SENIOR MATERIAL PLANNER - GLOBAL MATERIALS PLANNING & SOURCING

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

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 end-to-end supply chain.

This role will report into the Materials Planning Director, Footwear and work closely with the Global Materials Planning & Sourcing leadership team.

Key stakeholders:

• Partner / Materials Manufacturing Management

• Materials Sourcing

• Technology & Analytics

• Tier 2 Materials Partners

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

The Senior Material Planner is responsible for planning materials supporting our Footwear business. This role’s primary responsibility is the management of mid to long-range capacity, understanding the driving forces impacting the material forecast and communication of the recommended strategies to support on-time delivery. This role will be balanced between tactical support of materials demand-supply management, while also partnering with the Global Materials Planning leadership team and cross-functional stakeholders to develop and implement new strategies for a responsive, flexible materials supply chain that improves materials on-time delivery for pinnacle Footwear product.

This individual will be an important part of the Global Material Planning & Sourcing team working with our Materials Supply Chain (MatSC) partner groups, as well as functions external to MatSC.  Partnering within the Materials Planning & Sourcing ecosystem, this individual will develop and implement capabilities across the functions to meet goals across our key pillars of Responsiveness, Resiliency, and Sustainability.

This role is looking for a proactive, thoughtful self-starter who embraces and leads change through strategic, innovative solutions while driving clarity and accountability to manage a dynamic materials supply chain environment.

YOU BRING

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, experience or training

• 3+ year of experience in Supply Chain, Planning (Supply, Demand, Materials, etc.), Manufacturing and/or Logistics functions

• Understanding of Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) basics, Demand, Production and Capacity Management, including key metrics. Ability to interpret driving factors and implement corrective actions

• Understanding of Manufacturing best practices and key metrics. Ability to evaluate and recommend improvements in manufacturing strategies to meet inventory and service objectives

• Experience in creating tools to support analytics of key business performance metrics

• Experience working in a diverse, cross-functional environment and fostering a culture of belonging throughout

• Effective communication skills, including in-person, written and via phone

• Effective presentation skills, both visual & oral

• Results-oriented mentality for prioritizing work, managing upward and downward as necessary

• Proficiency with Microsoft office suite

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

Leads, facilitates, and coordinates cross functionally to execute the business:

• Collaborate with upstream partners to provide clear, timely, materials demand signals for Footwear materials

• Analyze Footwear materials demand and capacity, executing mitigation processes to ensure on-time production of materials from key vendors

• Ability to drive data-driven decision-making

• Represent Materials Planning & Sourcing as a subject matter expert (SME) at key Materials Transformation cross-functional stakeholder engagements

Partners with Materials Planning Director, Global Material Planning & Sourcing Leadership team to create future capabilities:

• Develop and implement new strategies for responsive, flexible materials supply chain to drive on-time delivery of materials

• Identify, scope and partner with Tech & Analytics teams to develop new analytics and/or systems capabilities

• Create and support vision for long-term materials planning & sourcing operating model & org structure, supporting potential resource asks in future corporate planning cycles