Business Planner

- Nike Stores Retail plans forecasting: door level, KPI based. Aligning internally within Nike and externally with accounts; - Evaluate and align retailer’s Open to Buy. Communicate opportunities and risks versus Nike Wholesale sales goals; - Maintain Nike Stores partners’ Stock&Sales plans. Analyze seasonal inventory and Sell-thru, identify R&O, drive action plan accordingly with x-functional Nike Stores team; - Analyze partners’ business results – Markdown, Stock Turn and P&L – and discuss during Business Reviews with accounts, suggest actions to increase mutual profitability; - Provide short-term and long-term (CSR, AOP) G2N plans on partner level. Monthly submit Long range Wholesale forecast in TM1; - Provide data and business insights to Finance during accounts' Cash-flow discussions; - Provide insights of the marketplace health during country S&OP (IBP), pre-align NSP forecast and R&O with Finance Planning and Marketplace Operations during pre-IBP sessions; - Communicate market insights to EMEA Nike Stores Leadership Team during Monthly Business Reviews. Accomplishments: - Designed a WOH13 monthly benchmarking model for Russia to improve Stock turn KPI, drove x- functional alignment with the local team. Model was elevated to EMEA Business Planning team. - Within 3-month project for replenishment model in Nike Stores helped Iberia Business Planning bring clarification on planning processes (OTB, G2N) and tools and visibility within the new model, creating a playbook for a smooth EAST territory transition into it. - Created a Sell-thru report for NSP with forecasting part on style-color level to improve in-season planning and EOS RTV forecast accuracy. - Created a web-page for Intranet mapping all major reports and resources for NSP team. - In a x-functional CGP team created a seamless process of category focused sell-in & sell-out. - Made a tool to optimize reports update (in PowerShell).