Transition ManagerHybrid

Title: Transition Manager 5

Location: Beaverton, OR

Duration: 7 months 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.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

As a Transition Manager, you will lead and execute strategic transition and change initiatives that support Nike’s evolving business operations, with a focus on procurement, inventory, and delivery planning. Drawing on your deep expertise in change management, communications, and stakeholder engagement, you will:

• Develop and implement detailed demand, inventory, and procurement plans across categories and product types to support Nike’s global distribution strategy.
• Lead cross-functional teams and collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure alignment between business goals and operational execution.
• Design and deliver change management strategies, communications, and training programs that support system transitions, vendor onboarding, and process improvements.
• Analyze and validate data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities, and translate insights into actionable recommendations that drive efficiency and profitability.
• Create and maintain dashboards and reports that provide visibility into project performance, inventory health, and stakeholder engagement.
• Champion continuous improvement by identifying process gaps and implementing scalable, user-centered solutions.
• Support executive leadership with strategic guidance, clear communications, and timely updates throughout the transition lifecycle.
• Apply a people-first approach to change, ensuring minimal disruption and high adoption across impacted teams.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelors Degree required plus minimum 5+ years directly relevant experience including comprehensive experience as a business/process leader or industry expert
• PhD, Law, Masters, Associates or High School degree with commensurate years of experience may be substituted for Bachelors degree
• Experience with procurement projects, specifically professional services experiment projects a plus but not required
• Ability to wear multiple hats including change management, communications and project management
• Strong communication skills, comfort with ambiguity, and team player mentality
• Proficiency in Microsoft tools a plus