Principal, Palette Operations

**This posting is recruiting for two open roles on the team

WHO YOULL WORK WITH

Youll work within the Materials Supply Chain Development & Deployment organization a team that streamlines materials complexity and drives productivity to turn materials strategy into seasonal results. Reporting to the Senior Director youll operate as a senior individual contributor and integratorpartnering across Product Creation Materials Development Sourcing Manufacturing Planning Technology Finance and external suppliers to connect strategy governance and execution at scale.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

This role calls for a leader who thrives at the intersection of strategy and action. They bring deep materials and supply chain expertise paired with the ability to simplify complexity and drive momentum. Comfortable influencing without authority they build alignment across a global matrixed organizationtranslating data insights and athlete* needs into clear priorities and decisions. They balance executivelevel storytelling with handson operational rigor anticipate barriers to adoption and act early to unlock value. They lead with curiosity accountability and a bias toward actionturning palette strategy into disciplined execution that delivers fewer better materials at scale.

• 8 years of experience in Supply Chain Product Creation Program Leadership or Strategic Deployment
• Bachelors degree in Business Engineering Supply Chain or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education experience and training
• Experience leading complex crossfunctional programs in a global matrixed organization
• Footwear Apparel or Equipment industry experience preferred

WHAT YOULL WORK ON

Sitting at the first mile of product creation youll shape how curated palettes are built adopted governed and measuredconnecting teams data and decisions so materials choices drive value resilience and athlete* impact across Footwear and Apparel & Accessories.

• Act as the Materials Supply Chain (MatSC) voice on palettes cocreating seasonal palette strategy and narrative with Product Creation partners
• Partner across Materials Development Sourcing Manufacturing Planning Product Integrity Finance Technology and Analytics to align palette choices with cost quality sustainability speed and resilience
• Lead crossfunctional governance forums with clear goals decision rights operating cadence and accountability to deliver on seasonal palette roadmaps
• Diagnose and remove barriers to palette adoption such as quality consistency color and cost enabling new ways of working across product creation sports and supply chain teams
• Establish and manage Key Performance Indicator (KPI) frameworks tied to palette spend adoption and value realizationtranslating insights into clear actions and leadership narratives
• Influence evolution of capability roadmaps across product creation and supply chain tools and analytics to enable palette adoption
• Inform and influence materials multi-sourcing roadmap in partnership with materials development buy/sell & allocations team to reduce leadtimes drive competitive pricing and scale resilience
• Embed Palette Operations into seasonal Consumer Direct Offense & Defense (CODE) and Enterprise Business Planning rhythms to ensure early integration and disciplined execution
• Partner on foundational supply chain data and reporting informing palette creation retirement and rationalization while reinforcing first time right expectations for teams and suppliers

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.