Lead, Procurement, Marketing & Places, NA

Nike • Beaverton, OR

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About The Position

The Lead, Procurement, Marketing & Places, North America strengthens Procurement’s partnership with the North America geography. Reporting to the Director, Procurement, Marketing & Places, North America, the role partners across Marketing and Places Procurement, Procurement Operations, Finance, Legal, a managed service provider, and Marketing stakeholders.

The position develops and implements category strategies that deliver value, manage risk, and advance business priorities, with a particular focus on media procurement. It brings together supplier, market, spend, and operational insights to inform decisions and identify opportunities. The role emphasizes strategic category development and stakeholder engagement, while providing direction to teams and partners responsible for sourcing and contracting execution.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, procurement, or a related field; a suitable combination of education, experience, and training will also be accepted.
• At least 6 years of relevant experience in marketing procurement, category management, sourcing, or a closely related field.
• Experience using supplier, market, spend, and operational insights to shape category strategies, identify opportunities, and manage business risk.
• Experience partnering with Media Agencies and Marketing Operations teams to develop performance frameworks, supplier governance programs, and business reviews.
• Working knowledge of strategic sourcing, including requests for information, quotation and proposal (RFx), supplier evaluation, negotiations, and contracting.
• Strong stakeholder partnership, communication, business acumen, and category leadership capabilities.
• Ability to clarify requirements, influence decisions, navigate ambiguity, and lead through influence across a matrixed organization.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted stakeholder relationships and align incoming work priorities and sequencing based on business requirements, value, and risk.
• Use operational and market knowledge to evaluate supplier capabilities, challenge assumptions, identify execution risks, and recommend practical solutions.
• Analyze spend, markets, suppliers, and operations to uncover value opportunities and support fact-based decisions.
• Provide direction to Procurement Operations and the procurement managed service provider to support high-quality sourcing and contracting execution.
• Develop concise, executive-ready materials communicating strategies, recommendations, risks, decisions, and outcomes.
• Partner with Marketing and Places Procurement teams to incorporate knowledge and insights from across geographies into North America category strategies.
• Adopt and scale effective procurement practices, tools, and ways of working across North America media spend.
• Partner with Media Agencies and Marketing Operations teams to build performance frameworks, supplier governance programs, and business reviews that drive accountability, optimize media investment, and deliver measurable value.

Benefits

• Interview-process accommodations are available, including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single-location in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications.

What This Job Offers

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