Lead: Apparel Seasonal Sourcing

Nike • Beaverton, OR

12d

About The Position

This role is responsible for driving a critical cross-functional partnership with Materials Sourcing, Partner Management, Delivery Excellence, Analytics, and Global Planning teams. The position will support future company vision within our Apparel and Accessories source base by incorporating long-range product strategies, category feedback, and supplier performance to drive in-season sourcing strategy and execution. The role serves as an integral contact for multi-source decision making, supplier loading and balancing, capacity management, and key sourcing initiative project management. The ideal candidate will be an innovative individual capable of identifying, crafting, and approaching apparel sourcing through an enterprise lens, while also effectively communicating with global teammates, working cross-culturally, and valuing differences. A curious mindset, proactive approach, and a critical focus on source optimization are essential. The candidate needs to be organized, detail-oriented, and thrive in problem-solving environments.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Sourcing, Manufacturing, Operations, or Supply Chain or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training.
• 5+ years of Sourcing, Manufacturing, Operations, or Supply Chain experience.
• Leadership and proven independent project management experience.
• Knowledge of apparel construction, material manufacturing, and costing preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient with Smartsheet, Air Table, Power BI, and Tableau.
• Advanced MS Excel and MS PowerPoint skills preferred.
• Experience using AI tools including Copilot and Databricks preferred.
• Experience with partnering with advanced analytics on tool development and deployment.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams through change, collaboration, and ability to gain buy-in for business plans.
• Ability to work in a deadline driven environment with a strong attention to detail and process orientation.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills and ability to work cross-functionally, including the ability to collaborate with and influence all levels of management.
• Team player, proactive, flexible and with a desire to learn and grow.
• Cultural awareness and a champion for diversity, inclusion, and belonging.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of apparel construction, material manufacturing, and costing.
• Advanced MS Excel and MS PowerPoint skills.
• Experience using AI tools including Copilot and Databricks.
• Experience with partnering with advanced analytics on tool development and deployment.

Responsibilities

• Obtain and manage capacity, including increases or reductions, for assigned product classifications/suppliers.
• Monitor metrics including supplier loading and source-to-strategy to support the execution of the sourcing strategy.
• Collaborate with Sport sourcing teams to maintain loading levels across the source base in accordance with delivery, quality, lead time, sustainability, and margin goals.
• Act as a project manager against key strategic deliverables within the organization.
• Work cross-functionally to ensure any new process/tool meets the needs of key stakeholders and hits key development and deployment milestones.

Benefits

• Accommodations to complete the interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior