Lead, Materials Planning

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

The Lead Material Planner is responsible for planning materials supporting our Footwear business for a large Sports alignment and Material Class. This role's primary responsibility is the management of mid to long-range plan health, understanding the driving forces impacting the material forecast and both coordinating and communicating the recommended strategies to support on-time delivery. This role also supports setting and operationalizing material lead time strategies and serving as a Materials SME in key projects. This role will be balanced between tactical support of materials demand-supply management, while also partnering with the Global Materials Planning leadership team and cross-functional stakeholders to develop and implement new strategies for a responsive, flexible materials supply chain that improves materials on-time delivery for pinnacle Footwear product.

This individual will be an important part of the Global Material Planning & Sourcing team working with our Materials Supply Chain (MatSC) partner groups, as well as functions external to MatSC. Partnering within the Materials Planning & Sourcing ecosystem, this individual will develop and implement capabilities across the functions to meet goals across our key pillars of Responsiveness, Resiliency, and Sustainability.

This role is looking for a proactive, thoughtful self-starter who embraces and leads change through strategic, innovative solutions while driving clarity and accountability to manage a dynamic materials supply chain environment.

Leadership Capabilities are as follows:

• Instills Trusts
• Acts with Courage
• Embraces and Leads Change
• Fosters Effective Teamwork
• Values Differences
• Communicates Vision and Purpose
• Thinks Strategically
• Cultivates Innovation
• Drives Clarity

• 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.
• Set and operationalize material lead time strategy in concert with materials and finished goods partners.
• Coordinate and operationalize a cross-functional seasonal readiness offense for your Sport alignment and material class, in partnership with your supporting Sr Planner.
• Represent Materials Planning & Sourcing as a subject matter expert (SME) at key cross-functional stakeholder engagements or special projects.

• Develop and implement new strategies for responsive, flexible materials supply chain to drive on-time delivery of materials.
• Collaborate with you Materials Planning & Sourcing leadership and cross-functional partners to identify opportunities for improvement in line with our Material SC strategy.
• Identify, scope and partner with Tech & Analytics teams to develop new analytics and/or systems capabilities.

• Partner / Materials Manufacturing Management
• Materials Sourcing
• Materials Costing
• Material Development
• Global Supply Planning
• Global Merch Planning
• Technology & Analytics
• Tier 2 Materials Partners

• Bachelor's degree in business or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training.
• 5-7 years of experience in Supply Chain, Planning (Supply, Demand, Materials, etc.), Manufacturing and/or Logistics functions
• Understanding of Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) basics, Demand, Production and Capacity Management, including key metrics. 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

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