WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
As our Executive Assistant, you will support the VP ofSupply Chain & PlanningTechnology.
WHAT YOU BRING TO NIKE:
- Bachelor's degree in business or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training
- Minimum of 3 - 5 years of administrative work experience required
- At least3years of experience supporting a VP or higher-level executive within a matrixed corporate environment
- Excellent verbal & written communication skills
- Strong reading, writing, math and communication skills
- Proven experience and success working with a variety of high-profile stakeholders (examples: Executive leadership team members or Nike sponsored athletes and collaborators, etc.)
- Ability to work independently as a self-starter and as part of a team making connections in and across teams as you go.
- Exceptional attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changing priorities.
- Comfort working through ambiguity.
- Previous experience with event planning. Experience with budget creation/management and planning proposals preferred.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (MS Outlook, PowerPoint, Word and Excel) and virtual meeting tools (Zoom / MS Teams). Experience with Keynote a plus, not required. Experience with AI tools like Chat GPT or Microsoft Copilot a plus, not required.
- Exercise discretion and independent judgement when handling confidential and sensitive information. Prior experience handling sensitive and confidential information is preferred.
- Ability to occasionally work outside of core business hours
- Previous Nike work experience is strongly preferred
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
As an integral support to your leader and critical part of the team, you will be responsible for:
- Calendar Management: Coordinate and manage the leader’s schedule, ensuring timely appointments and meetings proactively resolving calendaring conflicts where possible without the involvement of the leader
- Communication: Serve as the primary point of contact between the leader and internal/external stakeholders. Handle email correspondence, responding to inquiries that do not require the VP's involvement promptly and professionally; highlight actionable items and respond when possible.
- Meetings & Events: Securing event space as necessary and handling any budgeting, catering, agenda planning, scheduling, reminders, and working with external parties as needed. Supporting any documentation before, during and/or after to ensure objectives of the meeting / event are met.
- Assist in coordination of materials and information for high visibility meetings/events, internally and externally, including Board of Director meetings.
- Travel Arrangements & Expense Report Management: Make complex domestic and international travel arrangements. Complete and review expense reports in a timely manner.
- Document Preparation/Organization, Presentation & Information Sharing: Draft, review, organize important documents, reports and presentations. At times you may also present and share these documents and/or presentations with the appropriate leaders and teammates accordingly.
- Project Support: Assist in the planning and execution of special projects, ensuring deadlines are met and objectives are achieved.
- Confidentiality: Maintain the highest level of confidentiality regarding sensitive and proprietary information and decisions made by the leaders. Use discretion at all times.
- Office Environment & Teammate Onboarding: Onboard new hires, prep workspaces, equipment, office supplies and schedule meet and greets with the team. Additionally, you may also train and mentor other administrative hires as needed.
- Culture Building & Team Meeting/Offsite Support: Coordinate team/company events, including staff meetings, team-building activities, offsites and other functions to help the team build connections to each other, their leader, the environment and Nike.
- Support team plans, projects, activations or other deliverables as needed.
- Serve as the main point of contact for administrative questions or escalations from other administrative assistants on the team; may coordinate admin staff meetings and share relevant information as appropriate