Strategic Planning Director, Sustainable Manufacturing & Sourcing

Nike - Portland, OR

Every successful team at Nike needs a brilliant game plan. Strategic Planning teams shape & drive the company’s growth agenda by leading the business planning processes, aligning enterprise leadership to make our biggest opportunities a reality, and spearheading transformational projects across Nike’s diverse businesses and geographies. Embedded in teams across the company, strategy professionals serve as critical thought partners to our senior leaders in helping to explore complex business issues, perform competitive and market analyses, and develop strategies and action plans to galvanize our teams. Our team is known for acquiring and developing high-potential talent for the company; we’re proud of the numerous Strategic Planning alumni who have gone on to leadership roles within Nike’s functions and businesses. With top talent and the DNA to catalyze action, the Strategic Planning teams help write the future of sport by charting Nike’s path forward.
The lifeblood of Nike is innovation – it is in our very nature. We believe in innovating to better serve the athlete, and we believe that all good innovation is sustainable innovation. To that end, we have aggressive an ambitious 2020 sustainability targets centered around minimizing our environment footprint, transforming manufacturing, and unleashing human potential. As the Strategic Planning Director for Sustainable Manufacturing & Sourcing (SM&S), you will lead the way in ensuring that we mobilize against and fully realize our ambitious sustainability goals. Sustainability at Nike isn’t just a project, a topic, or an organization – it’s a catalyst for revolutionizing how we do business that underpins all we do.

As the Strategic Planning Director for SM&S you will work closely with senior executive leadership to direct the strategic business planning process, report on weekly/monthly/quarterly results and opportunities, author 1-3 year strategic plans, and shepherd the development and implementation of prioritized strategic initiatives. You will partner and collaborate cross functionally with senior executives, strategic planners, and finance leadership to help advance Nike’s long-term strategic agenda.

In collaboration with the Global Sourcing & Manufacturing Strategic Planning Senior Director, you will independently lead special projects to help identify and evaluate critical strategic priorities and/or strategic problems, and to catalyze action against these priorities through strategic and long-range business planning and performance management.

Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree
• MBA or advanced degree is highly preferred
• Minimum of 7 years' total experience (3 years' experience post MBA) in corporate development, business development, corporate strategic planning, investment banking, management consulting, finance or related fields
• Previous management consulting experience at a top tier consulting firm is highly preferred
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and provide project management support
• Previous sustainability, manufacturing, or operations experience preferred
• Demonstrated ability to complete quantitative and qualitative analysis and financial models
• Proven ability to conduct and/or analyze research related to consumers, industries, and competitors
• Problem structuring and strategic problem solving skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Superior interpersonal skills and ability to work cross-functionally
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects at once
• Ability to pass a criminal background check

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Posted: 30+ days ago

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