Assistant General Manager

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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.

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We at NIKE Canada are currently looking for an exceptionally talented Assistant GM Canada Customs Specialist (Compliance) for our Distribution Centre in Scarborough, ON.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 build. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and exciting creativity. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and dreamers. At NIKE, Inc. it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to an exciting and constantly evolving game.

Nike Supply Chain experts ensure that every year 900 million pieces of footwear, apparel and equipment arrive at the right destination on time. That’s no easy task. The sophisticated process involves more than 50 distribution centers, a network of thousands of accounts, and more than 100,000 retail stores around the world. Supply Chain professionals from Laakdal, Belgium, Los Angeles to Memphis, Tennessee, make it happen. They constantly push for ways to make Nike’s supply chain faster, more efficient, and more responsive to Nike’s always-changing consumer needs.

Who We Are Looking For:
We are looking for an Assistant General Manager of our Nika Canada Distribution Centre Operations.

You will lead a team in continuous improvement that fuel Nike’s supply chain in North America. You will be responsible for the performance of the operations and drive the development of your Nike team members.

You will work cross-functionally to implement strategic plans for the DC and have accountability for year over year improvements in capacity, service, and cost. You'll participate in and influence Nike Supply Chain and Operations Logistics Strategy agendas from a Distribution perspective and communicate and coordinate distribution initiatives. You'll increase visibility of Distribution through effective communication methods.
- You will support the development and implementation of the annual operations business plan to align with regional and global logistics objectives.
- You'll implement innovative processes and procedures that will champion improvement of the logistics operations and service.
- You’ll lead your operation to ensure that Nike business volatility is led with precision and in a fiscally responsible manner.
- You'll educate and collaborate with leadership on methods for process and performance assessment and analyze performance data for the purpose of driving key decisions around service, operations and overall logistics. You'll also facilitate and encourage continual improvement processes focused on making the operation more effective, efficient, and flexible.
- You'll attract, empower, develop and evaluate our leadership team, including recruitment and selection, person-to-person developmental, performance reviews, salary administration, professional/managerial training and Human Resource Process implementation of managers.
- You'll build and maintain interdependent relationships with all functional areas within the facility and engage in cross-functional collaboration with all supply chain functional groups (operations, demand planning, engineering, project management, finance, marketing, and our executive team).
- You'll advise business processes to receive, store, process and ship product timely and accurately to customers while optimizing operational results.
- You'll develop the annual operations budget vital to achieve the targeted sales goals while purposefully pursuing customer service standards. In addition, you'll be accountable for achieving the annual operating budget.

What You Bring To Nike:

- University degree in Business, Logistics or related field.
- 10+ years of Supply Chain Management or Operations experience in progressively senior management positions in a distribution center