Data Analyst - Materials Transformation

Work options: Hybrid

Onsite: Mon-Thurs

Title: Data Analyst - Materials Transformation

Location: Beaverton, OR

Duration: 12 month contract

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, it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

Who We Are Looking For

Results-oriented and analytical, you thrive in a cross-functional environment, wearing different hats pending the topic or issue at hand. Nike thrives on teamwork and leadership, and the right candidate will bring motivation, engagement, and creativity to the team each day. The candidate needs to have an inclusive mindset and team player mentality while also bringing a detail-oriented approach and thrive in problem solving environments. This individual will need to effectively communicate with global teammates, work cross-culturally, and value differences daily. The ideal candidate will also bring a curious mindset, proactive approach, and a critical focus on strategic sourcing. You will work to highlight trends, opportunities, and clarify insights to help deliver on Nike’s foundational sourcing goals of capability, sustainability, profitability, and responsiveness.

What You Will Work On

As an integral part of the Materials Strategic Sourcing, you’ll support an enterprise project “ Material transformation” to reduce material complexity to drive consumer right innovation and profitability. You’ll work on data analytics, strategy development & execution, and stakeholder relationships. You will illuminate insights based on materials, product, capability, and enterprise financial goals. You’ll learn about the key vendor base to optimize alignment and capabilities. You and your team will focus on delivering the goals for the season at hand and driving toward longer-term priorities.

Who You Will Work With

In the MatSC organization, you will interact closely with the rest of your material sourcing and analytics partners on the Footwear. This role supports the important connections between the Material & Product Development, Sourcing, and Partner Management teams as well. This role reports to a Sourcing Lead on the FW Sourcing team.

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• 0-2 years work experience & Analytical background
• Strong Excel and math skills
• Strong data visualization skills with Tableau
• Proficiency in SQL and familiarity with Snowflake preferred
• Python / R knowledge preferred
• Alteryx experience preferred
• Ability to comb through large amounts of data, analyze, draw conclusions, and present a coherent viewpoint
• Project management abilities
• Ability to deal with ambiguity, creative problem solver & want to get their “hands dirty”
• Able to think on their feet and articulate problems well
• Strong team player and ability to work with other teams
• Passion for the Nike Inc. Brand
• Previous experience or coursework focused on procurement, operations, supply chain preferred
• Track-record of demonstrating in entrepreneurial spirit in fast-paced environment