Manager, Partner

MANAGER, PARTNER EXPERIENCE

The Go To Market & Digital Sales (GTM&DS) function at Nike is dedicated to elevating our relationships, spanning various responsibilities from our approach to engaging with different partners to how we interact with our final consumers. GTM&DS falls under the Sales organization and collaborates closely with other functions at Nike, such as CODE, Merchandising, and Brand.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Extensive experience led project management
• Understanding of complex organizational structures
• Ability to manage senior stakeholders and effectively align with global counterparts
• Digitally savvy and capable of harnessing the power of digital tools to drive sell-in experiences
• E2E B2B experience to understand the dynamics internally and externally
• Marketplace experience, working together with sales, merchandising and buying functions
• Technology expertise, to brief and produce process to implement in the organization
• Transition management: educate, train, and embrace the experience to the users in order for the internal and external users to maximize these new tools
• Innovation, a clear understanding of industry standards, and the ability to adapt to new technologies

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

Your primary responsibility will be to shape and execute a comprehensive partner engagement strategy aligned with Nike's CODE calendar and seasonal priorities. This role involves:

• Collaborate cross functionally to create integrated seasonal engagement plans
• Participate in strategic planning session aligning objective timelines and deliverables across teams
• Map and highlight key product and brand concept from sell-in to sell-through
• Translate product stories into engaging digital content and experiences across moment and platform
• Identify and address local content gaps

• Seasonal Engagement and Experience Delivery:
  Ensure timely delivery and activation of experiences aligned with brand standard;
  Manage multiple project deliverables within tight deadlines while maintaining Nike standards
• Education and Inspiration:
  Streamline production and delivery of elevated content supporting product education and inspiration;
  Develop versatile content for internal and consumer-facing moments, aligned with seasonal priorities
• Strategic  Optimization:
  Explore how to integrate  with our end-to-end user experience sell in journey
• Stakeholder Management and Communication:
  Maintain ongoing communication with internal stakeholders, including Sport GMs and Sales Leads & global functions;
  Capture and process seasonal priorities efficiently;
  Collaborate confidently across all organizational levels
• Digital
  
  Experience:
  
  Plan and deliver seasonal content readiness across channel throughout the sell-in journey;
  Explore and implement innovative digital solutions;
  Prioritize in-season digital content needs and understand the Brand architecture and concepts;
  Collaborate closely with the Global team to advocate for our Geo needs in terms of tools and requirements;
  Lead best practices sharing sessions with other Geo teams to leverage knowledge and drive continuous improvements;
  Be the expert in Virtual space, create its vision, and partner with other Geo teams and global teams to drive its future execution and evolution;
  Seek and create digital solutions for the integrated marketplace, adapting them to new business needs like GEL products content and Keep it tight content
• Team Management:
  Guide a team to develop exceptional partner experiences both in-person and online;
  Provide coaching, mentorship, and support to team members to help them grow and advance within the Nike framework;
  Foster a collaborative team spirit to work effectively together and across different functions

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

As a Manager, Experience, you'll be a key member of the EMEA GTM&DS team. This cross-functional role supports retail partners and internal teams through the Code process, focusing on strategy and experiences from sell-in to sell-thru. You'll collaborate closely with EMEA NMP teams, Sport teams, and the Code team, reporting directly to the Director, GTM, Digital Content & Samples.

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