Social Community Impact Lead Germany/ Temporary Contract jobs at Nike in Germany, Berlin

You will help manage the SCI portfolio of partnerships in Berlin and Germany in support of our mission to create the Future of Youth Sport. For this portfolio, there is a specific focus on Football.

This includes but is not limited to:

• Managing key community partner relationships in Berlin & Germany
• Engaging partners with aligned goals to build and implement impact programs and events for youth and coaches, incl community- and federation partners
• Supporting preparation of the upcoming partnership with the Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB) towards 2027
• Synthesizing local insights to understand the opportunities and barriers to getting kids and youth active;
• Researching and understanding the diverse youth sport landscape across Germany

• Managing multi-sector partnerships, including with NGOs and sporting associations
• Pro-active and self-starter attitude with the ability to work across multiple different projects at one time
• Managing grant making processes and strong project management skills to achieve team results;
• Experience in football / sport for development landscape
• Experience of supporting and leading cross-functional initiatives by networking, building relations, taking a collaborative approach and influencing others;
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with external partners and collaborators, and within Nike;
• Experience of a corporate environment working with brand marketing and communication teams
• Knowledge of the social impact, corporate responsibility and sports sectors, especially community- and school-based sports programming;
• Excellent verbal, presentation and written communication skills with proven ability to structure and deliver content that inspires and engages others;

• Comfortable using of presentation tools such as Keynote and Powerpoint.

• Fluent in writing and speaking in German and English.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• We’re looking for a Partners Manager Germany & Nordics (m/f/d) to join the the Lifestyle Marketplace Partners Unit.
• This role will critically contribute to the development of fashion & street culture across the designated marketplace.
• It'll be responsible for the relationship with critical lifestyle partners and accounts- the progressive ecosystem network, cultivating and shaping fashion, street and sneaker culture across EMEA.
• The candidate needs to have a passion for fashion, street and sneaker culture and a strong affinity to the fashion and streetwear industry (consumer, product and retail).
• We are looking for a Strategic Sales talent that is flexible, collaborative, has a clear grasp of the consumer needs. Someone that feels comfortable leading, influencing and collaborating with internal & external partners!

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

• The Partner Manager Germany & Nordics (m/f/d) will report directly to the EMEA Partner Director NBHD (Neighborhood) and will work closely with the cross functional teams such as business planning, finance etc.
• You will directly manage the German & Nordic Partners team.
• You will have daily interaction with your Account and Operations teams. Seasonally / Monthly you will need to collaborate closely with Merchandising, Planning, and Brand teams to understand relevant toolkits that will be provided and land seasonal priorities

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

• Lead and develop the accounts: You will consult the accounts to develop consumer focused strategies, that help serve the consumers through the cities and markets you are responsible for.
• Create a mix of right partners that acts as retailers, influencers and media.
• Deliver results: Net revenue growth and net contribution: You will be focused on creating growth with your account(s) in line with Nike strategy.
• Maintain integrity of the Marketplace and distribution strategy that has been aligned with Global team and Nike partners.
• Gather data, sell through results, insights on activations and consumer trends from partners.
• Lead and develop the team: You will manage your direct team members through 1on1 coaching and driving team effectiveness. By developing and elevating your team, you will unlock value for them, Nike, the account and ultimately the consumer.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Experience within and a thorough understanding of the Fashion / Streetwear / Sneaker industries is a must have skillset.
• Sales, Account management, Retail Buying and/or Merchandising with high level of Marketplace expertise is very important for this role.
• Bringing a hyper localised connection to local communities (Germany & Nordics) & progressive network of retailers
• Experience in account commercial management acquired in or across Sales, Buying, Merchandising, Business Planning, marketing, etc.
• Experience in seasonal management planning. Ability to create account plans (Buy & Assortment plans, commercial short-term plan)
• Account facing – Drive E2E relationship and business impact with partner
• Proven track record to read and analyse relevant sales metrics and make strong strategically aligned commercial decisions and a strong record of data focused and fact-based product, retail & financial planning.
• Relationship builder & influencing skills with both internal & external partners.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to elicit information, actively listen, dialogue freely, verbalize ideas successfully and negotiate with partners.
• Proven high standard to complex partnership management, supporting commercial goals independently, through higher problem-solving skills, and contributing to the collective team performance.
• Digital and omnichannel acumen relevant to the broader sporting goods industry

The closing date for this role is Saturday 12th April