WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

As a Project Management Senior for Retail Brand Women's Construct, you will work with a diverse set of individuals, teams, and functions across Global & Geography organizations. This role reports directly to the Director of Planning & Operations for Global Retail Marketing and is encouraged to build and sustain strong relationships with Global Brand Marketing Field of Play Teams, Nike Stores, Marketplace, Retail Design, Visual Merchandising and Styling, and Planning & Operations function, in addition to outside vendors & agencies. You will work closely with Geography teams to both provide critical functional direction.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We’re looking for an experienced Senior in project management to drive operational excellence for the Global Retail Marketing function, ensuring efficient and effective workflow process and business objectives are met.

This role requires an advanced level of problem solving using limited information to implement solutions with the ability to foresee most future implications. We are looking for someone that develops and manages operational initiatives to deliver tactical results.

Strong communication skills and ability to understand challenges or underlying concerns, share ideas, clarify or resolve discrepancies, and develop effective responses or elevate to higher management is, a critical skill to bring to this role.

The candidate needs to be a self-starter with the ability to work through ambiguity in a highly collaborative environment.

• Minimum of 3 years directly relevant work experience
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, experience or training
• Possess a clear passion for Project Management & a clear understanding of how to successfully manage scope, schedule & budget.
• Ability to see around corners and anticipate scope creep and timing issues.
• Ability to navigate and utilize complex Project Management tools (ie Air Table)
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, as well as strong influencing & negotiating skills.
• A track record of implementing process.
• Self-motivated with excellent organizational skills.
• Pro-active problem solver, with the ability to assess an issue and develop action steps for resolution.
• Able to work as part of a matrix, with an ability to collaborate cross-functionally towards a common goal.
• Can-do demeanor with the shown ability to adapt to changes in business needs or direction.
• Knowledge of the current retail landscape and the latest trends and innovations for retail.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

As a Project Management Senior for Retail Brand Women's Construct, you be responsible for planning and delivering retail marketing campaigns within seasonal CODE moments. As a member of the Planning & Operations function, this role will focus on Global Retail Brand delivery of Women's construct initiatives and priorities by operationalizing seasonal planning to deliver to the consumer & drive key pillars of project management: Code gates, workbacks, budget administration, X-functional process, agency partner management, and overall end to end delivery of Seasonal workstreams.

A typical day/week includes:

• Project Manage multiple workstreams at one-time & provide detailed project tracking reports that identify key deliverables and timelines
• Manage vendor relationships and budget
• Partner with cross functional teams to drive dates and gates, to deliver on time & within budget
• Manage distribution of deliverables to Geos, Geo communications, touch points, Global / Geo feedback sessions and postmortem conversations
• Update Retail Marketing priority projects project tracker and create workback schedules
• Manage purchasing process by opening PO’s, submitting contracts for Nike Legal, and partnering with Procurement, when needed.
• Drive cross functional alignment and communication with partners