Business Director, Nike Direct Digital Commerce Growth, EMEA

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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.

NIKE, Inc. knows how to sell sneakers. And apparel. And just about everything an athlete could need. The Nike Sales teams are the front line for getting these products into customer hands. Through sustained relationships with wholesale partners around the world – from a specialty store in Rome to a department store in midtown Manhattan – Nike Sales delivers the products, experiences and brand stories that define the brand. Nike’s success begins with the best sales team in the industry, one that deeply appreciates the consumer, the marketplace, and the products.

The role of Nike digital commerce is to drive the most compelling digital consumer experiences – fueled by insights and data – to accelerate profitable, member-led growth across all Nike platforms (Nike App, nike.com, SNKRS, Nike Running Club, and Nike Training Club. Within this, the Digital Business Director leads the Business Offense team, which orchestrate the cross-functional offense required to ensure Nike’s internal matrix delivers on our digital growth ambitions for the EMEA marketplace!

Who We Are Looking For

A leader with a track record of successfully leading cross-functional teams to deliver digital commerce results and transformation. Our ideal candidate brings a blend of strategic, commercial and consumer-led approaches to achieving outcomes. This person ambitious – and yet knows it takes a whole team to be successful, so they’re excellent at uniting diverse stakeholders behind clear goals and ultimately delivering impact.

What You’ll Work On

This role is less about the digital consumer experience, and more about the drumbeat of driving commercial results. If our digital business were a congress, this role would be the speaker of the house! Here’s a sample of what you’ll do:

• Lead and coach the NDDC Business team to bring our commercial drumbeat to life, through ownership and delivery of key commercial processes for our 31+ markets in Europe, Middle East and Africa
• Drive clear prioritization and execution of commercial immediate, midterm, and long-term initiatives
• Spearhead our day-to-day business offense, ensuring the necessary actions and optimizations are in place to responsively deliver quality commercial growth in the immediate term (from setting the month/quarter forecast to delivering the month/quarter results)
• Drive mid-term optimisation of the things that enable our commercial excellence, for example, maintain and refine a clear understanding of commercial levers, partner with our insights and reporting product teams to ensure business teams have the right information, refine processes, improve communication channels, etc
• Co-create and lead key strategic initiatives alongside the digital leadership team, in each case rallying a cross-functional team to identify and implement a comprehensive program of longer-term improvement opportunities (across people, processes and tools). Examples for FY24 include:
• Our margin & profitability program
• Our forecasting excellence initiative to first improve – then transform – our forecasting approach for NDDC

WHO WILL YOU WORK WITH?

In this role you will be part of the Nike Direct Digital Commerce (NDDC) Growth team and work closely with teammates across the wider digital business such as Consumer Direct Marketing, Insights & Analytics, Member Growth, Demand & Supply Management/Planning, Finance, and Digital Operations.

WHAT YOU BRING:

• Minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience (e.g. digital/ecommerce, analytics, commercial management and/or strategy consulting with direct-to-consumer businesses)
• Proven experience in team leadership: Uniting cross-functional teams around shared goals, and the ability to create a collaborative team environment where a diverse set of backgrounds, skills and perspectives are brought together to achieve results
• Deep expertise in direct digital ecosystems and metrics; prior experience driving trade or owning a P&L is an advantage
• Master of structured problem solving through to definition and activation of tangible solutions/next steps
• A positive, energetic attitude with a bias for action
• Outstanding stakeholder skills, including navigating the Nike matrix, facilitating complex decision-making and making persuasive presentations to senior management

Application deadline is 18th of November.

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.

How We Hire

At NIKE, Inc. we promise to provide a premium, inclusive, compelling and authentic candidate experience. Delivering on this promise means we allow you to be at your best – and to do that, you need to understand how the hiring process works. Transparency is key.

• This overview explains our hiring process for corporate roles. Note there may be different hiring steps involved for non-corporate roles

Benefits

Whether it’s transportation or financial health, we continually invest in our employees to help them achieve greatness – inside and outside of work. All who work here should be able to realize their full potential.