Nike

Overview

We are looking for an experienced, hands-on Operations Manager to help launch and stabilize the Wolf Creek Distribution Center, a brownfield 3PL operation. You will serve as a key Nike operational leader and partner closely with the 3PL management team to convert facility and process designs into safe, executable, and sustainable daily operations.

About Nike

At NIKE, Inc. we promise to provide a premium, inclusive, compelling and authentic candidate experience. Delivering on this promise means we allow you to be at your best — and to do that, you need to understand how the hiring process works.

Requirements & Eligibility

• Bachelor's degree or a combination of relevant education, experience, and training
• Minimum of 5 years of operations-management experience in a distribution or manufacturing environment
• Experience supporting startup, facility transition, major implementation, or operational transformation
• 3PL experience working in, or leading through, a partner model to execute supply-chain business needs
• Solid understanding of automated distribution systems and experience with WMS-enabled operations
• Experience with Manhattan WMS, SAP, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Word
• Working knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma, or other continuous-improvement methods preferred
• Demonstrated project-management capability

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with the 3PL provider, engineering, systems, facilities, transportation, inventory, and other stakeholders to translate detailed designs into executable operating processes
• Participate in process-design reviews and validate operational requirements, labor assumptions, throughput, capacity, constraints, and service expectations
• Develop and validate Job Instruction Sheets (JIS), standard work, operating procedures, escalation paths, and management routines across receiving, storage, picking, packing, and shipping
• Identify safety, quality, service, productivity, and change-management risks before launch, then drive mitigation plans to closure
• Co-lead day-to-day operational execution with the 3PL management team while maintaining clear accountability for contractual, service, quality, safety, and financial expectations
• Use data to set SMART goals, analyze performance, identify root causes, and make decisions that improve safety, service, quality, productivity, cost, and customer experience