Demand Planner 3

Onsite: Mon-Thurs

Title: Demand Planner 3

Location: Beaverton, OR

Duration: 7 months contract

NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world's best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At Nike, it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

What You Will Work On

The nature of the work is focused on the effective and efficient distribution of products and services to customers.

• Utilizes advanced forecasting and analysis techniques to anticipate consumer demand and market trends.
• Develops detailed product demand plans for assigned category that result in high forecast accuracy, thereby contributing to NIKE and customer profitability.
• Provide technical expertise and mentoring within demand planning function.
• Develops, integrates and provides short-term accounts or brand specific forecasts for internal operations which include replenishment data, customer data, sales promotion information, marketing plans and new distribution/product deletions.
• Use statistical analysis and data-driven decision making tools for the validation of initial seasonal product by category.
• Support with documentation, timely communication.
• Analyzes internal demand stream information, and categorizes according to demand patterns.
• Use expertise to employ statistical techniques, business targets, causal factors, external market and sell-through analysis, that will result in highly accurate global forecasts.

• Bachelors Degree
• Minimum of 5 years directly relevant work experience
• Note: One of the following alternatives may be accepted: PhD or Law + 3 yrs; Masters + 4 yrs; Associates degree + 6 yrs; High School + 7 yrs. Subject area: Business, Finance, Supply Chain or related field