Principal, Concept Development

The Global Inline & Men’s team is responsible for leading our Global Inline Stores Strategy and serving as the Stores lead for our Men’s Consumer Team. We define and drive the end to end concept strategy and vision, driving business priorities and brand impact, ensuring we can deliver the best of Nike to our consumers in our physical retail environments around the globe.

As we launch a new Global Stores Tiering Strategy, this role will be responsible for managing the successful strategy, development and delivery of Nike Store Concept Tiers; defining consistent standards, and unified decisioning framework to drive investment and operational excellence for the Global fleet. Through a series of Global store openings planned over the next 6-24 months, we will bring our new tiering approach and updated Nike Store strategy to life; driving productivity, profitability and brand impact at scale. This role will serve as the strategic and operational mission control for our portfolio of Store Concept Development workstreams.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for a Principle to join our Beaverton-based team to own the cross functional coordination and delivery of our Nike Stores Tiering framework, as well as coordinating on-time, on-budget, brand right executions of our new Nike Store concept from Tier 1 Pinnacle executions (Nike London) through Tier 4 Scale Inline store executions. We are looking for diverse & motivated leaders with vision and a passion for delivering best in class retail experiences to bring our strategy to life. 

This role will champion cross functional collaboration across Global and Geo stakeholders, and alignment through clear process management, structured meeting and communication cadences, and strong budget management. The candidate should have a passion for omnichannel retail and retail innovation, strong end-to-end project management and organizational skills, thrive in a fast paced environment, and the ability to build positive working relationships across a matrixed organization. 

Additional characteristics that will enable success:

·      Comfort speaking with multiple stakeholders at varying levels; ability to lead cross-functional teams through the details, while synthesizing and reporting up high level accomplishments and risks

·      Solutions oriented and driver mentality 

·      Ability to connect both consumer and business needs, connecting cross functional teams and identifying dependencies across functions.

·      Positive team player who seeks the collective success of the team and can motivate action

·      Exceptional collaboration, listening, written and verbal communication skills

·      Comfortable working in a very fast-paced, results-oriented environment

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

If this is you, you’ll be working with cross-functional Global and Geo teams, serving as mission control for The Nike Store Concept development and delivery; ensuring collaboration across Concepts & Consumer, Marketing, Design, Merchandising, Visual Merchandising, Construction, Finance and Store Operations. Through the management of a portfolio of projects spanning Strategic Initiatives to Concept Pilot executions at each store Tier, you successfully deliver The Nike Store Concept to ensure sustainable operations and growth post opening. 

Key Accountabilities 

•     Facilitate the Concept Development process End to End, from project planning to execution, and socialization across Global functions x Geos

•     Plan, lead and operationalize a portfolio of projects across the Consumer and Concepts team; identifying key integration points to enable the success of our collective team.

•     Manage concept development workback schedule and project dates & gates on Nike Stores tools & platforms (proficiency with Smartsheet and AirTable required).

•     Serve as source of truth for status on all Concept Development workstreams, providing visibility and accountability for team milestones/deliverables.

•     Ability to identify risks and create mitigation plans across workstreams that are highly cross-functional

•     Responsible for proactive meeting agendas and prompt meeting recaps with key decisions, clear next steps.

•     Track and manage program and project budgets, PO’s, Vendor & Legal contracts.

Here’s what a typical day/40 hour week looks like:

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