Derek Engelke: Regional Planning Manager in Lima, LIM

• Collaborate with group leaders to grow revenue and improve profitability through line planning and forecast accuracy. • Create analysis and forecast assumptions to drive decisions regarding strategic planning across AT managed brands. • Lead planning strategies and processes that drive high forecast accuracy and accurate financial planning. • Oversee and validate regional AT brands long range plans through historical and present profitability analysis. • Oversee planning and strategic develop for local TAF (The Athlete’s Foot) stores, annual revenue of $1M • Create and lead regional liquidation process and back stock initiative to drive revenue growth. • Initiate and drive local Marathon Sports bodegas store format and successfully monitor merchandise turnover to generate added revenue.

• Supported the categories of Global Football, Nike Sportswear, and provided line plan management across all apparel business units. • Worked with Geography/Territory Merchants and Demand Planners to develop seasonal consumer right assortments through historical analysis, forecasting, and key growth drivers. • Created seasonal category reports to provide line of sight to all merchandising KPI’s: style/SKU productivity, gross pricing margin, territory pricing strategies, directed assortment adoption, line harmonization, etc. • Key contact in coordinating footwear sample ordering over nine territories for each season. Worked with Global/Territory counterparts on lean implementation. • Drove merchandising process excellence by ensuring Geo/Territory teams had visibility and access to source systems and merchandising tools. Efficient in software systems PPS, PIM, FLEX PDM, PCM, MM and CDM. • Acted as liaison between World Headquarters and the overseas distribution center for both Footwear/EQ samples to guarantee 93% target on-time delivery for GTM meetings.

• Completed monthly forecast of all financial components at business unit and store level. • Recapped current space productivity and manage capacity day by store. • Assisted in creating long-term and short-term tactical plans that maximized revenue and profitability to achieve the financial objective. • Educated the consumer about the various Nike products to assist them in their selection and purchase of merchandise. • Responsible for visual merchandising, maintain store appearance, and stock merchandise.