Senior Material Planner

Nike • Beaverton, OR

79d

About The Position

NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world's best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At Nike, it's about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game. The Nike Global Materials Planning & Sourcing organization optimizes material supply to flexibly respond to consumer demand. The team seeks innovative collaborators to advance its mission to revolutionize material supply planning and sourcing by investing in People, Process, and Technology to drive efficiency and flexibility across the end-to-end supply chain.

Requirements

• 5-7 years of experience in Supply Chain, Planning (Supply, Demand, Materials, etc.), Manufacturing and/or Logistics functions.
• Bachelor's degree in business, procurement, supply chain or related field.
• Understanding of Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) basics, Demand, Production and Capacity Management.
• Ability to interpret driving factors and implement corrective actions.
• Understanding of Manufacturing best practices and key metrics.
• Ability to evaluate and recommend improvements in manufacturing strategies to meet inventory and service objectives.
• Innovation mindset with a desire to continuously improve and challenge the status quo.
• Effective communication skills, including in-person, written and via phone.
• Effective presentation skills, both visual & oral.
• Experience in creating tools to support analytics of key business performance metrics.
• Experience working in a diverse, cross-functional environment and fostering a culture of belonging throughout.
• Results-oriented mentality for prioritizing work, managing upward and downward as necessary.
• Passion for Nike products and sport.

Nice To Haves

• Understanding of manufacturing processes (not necessarily Footwear or Apparel).
• Experience aligning cross-cultural, virtual teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage materials supporting the Footwear business for a small-medium Sports alignment and Material Class.
• Support the Lead Planner with larger business segments.
• Manage mid to long-range plan health and understand driving forces impacting the material forecast.
• Coordinate and communicate recommended strategies to support on-time delivery.
• Support setting and operationalizing material lead time strategies.
• Serve as a Materials SME in key projects.
• Balance tactical support of materials demand-supply management.
• Support the design and implementation of new strategies for a responsive, flexible materials supply chain.
• Collaborate with upstream partners to provide clear, timely materials demand signals for Footwear materials.
• Analyze Footwear materials demand and capacity, executing mitigation processes to ensure on-time production of materials from key vendors.
• Coordinate and operationalize a cross-functional seasonal readiness offense for your Sport alignment and material class.
• Represent Materials Planning & Sourcing as a subject matter expert at key cross-functional stakeholder engagements or special projects.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees