Supply Chain Specialist – Nike Direct Stores

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, 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. At Nike, the EMEA Supply Chain Operations team takes pride in serving the consumer in the connected marketplace – whether they shop at one of our retail partners, in a Nike store or online. We are relentlessly elevating our strategy and driving improvement in our supply chain operations to reach a more premium service level for our consumer.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR?

The Supply Chain Specialist for our Nike Direct Stores will always start with the consumer in mind. You improve service, growth and profitability to meet the financial and operational targets of our Nike Stores, while delivering on Nike’s strategy. You have a deep understanding of business operations and are accountable for consumer/athlete/customer satisfaction, operational reliability, and improving inventory efficiency. You use diagnostic and predictive analytics to make thoughtful business decisions. You keep your business partners informed and engaged of risks and opportunities, and you actively partner with your Stores and other operational functions, to find optimal supply chain and commercial solutions. You engage in key projects evolving existing business capabilities using agile principles.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON!

• Implement efficient order management to plan and deliver to plan for our stores. You will be responsible for accurate and timely delivery of product and will be working in close alignment with our distribution and carrier teams
• Work in partnership with our partners and stores team. You’ll deliver customer service excellence through consumer approach, proactive demeanor and reliability while at the same time ensuring our work supports and aligns with our Nike Direct Stores Strategy and our organization’s vision
• Represent supply chain operations within the MPU cross-functional team to ensure a balanced marketplace, mutual profitable growth and effective mechanics of inventory management. You have regular interaction with internal and external partners within a matrix environment, sharing scenarios and solutions to risks/opportunities from a supply chain perspective
• You will demonstrate the ability to lead and influence cross functional peers in professional discussions and often complex decisions to optimize demand fulfillment
• Focus on performance; understanding supply chain performance metrics, performing data deep dives and analyses, driving concrete actions to improve performance
• Drive speed-to-market improvements, reliability initiatives and focus on elevating the consumer experience

Who You Will Work With

A cross-functional agile environment that spans across EMEA and services the MPU’s operational business needs. Within the MPU, you will partner closely with Allocation, Sales, Merchandising, Planning and Finance. Outside of the MPU you will daily connect with your customers, carrier network and Nike’s logistical functions.

What You Bring

• Confirmed and proven experience within Supply Chain management, planning or back of house leadership role for a Retail or Consumer Goods business. Wide and deep understanding of Supply Chain end to end general process
• Experience in leading or co leading a project related to your own scope or your entire team
• Proven track record in leading and delivering process improvement
• Ability to drive service and make the right decisions with regards to prioritization and critical issues
• Experience in developing excellent working relationships with key partners and bringing the right people together. Working with cross-functional teams and partners to drive a best-in-class customer service
• Self-starter/capability to work efficiently both in groups and independently
• Flexibility/ability to work in ambiguous environment
• Work experience using excel (pivot table and VLOOKUP) to support the strong analytical skills and result driven approach delivering operational excellence
• SAP, Cognos, and Tableau experience are a plus

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.

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.