Labor Performance Manager

Job Title

This individual will report to the Director of Labor Capability & Compliance and manage a portfolio of projects and partnerships across our people impact areas with specific emphasis on gender equity in the supply chain. This will require close cross-functional partnerships with many internal and external stakeholders including: Responsible Supply Chain, Global Sourcing and Manufacturing, Government and Public Affairs, Global Sustainability Engagement, HR, D&I, Legal, and Communications.

The Global Sustainability - People & Human Rights (PHR) team seeks a performance driven leader to join us in building and scaling a portfolio of projects to advance labor conditions in our extended supply chain with particular focus on gender equity.

You'll be working in our People & Human Rights team, who is responsible for enabling Nike's 500+ contract suppliers meet and exceed our sustainability targets related to people impact, and you will specifically be an integral member of the Labor Capability & Compliance team. You are someone who can strategize, develop programmatic solutions and story tell around building a more gender equitable supply chain. The right candidate will have a strong business sense and is passionate about driving positive impact. You will need to be highly analytical and have extensive project and performance management experience. You will need these skills as you work across multiple functions and geographies within Nike's matrixed organization. In addition, you will need to prove your ability in working collaboratively with other brands and retailers, multi-stakeholder organizations, Civil Society Organizations, and others within Nike to develop and scale solutions to accelerate improvement in working conditions within global footwear and apparel supply chains.

The ideal candidate(s) will have a passion for creating positive change, experience working and influencing in complex environments, and an ability to find creative solutions to address persistent challenges.

The candidate will bring:

• Bachelor's degree in Business or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training.
• 6+ years relevant experience in business, human resources, management consulting, supply chain management, and/or sustainability.
• Proven ability in executing and/or designing strategies and programs aimed at advancing gender equity within global supply chains.
• Demonstrated project management capability, ability to drive results and impact
• Creative problem solving to develop collaborative solutions across stakeholders
• Sophisticated analytical and program management skills; experience making decisions and recommendations in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent written, verbal, and visual presentation skills, including ability to influence and to story tell with data
• Ability to interact effectively and quickly establish professional credibility with diverse colleagues and stakeholders.
• Strong attention to detail
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 15% of your time

We are looking for someone with experience in strategic thinking, analysis and storytelling, partnerships and engagement, and project management (or some combination). Someone who is good at solving problems, is self-directed, and understands that driving improved labor conditions within Nike's extended supply chain is both the right thing to do and can provide long term business value.

Day to day you'll be:

• Developing strategy, tracking performance, and setting expectations.
• Conducting reporting and analysis to drive strategic direction, inform key stakeholders on progress and provide data-driven storytelling.
• Leading cross-functional working groups to drive projects and programs, with a focus on content and tools that support our field teams and suppliers.
• Supporting key partnerships in advancing each of our labor performance and capability building impact areas including, with specific focus on our gender equity programming.
• Helping drive Nike's strategy on supporting supplier development of labor and human rights capabilities in coordination with the broader People & Human Rights team.
• Collaborating with other brands and retailers, multi-stakeholder organizations and others on developing and scaling tools and resources that support development of suppliers' capabilities.
• A true team-player who puts a team's success and goals above their own
• A strategic thinker who has both creative and analytical skills, with the ability to turn data into actionable insights.
• Intrinsically motivated and self-starter, who is comfortable operating in ambiguity.
• A specialist at internal coalition building, cross-functional collaboration and relationship management
• An effective communicator who knows how to adapt to a variety of different audiences
• Can-do attitude and history of making stuff happen independently and as part of a team