Lead Assortment Planner EMEA

This role sits within the EMEA Sport Planning team, focused on Nike Basketball & Kobe. The Lead Assortment Planner co-owns the One EMEA Assortment Plan with Marketplace Planning and partners closely with Merchandising, Marketplace Planning, Business Planning, Global Planning, and Supply & Inventory Management to shape profitable, productive, sport-led seasonal plans that support Nike Inc. goals.

Who We Are Looking For

• Advanced experience in assortment planning across financial, product, and inventory planning.
• Growth mindset with the ability to leverage forecasting, data science, and new ways of working to build fact-based plans.
• End-to-end planning mindset across marketplace channels and multi-season horizons, grounded in total marketplace health.
• Ability to work independently and drive priorities forward with limited guidance.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.

Core Behaviours

• Wins With Consumers
• Thinks Strategically
• Embraces and Drives Change
• Fosters Effective Teamwork

What You’ll Work On

• Lead, drive and oversee sport multi-season assortment plans from top-down and bottom-up angles across sports, franchise/product family, and style-color, giving a clear demand signal to Supply Planning and ultimately Sourcing.
• Own Open-To-Buy plans and validate them through multi-season rolling Stock & Sales Plans to optimize sales, margin, inventory, and product health.
• Lead key franchise/product family health, aligning to global franchise health targets and maintaining a pull market.
• Define Open-To-Buy allocations of products constrained for production and/or demand capacity.
• Influence and align with cross-functional partners in Merchandising, Nike Direct, Sales, and Supply & Inventory Management to optimize key sport and marketplace seasonal and energy moments.
• Lead projects independently by setting project direction, defining scope, and proactively prioritizing across wider work and teams.
• Strengthen broader cross-sports planning and functional teams by building a culture of inclusion, engagement, empowerment, and continuous improvement of process and planning capabilities.

Relocation support is not provided for this role. Deadline to apply: 10th August 2026.

NIKE, Inc. offers a generous total rewards package, a casual work environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and an electric atmosphere for professional development. NIKE, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.