's Planning function and collaborate with cross-functional teams-including Sales, Finance, Operations, Enterprise Business Planning and Merchandising, to meet financial targets for both pre-season and in-season. You'll partner with Account Directors and Sports Directors to drive actions that boost demand and optimize sales and inventory.

Reporting to the LATAM Sales Planning Director, you'll work closely with Account Executives, Merchandising and Peer Planners from Territory and Geography to achieve revenue, margin and inventory goals while aligning and embracing planning processes and new tools deployment.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are seeking a dynamic Business/Assortment Planner to join our team! This role is critical in defining, crafting, and executing sport consumer demand strategies for our Nike Marketplace Partners.

You will be responsible for leading multi-seasonal plans from a merchandise and financial lens, diving into different levels of detail Account x Sport x Franchises analyzing and driving key decisions related to seasonal revenue, inventory management (cancels & returns), markdown support across Third Party Partner to maximize profitability.

You should possess:

- Bachelor's degree in business, Finance, Industrial Engineering or related field (or equivalent experience)

- 3-5+ years of relevant experience in merchandising planning, retail planning, demand planning, finance planning.

- Proven analytical skills and business acumen to solve complex issues collaboratively

- Strong ability to influence and communicate effectively across teams

- Advanced Excel skills (complex formulas, pivot tables, macros); familiarity with Cognos BI tool and Tableau is desired

- Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy, with the ability to work in a deadline-driven, fast-paced, and dynamic environment

- Competence in understanding retail KPIs and using data analytics to identify commercial drivers

- High proficiency in Advanced Business English.

- Ability to work across a matrixed and cross-functional environment, leading change and achieving business results through storytelling (written and verbal) to technical and non-technical audiences

WHAT YOU'LL WORK ON

- Define and lead multi-season Business Plans at Sport Level to inform financial forecasts and end-to-end inventory forecasts. Ability to develop scenario planning based on marketplace assumptions through cross-functional alignment.