NIKE, Inc. is seeking a Supply Chain Planning Graduate Intern to join its North America Marketplace Planning team. The Global Supply Chain team plans, makes, and positions products to deliver footwear, apparel, and equipment around the world.
Who We Are Looking For
Our Supply Chain Planning team is looking for a graduate student who is curious about how consumer demand, marketplace strategies, and product plans come together to shape an integrated operating plan. You bring strong analytical thinking, business judgment, and an ability to turn complex data into clear insights and recommended actions. You are a collaborative problem solver who can work through ambiguity, build productive relationships, and communicate with impact.
What You Will Experience
In the NIKE, Inc. Summer Internship Program, you’ll contribute to high-priority, real business initiatives aligned with the NIKE, Inc. strategic roadmap. With guidance from senior leaders and experienced managers, you’ll take ownership of a scoped project designed to drive impact.
As a Supply Chain Planning Graduate Intern, you will work within North America Marketplace Planning and across a broad cross-functional network. You may have the opportunity to:
- Support demand, sales, receipt, and inventory planning across a portfolio of marketplace partners, sports, or product areas.
- Analyze consumer, marketplace, financial, and inventory data to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and planning trade-offs.
- Help connect top-down financial targets with bottoms-up product and inventory plans across pre-season and in-season timeframes.
- Support recurring planning processes and the reconciliation of operational, assortment, and marketplace plans.
- Build forecasts, scenarios, dashboards, or decision frameworks that improve visibility and enable timely action.
- Synthesize findings into clear recommendations and communicate decision impacts to cross-functional partners and leaders.
- Contribute to tools, playbooks, or process improvements that strengthen planning consistency, accuracy, and connectivity.
This is a 10-week paid internship opportunity with relocation assistance.
What You Bring
Qualifications:
- Currently enrolled in an MBA or relevant graduate degree program with an expected graduation date of December 2027 or Spring 2028.
- Academic or professional background in Supply Chain, Operations, Planning, Finance, Analytics, Business, Economics, or a related field.
- 3–5 years of work experience strongly preferred.
- A resume and cover letter are both required and must be submitted as a single combined PDF file.
Skills:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to build hypotheses, evaluate trade-offs, and translate insights into action.
- Ability to work cross-functionally, influence partners, and build relationships across multiple teams and levels.
- Comfort working through ambiguity with curiosity, sound judgment, and a bias for action.
- Strong written, verbal, and visual communication skills, with the ability to tell a compelling story using data.
- Experience with forecasting, business planning, demand planning, inventory planning, or financial planning is preferred.
- Understanding of retail or supply chain metrics such as sales, sell-through, weeks of supply, inventory, revenue, and margin is preferred.
- Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including formulas, lookups, pivot tables, and data analysis.
- Experience with data visualization or analytical tools is a plus.
- Knowledge of consumers, competitors, retail trends, or the sports apparel and footwear marketplace is a plus.
- A growth mindset and process-oriented approach, with strong attention to detail.
Location and Benefits
This internship is located in person at the NIKE, Inc. Philip H. Knight Campus in Beaverton, Oregon. NIKE, Inc. offers a generous total rewards package, a casual work environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and opportunities for professional development. Reasonable accommodations are available throughout the interview process.
NIKE, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.