Space Planner

SPACE PLANNER NIKE STORES EMEA

Planning, serves 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 Planning offense combines work in the Merchandise Financial Planning (MFP), Assortment Planning, Allocation & Space Planning sub functions to support a more detailed and flexible approach to serve consumers and drive inventory efficiency for Nike and our partners. 

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

With this, we have an exciting opportunity for a Space Planner to support our Nike Stores Inline EMEA Marketplace Stores within the D\Planning environment.

You’ll be responsible for optimizing the Nike retail space for our Nike consumers, through involvement in the end-to-end cross functional processes for the fleet, in addition to optimizing changes to our existing Nike Stores. We’re looking for a world class organizer, cross functional expert, agile multitasker. Ideally the candidate has both/OR strong EXCEL, AI, BI experience and/OR has REVIT, AutoCad architectural tool experience. Familiarity with retail KPIs and store floorplans is a must.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

Working alongside; design, construction, gender, product, brand creative, business offense & field teams across EMEA, you will be responsible for driving optimal consumer space & business profitability through cross-functional alignment.

In this varied position, no day is the same. You will flex between working on multiple store layout and space projects that are at many different stages of execution, to providing productivity insights in support of business cases for new stores or store adjustments. You will be part of the E2E Inventory planning CODE across the Planning and Merchandising and Sports functions.You will drive financial results that maximize sales, inventory and bottom line profitability from category and store space.

You will also:

• Be a focal point, key contact and gatekeeper of Space Planning data across Nike Stores.
• Participate and engage in a team structure that facilitates and maximizes individual and team performance, supporting and fostering an open, empowered, and inclusive work environment that embraces diversity, encourages accountability, and drives Nike enterprise results.
• Take responsibility for maintaining a Space Planning data set that ensures accurate option counts/capacities/floor plans for all stores in the fleet. Ensuring accurate floor-plans and credible floorplan data is accessible, archived, coordinated, and updated for Nike Stores.
• Proactively provide visual planning, allocation, visual merchandising, buying, store teams, real estate, construction, design teams and wider European Headquarters teams data analysis and productivity insights and support, that can drive actions across the enterprise.
• You will closely collaborate with Brand Creative Retail Design teams on layout pre and post design intent, and additionally partner with multiple cross functional experts focusing on growing our business in the most profitable way.
• Take accountability for planning, organizing, and prioritizing many small to large projects, so strategic goals and objectives are met. You’ll be accountable for generating space and productivity insights as part of the new Nike Next % strategy, with our partners across DSM.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

You'll work with our Space Planning Manager and other key partners to communicate clear, brand-enhancing spaces that meet all business requirements. You’ll manage change across all levels of the Nike Matrix, up to VP level, by aligning people and processes. Where there are competing interests, you’ll effectively scenario, negotiate and drive agreements and alignment that benefit the Nike business.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Experience and strong familiarity of Retail Space/Floorplans within an international retail environment.
• Proficiency in REVIT / AUTOCAD / Autodesk with a comprehensive understanding of floor plans is advantageous
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel/BI/AI tools with a comprehensive understanding of big data and formulas is advantageous
• Demonstrable experience of working with Retail KPIs with a comprehensive understanding of Excel is preferred
• Excellent verbal and engaging written communication skills including meeting facilitation and presentations.
• Ability to think strategically, and to connect high level corporate strategy to actionable objectives in a formative roadmap or agile project tracker.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a matrix environment with multiple business functions, as well as establish relationships easily across the business at all levels.
• A self-starter with a problem solving and solutions driven mentality.
• Strong numerical skills, ability to deep dive into the detail, whilst working in a fast-paced Retail focused environment.