BUSINESS OPERATIONS MANAGER

Nike - Portland, OR

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Nike does more than outfit the world’s best athletes. We’re a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries, and push out the edges of what can be. We’re looking for people who can grow, think, dream and create. We thrive in a culture that embraces diversity and rewards imagination. We seek achievers, leaders and visionaries. At Nike, it’s about bringing what you have to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

As the Business Operations Manager for the Nike Distribution COE (ND COE), you will support the COE’s mission of enabling speed, innovation, increased capacity, flexibility and productivity across Nike’s DCs. The Business Operations Manager provides insightful review, perspective, and direction on the strategy and operating performance of the ND COE. You will be responsible for ensuring that the ND COE excels in running our organization as an effective function. You will have ultimate accountability for the way our strategic planning, budgeting (departmental opex) forecasting, portfolio management and internal processes operate. You are focused on delivering insights and impact throughout the work and is an expert in business strategy, portfolio management and operations, analytical and strategic, yet highly pragmatic and results-oriented.

In this role you will:

· Report to and work with the Nike Distribution COE Value Chain Director to achieve internal operational excellence in the areas of strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting, and resourcing.

· Own and drive the ND COE strategic planning process, aligning of the functional strategies to Global Fulfillment, Global Supply Chain  and Corporate Strategic plans (e.g. quarterly strategic calendar, business plans, monthly A3 reviews)

· Report to and partners with the Nike Distribution COE Value Chain Director to influence the COE’s functional and technical leadership to shape and drive the organization’s strategic direction.

· Develop and manage cross functional procedures and timelines for the department and department’s leadership. Examples may include standard process for status reporting, travel planning, on-boarding and off-boarding, training, and organizational surveys. 

· Drives the short and long-range strategic and business planning processes from a financial and resource perspective for the ND COE (e.g. target setting, budgeting, forecasting, analysis, and financial planning and risk mitigation).

· Partners with Finance on the financial analysis of the budget, the forecast, and reporting actuals of operating and capital spending and delivering financial recommendations to the ND COE Leads

· Manage the ND COE Portfolio and governance, including the management of the program schedule, budget, and the scope change control. Develop program estimates, staffing models, phase timelines, and required delivery model.

· Maintain the Risks process adherence, monitor the SharePoint documentation, and review risks for feedback

Qualifications

• ·Bachelor/Master degree in Finance, Business Administration or related business field
• ·Minimum 5 years’ experience in fields similar to: organizational development, change management, project management, business planning, strategic planning
• ·Prior business planning and quarterly / weekly review experience preferred
• ·Broad financial, analytical and structured problem solving skills, combined with strong business acumen
• ·Experience in Lean (continuous process improvement) is a plus
• ·Demonstrate leadership capability, including ability to motivate and mentor others within work group
• ·Drive decision making, alignment and influence not only peers but also the Leadership team
• ·Ability to clearly articulate goals and objectives
• ·Strong information seeking skills and drive to make things happen
• ·Excellent navigator across complex and matrix organizations.  Experience in leading efforts and projects, independently scoping, prioritizing and executing initiatives
• ·Self-starter with sharp decision making skills, ability to multi-task, work independently. Identified as a high-performer with leadership potential
• ·Energetic, flexible and highly organized, has the ability to quickly grasp business needs and issues, is comfortable deriving meaning and relevance from raw data as well as bringing structure to ambiguous situations, and has strong facilitation and influencing skills at the executive level.
• ·Limited Travel. 

 

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Posted: 30+ days ago

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