Kuba Knapik

Senior Director Procurement EMEA at Nike

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

About

Senior Procurement Leader with over 20 years’ diverse experience in building and leading high performance global Procurement and Sourcing organizations Entrepreneurship: Creative thinking with data driven insights resulting in simplification, transformation and automation of procurement and cross-functional process Team oriented: Created high performing team, through recruiting, managing, coaching and developing team members to achieve commercial objectives within a fast-paced multinational environment. Gifted with energizing team management skills Business partnering: Extremely collaborative, relationship driven, problem-solving oriented. Proactively identifying and addressing business stakeholders needs Leadership: Deeply knowledgeable in developing cross functional teams to execute business strategies. Skilled in boosting commercial efficiency and maximizing return on investment Global mindset: Diverse background in driving process excellence, supplier development and cross-functional team collaboration across Europe, Asia and the U.S.

Experience

  • Nike (15 yrs 11 mos)
    • Senior Director Procurement EMEA
      Apr 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

    • Director Enablement and Programs, Procurement EMEA
      Dec 2021 - Apr 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos

    • Director Capabilities and Operations, Procurement EMEA
      Oct 2019 - Dec 2021 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Traveling around the world at Travelling and experiencing Asia and Latin America
    Mar 2010 - Jul 2010 · 5 mos

  • Senior Buyer at Global Head Office at TNT Express
    Feb 2009 - Feb 2010 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • McDonald's Europe Ltd ()
    • Procurement and Supplier Management Lead
      Jan 2008 - Jan 2009 · 1 yr 1 mo

    • Technology Procurement Business Analyst
      Jun 2004 - Jan 2008 · 3 yrs 8 mos

  • Business Development Consultant at Aptech Limited (Mumbai, India)
    Aug 2003 - Feb 2004 · 7 mos