Senior Analyst, Materials Operations

Nike•Beaverton, OR

About The Position

The Senior Analyst, Materials Operations will join the Materials Buy/Sell and Allocation team within Materials, Packaging, and Nike By You Operations in the Footwear Product Supply Chain organization. The team develops and operates capabilities to support multi-sourced materials program execution and improve flexibility, responsiveness, resilience, and cost efficiency. The role primarily supports Materials Buy/Sell and Allocation and also provides analytical and operational support for Global Packaging. The analyst will work with Footwear Sourcing, Footwear Costing, Supplier Management, Technology, Product Creation, Global Packaging, and external supply-chain partners. The role focuses on working with data, technology systems, and business processes; executing allocation processes; maintaining metrics and reporting; addressing data quality and operational issues; and communicating actionable findings to business and technology partners. The position also supports technology enhancements and process improvements, including the use of evolving technology such as AI and automation.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience in operations, planning, sourcing, supply chain, business analytics, or a related field.
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including structuring, reconciling, analyzing, and presenting large data sets.
Experience building and maintaining recurring reports, dashboards, scorecards, metric definitions, and business review materials.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including identifying trends, variances, risks, opportunities, and data-quality issues.
Ability to execute recurring operational processes accurately, manage detailed work, and meet multiple deadlines.
Experience documenting workflows, standard operating procedures, business rules, data definitions, and reporting logic.
Experience supporting process improvements, user acceptance testing, and system or reporting enhancements.
Comfort adapting to evolving technology capabilities, including artificial intelligence and automation tools.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including summarizing analysis and operational status for business and technology partners.

Nice To Haves

Experience in footwear materials or a complex global supply chain.

Responsibilities

Serve as the business expert for the Materials Optimization and Sourcing Allocation (MOSA) tool, documenting business requirements, preparing test scenarios, executing user acceptance testing, validating results, logging issues, tracking fixes and enhancements, and translating business needs into technology requirements.
Execute seasonal multi-source materials allocation processes by collecting cross-functional input, consolidating and validating data, running analyses, preparing allocation scenarios, tracking milestones, maintaining process documentation, and providing recommendations.
Perform recurring and ad hoc analysis of materials allocation and operational performance to support business decisions.
Calculate, define, document, and maintain key performance indicators, scorecards, and supporting data logic, ensuring metrics are accurate, consistent, and reproducible.
Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, automate, and improve analytical and operational work.
Collect, clean, reconcile, and organize packaging data from multiple sources to support performance visibility, sourcing strategies, and business reviews.
Create and maintain packaging trackers, dashboards, scorecards, standard reports, and metric definitions.
Develop recurring analytics, reporting cadence, metric calculations, and operational updates for Global Packaging priorities.
Investigate packaging data gaps and performance variances, summarize findings, and prepare follow-up actions for team leadership.
Provide analytical support for value-creation initiatives by validating assumptions, sizing opportunities, and informing project prioritization and investment decisions.