Senior Merch Financial Planner CEMEA, Nike EMEA

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WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

As Demand and Supply Management (DSM), we serve the Nike Planning Function combining insights and analytics to sense and craft how much product consumers will want, where and when they’ll want it. This offense combines work in the Merchandise Financial Planning (MFP) and Assortment Planning sub functions to support a more detailed and flexible approach to serve consumers and drive inventory efficiency for NIKE and our partners. 

You will be a part of the CEMEA Planning team and closely interact with NMP & Consumer Planning teams to ensure plans and directions are aligned long term, pre-season and in-season. You will also form positive relationships with the CEMEA Partner Management teams to support and guide them to make the right OTB investment, keeping the consumer at the center of strategy.

Other key partners are:

• Finance

• Partner Management

• Central /GEO MFP & AP

• MSC

• Consumer Marketplace MFP

• Insights & Analytics

• S&IP

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for a Senior Merch Financial Planner, who is an analytical, adaptable problem solver with strong communication skills to develop multi-seasonal merchandise financial plans for CEMEA Marketplace Partners. You’ll bridge commercial needs with actionable insights, delivering detailed plans to support consumer demand in a fast-paced environment. You will be partnering with the Integrated Commercial Teams, Consumer Marketplace MFP and AP to create seasonal plans grounded in revenue, inventory, profitability, productivity, margin, and consumer centricity. 

You will manage these plans through to in-season optimization and delivery of commercial targets through a robust rolling forecast process and collaborative weekly/monthly/quarterly offense with the Integrated Account Teams and various cross-functional stakeholders.

BUSINESS SKILLS

Planning: You have 5+ years of work experience, preferably in (retail merch) financial planning, and the ability to apply that knowledge independently in your work. Demonstrated experience working with stock and sales plans, high-level P&L comprehension, experience with Excel or other planning tools, and experience with retail KPIs are important for this role. You understand the importance and value of scenario planning. You are able to collaborate optimally with up- & downstream functions and are aware of emerging trends in planning.

Critical Thinking: You demonstrate strong problem solving & critical thinking skills by developing proven plans that optimize trade-offs & outcomes. You think beyond prescribed solutions, demonstrating industry & market trends to improve business outcomes. You understand retail metrics & business drivers and can flexibly adapt scenarios based on continuous input from business partners.

Risk Management: You can assess risks and opportunities that are grounded in facts, make impactful recommendations, and present options for resolution. You assess risk within business objectives, taking a holistic business view

Analytics: You know how to use statistical forecasting, data science, and new ways of thinking to develop plans and drive better decisions. You can expand existing Nike frameworks to perform analyses in a logical structure. You have sufficient expertise in Excel, PowerBI, or other data modeling applications (this is key to performing optimally in this role). What you do not yet know, you are able to learn and implement quickly.

Problem Solving: You are ready to think outside of the box, make decisions even if there is lack of data or information, also partnering with key stakeholders and remain agile. 

Consumer focus: You can ground yourself quickly in consumer needs & the marketplace from available internal and external data and are able to link your plans to market trends. You have an awareness of Nike’s product portfolio and strategy, including expectations around consumer response, growth opportunities and product lifecycle

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

Influencing: Your maturity allows you to influence senior stakeholders through a combination of facts and relational skills. You craft compelling communications that articulate the story and insights with a clear summary of the main ideas. You listen actively & make insightful contributions to multi-year strategies as well as ongoing business decisions. You know your audience and how best to serve their needs, and you can adapt as needed. You serve as a role model within your peer group and can ground them in the bigger picture and/or coach them as needed.

Self-Awareness: You have a growth demeanor toward yourself and others. You seek a balance between demonstrating your strengths and working on your development opportunities. You know what motivates you, what your pitfalls are, and what unconscious biases you may bring to the table, and you are able and willing to communicate about them and work on them. You know how to admit your mistakes.

Curiosity: Your thirst for knowledge is well-known by others. You seek to understand first. You are able to make objective recommendations and draw conclusions based on a combination of quantitative and qualitative insights because you are always willing to challenge your and others’ assumptions.

Growth Mindset: You are ready to leverage statistical forecasting and data science to develop a decision-oriented plan.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

• Shape and contribute to 6 season merchandise financial plans, including orders and inventory for Consumer Fields of Play(CFOP) x Marketplace Units

• Manage Risks & Opportunities between CFOP x Marketplace

• Maintain Merch Financial Plan at sub-MPU dimensions (e.g. banner, account, account group)

• Partner with Consumer planning & CEMEA Assortment Planning

• Partner with key stakeholders across Geo to drive marketplace business health throughout the in-season product life cycle

• Influence and optimize inventory Sell-Through across Marketplace

• Reconcile In-Season Assortment Plans with Planning Rolling Forecast and Align to Consumer Fields of Play

• Execute cross-MPU trade-off actions to drive consumer demand, Nike and partner margin and optimize overall marketplace inventory health

*Application Deadline: Wednesday 11 June 2025

NIKE, Inc. is a growth company that looks for team members to grow with it. Nike offers a generous total rewards package, casual work environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and an electric atmosphere for professional development. No matter the location, or the role, every Nike employee shares one galvanizing mission: To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world.

NIKE, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.