Lead, Materials Operations Management

Nike • Beaverton, OR

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About The Position

The Lead, Materials Operations Management will lead business development and strategy for Nike’s footwear multi-sourced materials supply chain capabilities as part of the Materials Buy/Sell and Allocation team within Footwear Product Supply Chain. The role focuses on identifying and shaping opportunities, developing business cases, and creating strategic pathways to expand capabilities and deliver flexibility, resilience, speed, and value.

The position works across Footwear Sourcing, Footwear Costing, Supplier Management, Materials Planning, Finance, Controlling, Legal, Customs, Tax, Technology, Product Creation, and external partners. The successful candidate will assess business and market needs, quantify value, evaluate risk and feasibility, and turn complex opportunities into clear recommendations for senior leaders. They will lead multiple workstreams, build stakeholder alignment, and guide concepts from exploration through executive decision-making.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in supply chain, sourcing, strategy, business development, analytics, or a related field.
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Strategy, or a related field; a suitable combination of education, experience, and training will be accepted.
• Demonstrated experience identifying opportunities and developing business cases, strategic recommendations, or investment proposals.
• Experience leading cross-functional discovery, strategy, and capability development from concept through leadership alignment.
• Strong analytical and financial modelling skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to synthesize complex inputs into clear, executive-ready narratives and recommendations.
• Comfort and enthusiasm for adapting to new technology capabilities, including AI.
• Strong communication and influencing skills; ability to mobilize cross-functional stakeholders and lead multiple strategic workstreams.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with RFP/RFQ (Request for Proposal or Request for Quote) processes.
• Experience in footwear supply chain.
• Experience with Tableau or Power BI.

Responsibilities

• Identify and prioritize high-value opportunities to expand materials Buy/Sell, allocation, and multi-sourced materials management capabilities and ways of working, informed by business needs, supply chain risk, partner insights, and financial value.
• Develop business cases defining the opportunity, strategic rationale, value potential, investment needs, risks, tradeoffs, operating implications, and path to scale.
• Shape capability strategies and multi-year roadmaps that translate enterprise priorities into choices, sequenced initiatives, and measurable outcomes.
• Lead discovery and feasibility work with Finance, Tax, Customs, Legal, Technology, Sourcing, Costing, Planning, and other subject-matter experts to test assumptions and determine a path forward.
• Build alignment across internal and external stakeholders, influence senior leaders, and translate complex opportunities into concise recommendations and decision-ready narratives.
• Define the strategic framework, governance model, success measures, and transition plan for moving approved strategies into implementation.
• Manage a portfolio of emerging opportunities, balance competing priorities, and focus on ideas with the greatest strategic and financial impact for Nike.

What This Job Offers

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