Marketplace Operations Manager – Na Digital

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.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR!
We are looking for a Manager to join the Inventory Deployment team and lead one of our key team pillars. Inventory Deployment is responsible for ensuring that we get the right product, in the right fulfillment place, at the right time across our multi-node network to deliver the efficient experience to our consumer (Speed, Cost, Convenience, Sustainability). This Manager is a self-starter, flexible problem solver, and outstanding communicator who is comfortable learning quickly and connecting the dots to help drive business opportunities. They can easily form relationships and lead teams towards practical deliverables. They are comfortable with ambiguity and data, tenancious about discovering the root cause of a problem and creative in their approach to solution design. They enjoy working across multiple collaborator teams and are confident in explaining sophisticated business topics to non-technical / operational audiences. They should be determined, proactive, and able to handle several concurrent tracks of work.
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON!
As a manager on the Digital Inventory Deployment team, you will be at the heart of the America Consumer Direct Offense and Digital First Supply Chain at Scale Strategy. You will support leader’s and team’s decisions that drive performance across the digital supply chain through the lens of inventory positioning (and reverse flow) across the North America network. You will help translate to our business and planning partners to how our supply chain engages and crafts a competitive advantage for the NA Digital Marketplace. You will continuously improve our strategic inventory positioning by using the strengths of your team to run core business activities and deliver continuous improvement through small scale pilots, new capability enhancements and process improvement. You will be accountable for building and leading productive cross-functional relationships between Logistics, MPO, DSM and NDDC partners. Overall you will drive both day to day operations and be involved in the strategic design/evolution of our Digital Inventory Deployment network.
Representative responsibilities include but are not limited to: Managing the insight to inbound digital supply flow and translating these insights into operational and financial risks/opportunities for our numerous partners to drive mutual profitability for Nike, optimize the health our fulfillment network and deliver the ideal end consumer experience. Innovating the process and reverse flow of inventory from our digital nodes to alternative channels. Designing and driving in-season inventory moves to re-balance demand across our digital fulfillment nodes.
What You Bring

• Demonstrated ability to use data in influence decision making
• Ability to develop positive relationships across a multi-layered organization
• Strong Agile experience handling multiple project streams and delivering results across cross-functional teams. Curiosity about thinking through projects in a process-oriented manner
• Experience, interest, and ability to working in a fast paced, ambiguous environment
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, and ability to communicate complex concepts to senior business audiences
• Demonstrated ability to sift through large amounts of data, identify critical information, develop hypotheses and partner with relevant technical teams to bring tests & recommendations to life
• Minimum of 5+ years of relevant work experience
• Ability to efficiently present information, tell stories with data, respond to questions from key partners, and influence decision making
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Business, Business Management, Supply Chain, Logistics or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience leading and mentoring a team, with proven interested in continuous learning and leadership development

CORE QUALITIES

• Desire to grow self and others: A good day to you is achieving something new, a great day is when you’re able to coach another to achieve something new themselves
• Rugged determination: You get satisfaction for solving the unsolvable problems and leave no stone unturned
• Self Starter Demeanor: You are comfortable working concepts over detailed plans, have a desire to build something new and have a willingness to try, fail, learn and try again
• Learning agility: You are often described as highly curious and have an ability to learn, new complex topics quickly
• Strategic visioning and deployment: You’re able to design a vision and harness the power of others to turn that vision into reality
• Interest in puzzles: You have the ability to see how all the pieces link together in a sophisticated ecosystem

PREFERRED:

• Experience with Nike Supply Chain data foundations
• Solid understanding of supply chain management and retail concepts
• Able to translate between technical and business counterparts to deliver meaningful insights derived from data to business partners
• Experience in strategy/management consulting, growth stage start-ups, or retail and CPG supply chains
• Experience in process and operating model design
• Familiarity with analytical and statistical toolsets (SQL, Alteryx, Tableau, etc)
• Experience leading business analysts to build data visualization and insights tools, and comfort with data driven decision making

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.
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