Become a Part of the NIKE, Inc. Team
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, Inc. it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.
The NIKE, Inc. Supply Chain team is the engine that propels product around the world. Supply Chain experts ensure that every year, almost a billion units of footwear, apparel and equipment arrive at the right place, at the right time. To ensure this complex job goes off without a hitch, Supply Chain teams work with a network of more than 50 distribution centers, thousands of accounts, and more than 100,000 retail stores worldwide — making the impossible happen every single day.
Nike is building a Digital First Supply Chain at Scale that delivers on four dimensions of our consumer promise: Service, Cost, Convenience, Sustainability. As North America’s Business Process Director for Distribution, you will be enabling strategic and innovative capabilities to meet Nike’s growth targets and driving continuous improvement within our Nike Operated Distribution Centers.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We’re looking for a Business Process Director to facilitate and align our Nike Distribution facilities to deliver our End-to-End Supply Chain vision. This role is responsible for translating our supply chain strategy into a practical plan to develop and operationalize our distribution processes that meet company performance objectives and customer expectations. This role will build a spirit of innovation and experiment with new insights to evolve Nike’s supply chain.
Our ideal candidate needs to bring these traits and skills to the role:
– Ability to optimally communicate to all levels of leadership to influence decision making and implement project results
– Possess strong communication skills, excellent attention to detail, and strong analytical skills
– Capability building and large program and project management experience
– Innovation Demeanor & Strategic Enterprise Thinking
– Experience with design and execution of cross-functional workshops
– Experience with executive partner management in a matrix organization
– Proven track record to work in a fast-paced environment that requires quick thinking and effective multitasking.
– Outstanding listening skills, excellent written skills, and high-profile communication/ storytelling skills
– Experience with lean process implementation or an equivalent is a plus
– Experience with Distribution Center design activities is a plus
– Comfortable with principles and issues related to Information Technology systems, design, and development
– Strong solid understanding of organizational change management and business transition concepts, models and standard methodologies
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
If this is you, you’ll be partnering closely with both cross-functional teams to:
– Lead, encourage, develop, and set direction for enabling Distribution capabilities
– Activate new capabilities across the Distribution network that are flexible, scalable, and repeatable; ensure engagement, consensus and alignment of cross-functional partners
– Lead development and execution of realistic business transition plans to ensure new capabilities are implemented while minimizing risk and business disruption
– Develop financial business plans for major program work and assist in the development of budgets for Distribution operations.
– Collaborate and influence across the matrix to identify and drive business process changes required to operationalize innovative capabilities and solutions within North America
– Drive process and productivity improvements into existing operations
– Resolve or escalate program portfolio risks and issues
– Align critical interdependencies across North America Supply Chain program portfolio
WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
In this role, you will lead a team of Process Managers and closely partner with functional leaders in Logistics, Marketplace Operations, Inventory Management, Demand & Supply Management and Finance. The ability to foster collaboration, strategic alignment and integrated planning and execution across different functions in a matrix organization will be critical.
WHAT YOU BRING
– Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, or related discipline; MBA preferred
– Minimum 7 years of process and operational experience in Supply Chain, Logistics, Program Management, Process Improvement, Management Consulting, Strategy, or related field
– Expertise in Logistics (Distribution Center/Warehouse Management Planning, Transportation, Goods/Inventory Flow Planning, Supply Chain Strategy, Supply Chain Analytics)
– Additional experience in deploying systems in distribution operations is a plus
– Demonstrated success in cross-functional, global project/program execution, developing and leading change in process, organizational and system implementation
– Able to travel up to 35% of the time, varies on program maturity. This role will be based on the West Coast, final location TBD.
Nike requires all applicants for this position to be vaccinated for COVID-19 as a condition of hire, unless otherwise required by law. As an equal opportunity employer, Nike will make accommodations to individuals who cannot be vaccinated in accordance with applicable law.
NIKE, Inc. is a growth company that looks for team members to grow with it. Nike offers a generous total rewards package, casual work environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and an electric atmosphere for professional development. No matter the location, or the role, every Nike employee shares one galvanizing mission: To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world.
NIKE, Inc. is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.