Distribution Director, DC Operations

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
You report to the Senior Distribution Director. You work very closely as ONE team with the Distribution Leadership team and collaborate with Technology, Maintenance & Engineering, Distribution Planning, Transportation networks and Marketplace operations. In this role you’ll be leading a DC of 400- 1000 athletes. Always win as a team!
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We are looking for a Distribution Director, for our Omnichannel Distribution Center (DC) at our European Logistics Center (ELC) across Ham & Laakdal in Belgium. This is a unique opportunity for you to inspire, lead and coach athletes (employees) in a large-scale Nike Distribution Center and to shape the culture of “Athletes Serving Athletes Personally” and bring it to life. You lead the teams to build one consistent culture of belonging, using data as insight to drive continuous improvement and embed change through innovation.
TEAM MANAGEMENT: You are a highly talented leader who builds, leads, coaches, and inspires teams with a track record of running progressive logistics operations. Through servant leadership you create and drive culture of ownership and innovation.
PROVEN EXPERIENCE: Operations, logistics, transportations, retail/wholesale would be the strongest industry links, however we are open to consider leadership profiles from other industries if you bring the motivation to learn, curiosity & interest in the Nike business.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN A MATRIX ENVIRONMENT: Demonstrated ability to work in a large, matrixed organization.
GROUND-BREAKING CHANGE: We are on a journey, and you need to know how to bring people comfortably through change, moving them to the future with positive feelings & experiences.
SYSTEMS THINKING: Strong understanding of operational processes and systems. Connecting systems, people and processes is intuitive to you. You connect the dots, know how to push buttons to get things moving and escalate when progress stagnates, not always knowing all the detail but still steering towards an outcome. Comfortable managing ambiguity.
A HIGH-PERFORMANCE MENTALITY: Bias for action, work towards results while demonstrating positive demeanour and enthusiasm.
A CONSUMER CENTRIC service approach.
EXCEPTIONAL COMMUNICATION: A great communicator -able to convey your thoughts, ideas, and opinions clearly and concisely face-to-face or virtually to all levels up and down stream.
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
As our Director Distribution you are accountable for running and improving the operations of one or our DCs over two operational shifts. You stand at the forefront of evolving the strategy for that DC in line with the broader Nike distribution strategy, sustainability agenda and growth plans. Together with your team you guarantee a flawless execution of distribution towards multiple marketplaces across EMEA in accordance with constantly evolving and fast changing needs of our consumers. In this highly dynamic role - where no day is the same - you have the opportunity to actively lead the transformation towards a collaborative culture of improvement and belonging.
Deadline to submit applications: 24/11/2026
We encourage external candidates to apply as soon as possible, as the posting may close earlier if we receive a sufficient number of applications.

Skills
Project Management