Become a Part of the NIKE, Inc. Team
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.
WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
The Director, Planning Capabilities, Global leads a high-impact team of 7. This role partners cross-functionally with Supply Chain Planning & Innovation (SCPI), integrates into the SCPO Offense, and collaborates with Planning, Supply Chain, Technology and Analytics teams to drive planning capability development across Nike’s Athlete* Promise. Additionally, this role will partner across our Global and Geo Planning Teams to ensure successful activations and sustaining success of our Planning Capabilities. The Director reports to the Senior Director of Planning Capabilities and collaborates with leaders and stakeholders across the enterprise.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We seek a strategic, results-driven leader with deep expertise in supply chain planning, capability development, and change management. The ideal candidate is a coach and mentor, skilled at developing talent and fostering inclusion, and thrives in ambiguity and complexity. They are accountable for translating organizational objectives into actionable team strategies, delivering capabilities, and measurable business impact.
Key Qualifications:
- 10+ years’ experience in supply chain planning, capability development, or related fields
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related field (Master’s preferred)
- Proven experience leading teams and managing cross-functional projects
- Strong business acumen, process excellence, and program management skills
- Expertise in change management, stakeholder relations, and communications
- Demonstrated ability to develop others, manage conflict, and value differences
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
As Director, you will lead the development, deployment, and sustainment of planning capabilities, processes, and playbooks. You will drive the next evolution of planning, influence investment decisions, and ensure alignment with Nike’s strategic objectives. You will be responsible for capability conception, process design, training, user testing, change management, and communications, as well as post-stabilization transition to business owners.
Core Responsibilities:
- Lead the Planning Capabilities team, setting strategy, priorities, and goals aligned to Nike’s global objectives
- Influence and partner with SCPI on planning innovation opportunities, research, and pilots/POCs
- Drive planning portfolio and capability roadmaps within SCPO Offense
- Oversee capability development: business case creation, value stream mapping, process engineering, and transition management
- Manage training, user acceptance testing, and adoption of new processes/tools
- Develop and communicate playbooks, process maps, and stakeholder engagement strategies
- Measure and report on value delivered, including financial impact, adoption, and user satisfaction
- Foster a culture of inclusion, collaboration, and continuous improvement
Leadership Expectations:
- Manage team performance, development, pay, and resourcing decisions
- Accountable for results impacting scoped business segment
- Guides as coach, mentor, and thought leader
- Develops self and others; manages people and teams directly/indirectly
- Drives clarity, accountability, and innovation
- Fosters effective teamwork and values differences
- Manages conflict and enables career growth
- Thinks strategically and cultivates innovation
- Delivers results with measurable impact
We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.
OUR HIRING GAME PLAN
01 Apply
Our teams are made up of diverse skillsets, knowledge bases, inputs, ideas and backgrounds. We want you to find your fit – review job descriptions, departments and teams to discover the role for you.
02 Meet a Recruiter or Take an Assessment
If selected for a corporate role, a recruiter will reach out to start your interview process and be your main contact throughout the process. For retail roles, you’ll complete an interactive assessment that includes a chat and quizzes and takes about 10-20 minutes to complete. No matter the role, we want to learn about you – the whole you – so don’t shy away from how you approach world-class service and what makes you unique.
03 Interview
Go into this stage confident by doing your research, understanding what we are looking for and being prepared for questions that are set up to learn more about you, and your background.
