Principal, Procurement, Marketing & Places

Nike • Beaverton, OR

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About The Position

The Principal, Procurement, Marketing & Places is a senior individual contributor on Nike’s global Procurement team and serves as a strategic advisor across the Brand and Marketing ecosystem. Reporting to the Category Director, Marketing and Places, the role partners with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to connect enterprise priorities with category strategies, commercial models, and supplier partnerships. The focus is strategic category development and stakeholder engagement rather than executing sourcing work.

The role owns and evolves global Creative and Media category strategies, leads complex and visible initiatives, advises senior stakeholders on consequential commercial decisions, and establishes scalable strategies, governance, and operating models. It also builds organizational capability through coaching, thought leadership, best practices, reusable tools, and insights. The position defines and tracks value across savings, cost avoidance, cash flow, growth enablement, innovation, risk reduction, supplier diversity, and operational efficiency.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of procurement, agency, media, creative, production, or equivalent industry experience, including leadership of complex global categories.
• Deep marketing procurement expertise, particularly across creative, production, and media ecosystems, including agency operating models, media investment, production, technology, data, intellectual property, and emerging AI-enabled capabilities.
• Ability to influence senior leaders, navigate ambiguity, and align cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Expertise using spend, performance, market, and financial data to shape enterprise category strategies and executive decisions.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Marketing, Finance, or a related field, or a suitable combination of education, experience, and training.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree.
• Relevant procurement certification.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve multi-year global Creative and Media category strategies, translating enterprise and brand priorities into sourcing roadmaps, investment choices, and measurable outcomes.
• Partner with senior leaders to shape agency models, supplier portfolios, commercial structures, and make-versus-buy decisions using market intelligence and business data.
• Structure and negotiate strategic agreements covering fees, media economics, incentives, intellectual property, technology, data use, artificial intelligence, payment terms, audit rights, risk allocation, and performance commitments.
• Establish category governance, decision frameworks, and performance measures to strengthen transparency, accountability, compliance, and speed across global and geographic teams.
• Anticipate shifts in media, creative technology, production, data, privacy, and artificial intelligence, translating disruption into opportunities and risk-mitigation strategies.
• Lead executive-level supplier relationships and supplier relationship management programs for critical partners, driving innovation, continuous improvement, resilience, and resolution of complex performance or commercial issues.
• Coach peers and category leads, codify best practices, and create reusable tools and insights to improve Procurement effectiveness across Marketing.
• Define and track outcomes across savings, cost avoidance, cash flow, growth enablement, innovation, risk reduction, supplier diversity, and operational efficiency.

What This Job Offers

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