Senior Analyst, Materials Operations

Sr. Material Operations AnalystPHK, GLOBAL, Footwear Product Supply ChainWHO YOU’LL WORK WITHYou will be part of the Materials Buy/Sell and Allocation team within Materials, Packaging, and Nike By You Operations, part of the Footwear Product Supply Chain organization. The team develops, expands, and operates strategic capabilities that strengthen Nike’s multi-sourced materials program execution and unlock greater flexibility, responsiveness, resilience, and cost efficiency. This role will primarily support Materials Buy/Sell and Allocation but will also provide analytical support for Global Packaging.You will work with Footwear Sourcing, Footwear Costing, Supplier Management, Technology, Product Creation, Global Packaging, and external supply-chain partners to obtain insights, validate data, execute allocations processes, resolve operational issues, and deliver accurate and actionable reporting and analytics.WHO WE ARE LOOKING FORWe are looking for a highly analytical, continuous-improvement-minded, detail-oriented operations professional who enjoys working directly with data, technology systems, and business processes. They can structure multi-faceted problems, organize large and complex data sets, identify data-quality issues, investigate variances, and have an excellent capability for translating findings into clear, practical insights to influence recommendations and decisions. This person should be comfortable navigating a complex, fast-paced, multi-stakeholder process. They can effectively translate business needs and impact to Nike technology teams and effectively work with technical and engineering stakeholders. This person should be comfortable with new and evolving technology, including AI, and will perform and automate analyses of materials and packaging data, calculate and maintain performance metrics, create and refresh reporting, drive technology program buildouts and enhancements, and provide actionable insights to the business.KEY QUALIFICATIONS· 5+ years of experience in operations, planning, sourcing, supply chain, business analytics, or a related field.· Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including experience structuring, reconciling, analyzing, and presenting large data sets.· Experience building and maintaining recurring reports, dashboards, scorecards, metric definitions, and business review materials.· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify trends, variances, risks, opportunities, and data-quality issues.· Demonstrated ability to execute recurring operational processes accurately, manage detailed work, and meet multiple deadlines.· Experience documenting workflows, standard operating procedures, business rules, data definitions, and reporting logic.· Experience supporting process improvements, user acceptance testing, and system or reporting enhancements.· Comfort adapting to evolving technology capabilities, including artificial intelligence and automation tools.· Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to summarize analysis and operational status for business partners and technology partners.· Experience in footwear materials or a complex global supply chain is preferred.WHAT YOU’LL WORK ONAs part of the Materials Buy/Sell and Allocation team, you will execute recurring materials allocation processes and own the supporting analytics, metric calculations, reporting, and operational updates. You will also provide analytical and operational support to Global Packaging. Success in this role is defined by accurate data, disciplined process execution, excellent communication, timely reporting, clear documentation, and actionable insights.MATERIALS OPERATIONS· Be the business expert on the Nike technology Materials Optimization and Sourcing Allocation (MOSA) tool, inclusive of documenting business requirements, preparing test scenarios, executing user acceptance testing, validating results, logging issues, tracking fixes and enhancements, and translating business needs and use cases into technology requirements.· Execute the seasonal multi-source materials allocation process, including collecting insights from cross-functional stakeholders, consolidating and validating data, running analyses, preparing allocation scenarios, tracking milestones, maintaining process documentation, and providing recommendations.· Perform recurring and ad hoc analysis across materials allocation and operational performance to support business decisions.· Calculate, define, document, and maintain key performance indicators, scorecards, and supporting data logic; ensure metrics are accurate, consistent, and reproducible.· Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, automate, and improve analytical and operational work.GLOBAL PACKAGINGGather, Validate & Reconcile DataCollect, clean, reconcile, and organize packaging data from multiple sources to support performance visibility, sourcing strategies and business reviews. Create and maintain packaging trackers, dashboards, scorecards, standard reports, and metric definitions.Develop recurring analytics, reporting cadence, metric calculations, and operational updates for Global Packaging priorities.Investigate data gaps and performance variances, summarize findings, and prepare clear follow-up actions for review by team leadership.Provide analytical support for value-creation initiatives, validate assumptions, sizing opportunities, and informing project prioritization and investment decisions.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.SummaryLocation: Beaverton, OregonType: Full time