Distribution Manger

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.

The NIKE, Inc. Supply Chain team is the engine that propels product around the world. Supply Chain experts ensure that every year, almost a billion units of footwear, apparel and equipment arrive at the right place, at the right time. To ensure this complex job goes off without a hitch, Supply Chain teams work with a network of more than 50 distribution centers, thousands of accounts, and more than 100,000 retail stores worldwide — making the impossible happen every single day.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We’re looking for Distribution Managers (DM) to join one of our five Omnichannel Distribution Centers (DC) at our European Logistics Center (ELC) across Ham and Laakdal in Belgium. This is an outstanding opportunity for you to lead, coach & inspire our athletes (employees) to drive our ELC purpose.

Distribution Manager, Shifts: 6 AM-2PM week 1, 2PM-10PM week 2, Friday as a 24/7 shifts integration time where all shifts come together to discuss DC approach, strategic priorities etc.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
As a Distribution Manager you are a pivotal talent in the DC not only in relation to the day to day operational management of your shift but also looking towards the future of the DC development with a continuous improvement mentality & goal to bring the process & people agenda to the next level. The key pillars of the role are focused on operational management, driving culture, team & setting strategic priorities & creating the future.

OPERATIONAL

Starting your shift, you’ll join up with the previous DM to get an understanding of what’s been happening prior to your arrival. You take the end to end view of the upcoming topics and ally with all shift DM’s to understand how to focus the energy and efforts of your team coaches (first line leadership of the operations teams). You meet with your team to discuss targets, focus, the shift set-up, changes to strategy and focus on what needs to be achieved & how If there are troubles in the process, especially in stressful situations, you lead and help pull the teams through challenges by providing communications and context and setting the direction.

DRIVING CULTURE

You are in the lead for bringing improvements to the DC processes and teams. You achieve this through creating a sense of belonging and bringing that to the shop floor. There are frequent team challenges such as fluctuations in staffing and you lead in stabilising & elevating the group through these headwinds. You work closely with coaches on development discussions always acting in line with Nike’s core values.

TEAM MANAGEMENT

As a real people manager of large scale teams (100+ - tenured/new, FTE’s, job students, temps) you mentor and encourage your teams to strengthen our Nike Culture and develop talent/teams so that every team member can play at their best. You enable athletes to work in a safe and healthy environment, where everybody feels respected and you build a positive relationship with our social partners.

STRATEGIC PRIORITIES & CRAFTING THE FUTURE

You define a strategic roadmap for the operational areas together with your colleagues x-shift and implement a sustainable approach to drive continuous improvement of the processes. This will be aligned to Nike’s supply chain strategy as well as the holistic global Nike strategy.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
In this role you will report to the Distribution Director and lead your team of “Coaches” (direct 4 to 10) and broader teams (100 athletes/employees) to ensure we serve the marketplace in a reliable and efficient way. You have a very strong collaborative role to play in the DM community with your peers. You partner with a multitude of cross functional groups including: planning, maintenance, technology, HR, transportation, lean. You have regular interfacing with the unions and you will also connect with relevant external suppliers.

WHAT YOU BRING
TEAM MANAGEMENT you bring validated expertise in terms of leading teams (direct/indirect/project based resources) at scale

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE operations, logistics, transportations, retail/wholesale would be the strongest industry links, however we are open to consider leadership profiles from other industries if you bring the motivation to learn, curiosity & interest in the Nike business

ENGLISH language skills are a must (Dutch in most instances is going to give you the ability to act with ease with the varied interfaces you encounter in the role)

CHANGE AGILITY Change, ambiguity