WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
The Senior Sales Rep Team Partnerships Benelux collaborates with the Geo Sport & Country leadership, commercial Team Partnership leadership, cross-functional teammates, and country teams. This role oversees the Nike Team partnership business in the Benelux region. In this role you will manage partner and club relationships, drive the commercial Team partnership strategy, and work closely with merchandising and planning to ensure marketplace readiness and growth for our Team Partnership Football business.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker with strong partner management, project management, and team leadership skills. They excel in building relationships, influencing outcomes, and driving commercial growth. Experience in marketplace, P&L ownership, and cross-functional collaboration is essential. The candidate should embrace change, communicate vision, and foster effective teamwork. This is not always your typical Not a 9-5 job, the ideal candidate understands this and is flexible to working outside of regular hours when needed.
Key traits and skills:
A passion for football
Strategic thinking and commercial acumen
Partner and project management expertise
Team leadership and development
Entrepreneurial mindset.
Financial acumen.
Marketplace expertise
Relationship building and influencing skills
Courage to lead change and cultivate innovation
Ability to communicate vision and purpose
Ability to travel frequently, minimum twice per month.
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
You will execute the commercial strategy for Football Team Sales, driving seasonal and annual growth. You’ll lead planning, partner management, and cross-functional collaboration to achieve financial targets and marketplace readiness.
Your responsibilities:
Represent partner and marketplace perspectives on the Territory Sport leadership team
Lead seasonal sport commercial strategies for Team Sales, identifying must-win partners
Collaborate with the EMEA Team Partnership leadership and cross-functional teams to implement EMEA Team Sales Strategy
Influence product development to align with commercial strategy and financial objectives
Drive end-to-end execution with Benelux wholesale partners and clubs to support goals
Manage inventory health and franchise management with country teams
Share best practices and ensure sport vision execution across regions
Identify and develop new business opportunities and expand partner relationships
Applications for this role will be accepted until June 19th 2026
Skills Required
- Experience managing team partnerships or club relationships in sports or retail
- Proven P&L ownership and commercial strategy execution
- Marketplace expertise and experience working with merchandising and planning
- Strong partner management and project management skills
- Team leadership and people development experience
- Financial acumen
- Passion for football
- Ability to travel frequently (minimum twice per month)
- Flexibility to work outside regular hours when needed
Nike Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Nike and has not been reviewed or approved by Nike.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with a company match is complemented by options such as a Mega Backdoor Roth and deferred compensation for eligible earners. Financial coaching and structured savings programs support long-term financial security.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a stock discount sits alongside broad-based equity vehicles like RSUs and non-qualified stock options. These avenues expand wealth-building opportunities beyond base pay.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave includes maternity and paternity time, recently expanded in the U.S. to 16 weeks and extended to part-time retail teammates. Additional supports include childcare assistance at select locations and family-building benefits such as fertility, surrogacy, and adoption.
Nike Insights
What We Do
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Why Work With Us
At NIKE, Inc., your dedication fuels the future of sport. There is a sense of pride that comes from representing an iconic brand and shaping its future. Here, we treat every day as a new opportunity to push boundaries, ask tough questions and share whole-hearted convictions. We are a team – united by the belief that anything is possible.
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