Lead Materials Planner
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Job Description
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 endtoend supply chain.
WHO YOULL WORK WITH
This role will report into the Materials Planning Director Apparel & Accessories and work closely with the Global Materials Planning & Sourcing leadership team as well as the China Responsive program leadership team
Key stakeholders:
China Geo Teams (Responsiveness Supply Planning Merch)
Technology & Analytics
Materials Supply Chain Teams (Planning Costing Sourcing Material Source Option Materials Management) Partners
FW & AP Product Supply Chain Partners (Sourcing Global Supply Planning Partner Management)
AP and FW Product Creation Teams (GLAM Materials Development)
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
The Lead Materials Planning & Sourcing China Responsiveness will lead Global Materials Plannings and Sourcings support of Nikes China Responsiveness strategic initiative which drives Nike Chinas materials responsiveness through materials localization staging and other leadtime reduction efforts. This roles key responsibilities will be balanced between tactical support of China Responsiveness materials demandsupply management and sourcing while also partnering with the Global Materials Supply Chain Planning and Sourcing leadership team and crossfunctional stakeholders to develop and implement new strategies in service of responsiveness.
You Bring:
Bachelors degree or equivalent combination of education experience or training
A minimum of 6 years directly relevant work experience in product creation planning sourcing or manufacturing preferred across either Footwear or Apparel & Accessories.
Strong problemsolving skills and an innate tenacity and desire to tackle complex situations.
Ability to navigate through a complicated stakeholder matrix to achieve results and drive strategic decision making
Data driven decision making skills and ability to parse through multiple sets of complex information to make decisions
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and experience influencing across different functional organiations
A strong growth mindset as this role is looking for a proactive thoughtful selfstarter who embraces and leads change through strategic innovative solutions while driving clarity and accountability to manage a dynamic materials supply chain environment.
Ability to travel 5
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
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
In this role you will lead and coordinate crossfunctional efforts to optimize materials demand signals for China Responsiveness Apparel and Footwear products as a representative of both Materials Planning and Sourcing. You will analyze demand and capacity ensuring ontime production from key vendors while driving sustainable sourcing changes. You will quantify the benefit of responsiveness strategies and drive datadriven decision making. As a subject matter expert you will engage with stakeholders and may need to accommodate lateevening commitments due to time zone differences.
Future Capabilities Development:
Collaborate with the Materials Planning Director and Global Materials Planning & Sourcing leadership to identify gaps and opportunities in the current processes.
Create and execute strategies and capabilities for a responsive materials supply chain that ensures ontime delivery while managing inventory and costs.
Partner with Tech & Analytics teams to scope and develop new analytics and systems capabilities as needed.
Create and support vision for longterm China Responsiveness materials planning & sourcing operating model & org structure supporting potential resource asks in future corporate planning cycles
We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers sign language interpreters accessible and single location for inperson 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.
Employment Type
Full-Time
