Lead, Materials Planning

Nike Global Materials Planning & Sourcing

The Nike Global Materials Planning & Sourcing organization optimizes material supply to flexibly respond to consumer demand. The team seeks innovative collaborators to advance its mission to revolutionize material supply planning and sourcing by investing in people, process, and technology to drive efficiency and flexibility across the end-to-end supply chain.

The Lead Material Planner is responsible for planning materials supporting our footwear business for a large sports alignment and material class. This role's primary responsibility is the management of mid to long-range plan health, understanding the driving forces impacting the material forecast and both coordinating and communicating the recommended strategies to support on-time delivery. This role also supports setting and operationalizing material lead time strategies and serving as a materials SME in key projects. This role will be balanced between tactical support of materials demand-supply management, while also partnering with the global materials planning leadership team and cross-functional stakeholders to develop and implement new strategies for a responsive, flexible materials supply chain that improves materials on-time delivery for pinnacle footwear product.

This individual will be an important part of the global material planning & sourcing team working with our materials supply chain (MatSC) partner groups, as well as functions external to MatSC. Partnering within the materials planning & sourcing ecosystem, this individual will develop and implement capabilities across the functions to meet goals across our key pillars of responsiveness, resiliency, and sustainability. This role is looking for a proactive, thoughtful self-starter who embraces and leads change through strategic, innovative solutions while driving clarity and accountability to manage a dynamic materials supply chain environment.

Leadership capabilities are as follows :

• Instills Trusts
• Acts with Courage
• Embraces and Leads Change
• Fosters Effective Teamwork
• Values Differences
• Communicates Vision and Purpose
• Thinks Strategically
• Cultivates Innovation
• Drives Clarity

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This role will report into the materials planning director, footwear and work closely with the global materials planning & sourcing leadership team. Key stakeholders :

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We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the candidate accommodation request form.

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, protected veteran status, or disability.