History of Nike

Nike, Inc. is a major in public traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. Nike is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland urban area. It is the globe’s primary supplier of athletic shoes and appareland a major producer of sports equipment with income in excess of US$18.6 billion in its fiscal year 2008. As of 2008, it employed over 30,000 people worldwide. Nike and Precision Castparts are the merely Fortune 500 companies headquartered in the state of Oregon, according to The Oregonian.

The company was established in January 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports by Bill Bowerman and Philip Knight,and formally became Nike, Inc. in 1978. The company obtains its name from Nike, the Greek goddess of victory. The company markets its products under its own brand as well as Nike Golf, Nike Pro, Nike+, Air Jordan, Nike Skateboarding also subsidiaries including Cole Haan, Hurley International, Umbro as well as Converse.

Job Description and Average Wage

Planning Analyst: In this position, you will implement monthly buys, sustain all purchase orders and supervise as well as balance inventory resulting in minimal inventory risk and exceptional customer contentment. You’ll validate and implement monthly contract consumption in relation to bookings, delivery plans and supply contracts purchase order changes for each requests from delivery, customer service, finance and global inventory planning in regards to mode of transportation, order types, cancels and adds, factory transfers, price alterations, etc. You’ll work with inventory targets and other indices to directly match a variety of product and demand types with suitable inventory plans.

Annual income for this position is around $49,000-$54,000.

Sales Associate: A Sales associate help the company in developing and sustaining long-term relationships with its customers. Usual task comprise meeting or surpassing sales targets while keeping the focus on customer service. This acquires feedback from customers in order to see where the company can develop or attach a new product.

The average hourly wage is from $8-$11.

Marketing Manager: The position will formulate, direct and synchronize marketing activities along with policies to promote merchandises and services, working with advertising and promotion managers. This will spot, develop, and assess marketing strategy, based on knowledge of establishment goals, market characteristics, and cost and markup factors. This also directs the hiring, training, and performance valuations of marketing as well as sales staff and supervises their daily activities.

The offered annual salary for this position is $73,000-$85,000.

Sales Manager: A sales manager will direct the actual allocation or movement of a product or service to the customer. This synchronizes sales allocation by means of establishing sales territories, quotas, and objectives and establishes training programs for sales representatives. A sales manager will scrutinize sales statistics gathered by staff to determine sales potential and inventory requirements and supervise the preferences of customers.

The position’s average salary is $40,000 to $135,000 a year.

Graphic Designer: This person will design or make graphics to meet precise commercial or promotional needs, for example packaging, displays, or logos. This may use a range of mediums to attain artistic or decorative effects. A graphic designer will make designs, concepts, and sample layouts based on knowledge of layout principles and esthetic design concepts. This evaluates final layouts and suggests enhancements as needed.

The average annual wage is from $45,000-$55,000.

Applications Engineer:   This person will process expertise to deliver one-stop solutions that enable Nike, Inc.’s digital products and services. Nike Consumer Digital Technology is responsible for creating, developing and deploying seamless, tailored and inherently social experiences to its Digital consumers. Working in Nike’s Consumer Digital Technology organization will be rewarding, it will be challenging, and it will most definitely not be just another job. As an Expert Java/J2EE Application Engineer for Custom Web Services, you’ll bring a broad experience of successfully ideating and delivering value that enables Nike to increase productivity, realize efficiencies and build profitable customer experiences. Interest and experience in the latest methodologies goes a long way here and we’re looking for people who are passionate about the world of value-driven solution delivery. You’ll get to work alongside truly talented teams and help them enhance their performance by promoting collaboration and innovation.

The salary is $65K to $104K.

District Store Manager: Joins the planning process to deliver premium consumer experience in each Nike Store. Provide input into the revenue planning process for the Nike Stores in portfolio. He works closely with Partner and Store Manager/staff to achieve sales, customer satisfaction, and profitability goals; maintains records and measures of individual store and territory sales performance; analyzes district reports and identify ways to leverage opportunities to maximize results; develops and executes recovery plans for underperforming stores (and partners); provides accurate information of district and store activities to territory; identify new store opportunities and new partners, present these to Territory Director for Review and Approval; provide operational support for new stores, focus on training; influences store managers and teams to achieve the targets store KPI’s.

The annual salary ranges $30k to $54K.

Project Manager Intern:   Project Manager Intern you will help to create a list of Labs and Universities that specialize in a defined areas of Bio-based Materials Research.   Work with a Polymer Chemist to search out  and catalog areas of specialty within Labs and Universities that align with Nike’s Materials research.   Responsibilities will include updating a database of findings, researching Labs and Universities on their Material Science Programs, and evaluating the rigor of the programs and if they align to Nike’s Bio-based (Closed Loop ) Materials Strategy.

Benefits

• Direct Deposit of Paycheck
• Health Care and Family Care Reimbursement Accounts
• Scholarships for Children of Employees
• Employee Assistance Plan
• Work / Life Balance Resources and Referrals
• Adoption Assistance
• Tuition Assistance
• Group Long Term Care Plan
• Group Legal Plan
• Discounted Auto and Homeowners Insurance

How to apply

The company counts on an optimistic work-life balance and coworkers who are as stimulated, courteous and committed as you are. So if you are magnetized of the job posted over, you may visit them and view their other available jobs through their career page at:

http://www.nikebiz.com/careers/