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.
Sports Planning & Operations, is apart of the Brand Planning and Operations function at Nike. Marketing Operations is the team that drives, shapes and forms processes influenced by strategy. Ensuring the delivery of marketing in alignment to business priorities and the integrity of alignments as the strategy begins to land with all function teams.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Sports Planning & Operations is looking for a Senior Professional to drive strategic integration and excellence across our marketing function.
This role, will be the glue between Greater China and Global, as well as connecting the seasonal priorities across our Brand Planning and Operations functions. This role will be a strategic partner to the leaders of GC BPO as well as Global BPO. With an edge of strategic first thinking, to drive synergy and priorities of Greater China plans.
The successful candidate will embody skillsets including strong communication skills, solutions oriented mindset and leadership qualities to drive projects forward and manage tough conversations.
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
Your day to day will entail working closely with the brand team, and driving clarity for your teams and partners to ensure timely delivery including:
1)Seasonal Priority Alignment: Supporting the Senior Director and Sports Planning Director, to ensure strategic priorities across the seasons, with clear direction to drive cross company collaboration.
2)Down Stream Planning: The connector of Upstream strategy to down stream execution, bridging the gap from Nike LT strategy transitioning to Sports squads actions.
3)Process and Operations: Connecting Global Processes with Geo Processes creation.
WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
Being an great communicator and experienced in stakeholder management, you will be familiar with working across matrix org structures, where there will be multiple stakeholders and functions you will working closely with, in and out of Marketing.
Your Core Partners will be the Global Brand Planning and Operations teams, as well as Brand Planning Operations partners in GC.
You will be Reporting to:
- Sports Planning and Operations Director
WHAT YOU BRING
On top of a love for detail and driving processes, you will also be expected to have:
- Over 7 years of strategy and marketing experience.
- Exposed to matrix communications with multiple stakeholders
- Understanding of marketing processes from business strategy to creative development and execution.
- Proven track record of driving processes with rigor.
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.