Become a Part of the NIKE, Inc. Team

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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, Inc. it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

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WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

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In this role you will be part of the global Sport Category Sourcing team, reporting to the Global Sports Apparel (GSA) sourcing Director. You will collaborate daily with Sport Focus Product Creation, Finance, Supply Planning, Materials, and Manufacturing teams.

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WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

As a Sourcing Analyst II, we’re looking for a strategic and entrepreneurial person to manage sourcing and cost planning activities. The ideal candidate thrives in a cross-functional environment, providing a proactive approach to bring multiple stakeholders together and collaborate on these key product creation activities (sourcing and product costing). This role is perfect for a teammate with product creation and manufacturing experience, coupled with strong communication skills. The candidate needs:

• Bachelor's degree in Business or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training.
• Minimum of 3 years relevant work experience (supply chain, product or manufacturing experience a plus).
• Strategic thinking and enterprise mindset
• Ability to maintain a high level of integrity, remain effective in an environment of ambiguity, and have strong attention to details
• Strong analytical skills. Able to manipulate and shape data to answer questions, identify trends, and provide business solutions to complex issues.
• Ability to communicate up and down to different levels of the organization as well as listen and respond to diverse stakeholder input

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WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

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You will be responsible for a Sport Focus (or parts of) such as global football, working with the triad to build the appropriate source strategy and ensure you execute to that strategy.  In addition, your role helps drive profitability by defining the style-level targets by working with Finance to understand the Sport Focus profitability targets.

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The role entails:

• Creating and executing the various Sport Focus sourcing strategies
• Managing the product-level cost planning process to ensure profitability, helping product teams assess tradeoffs between product cost/margin and other criteria
• Understand global sourcing process from strategic sourcing to seasonal execution

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