Asia Pacific Latin America EKIN Experience Manager

Company: Nike Deutschland GmbH
Location: Beaverton
Posted on: February 17, 2021

Job Description:

Asia Pacific Latin America EKIN Experience Manager Become a Part of the NIKE, Inc. Team NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world's best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At NIKE, Inc. it's about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game. NIKE, Inc.'s storytellers, Marketing and Communication sets the brand tone. A creative force of specialists tell Nike's stories of innovation and sport through advertising, brand strategy, digital engagement and product presentation. Using channels ranging from retail stores to social media, Marketing & Communication teams connect the science and art of Nike innovations to the hearts and minds of athletes around the world. WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR? In 1981, Nike crafted the EKIN team (EKIN is "Nike" spelled backwards) to be Nike's brand champions and keep its entrepreneurial spirit alive through personal and meaningful relationships. We are looking for EKIN Experience Manager for Asia, Pacific and Latin America (APLA) geography. In this role, you will identify new ways of building personal and meaningful relationships with our Athletes*, at scale and in a connected marketplace environment. You will lead and enable the APLA EKIN network to drive inspiration, energy and education for Firstline, directly impacting our consumer experience and the growth of our members and digital led business strategy. This position exists to help upskill our consumer facing teams, being the source of inspiration and connection with Nike history, culture and innovation, empowering EKINs and the Nike marketplace consumer facing employees around the world to inspire athletes* to bring sport into their lives. With a sharp focus on training, education, career and learning experiences, the EKIN Experience Manager will collaborate cross-functionally to adapt seasonal directives, plans and priorities and communicate them to territory EKIN teams for planning and execution. WHAT WILL YOU WORK ON? Global interaction: work closely with Global EKIN Experience team to learn about key seasonal directives, priorities and EKIN framework - adapt to APLA needs and download to territory EKIN teams. Report best practices and APLA relevant feedback to improve global processes and tools. Geo interaction: collaborate with Consumer Marketing and other key cross functional partner teams to adapt seasonal directives, priorities and calendar execution, ensuring collective Nike Athlete Experience calendar alignment. Drive Firstline listening sessions execution and share insights with appropriate teams. Collaborate with One Marketplace team to enable a scalable and consistent EKIN Experience across the entire Marketplace, inclusive of platforms, processes and model definition to better serve our Firstline teams across APLA. Territory interaction: Train and develop Territory EKIN Experience Managers in all EKIN functional expertise tools, platforms and processes. Plan, coordinate and define priorities for the Territory EKIN Managers frameworks each season. Communicate and download seasonal product and services directives from Geo level to territory EKIN teams. Build an EKIN community, connecting EKINs across territories, and promote sharing of standard methodologies. WHO WILL YOU WORK WITH? As Asia, Pacific and Latin America (APLA) EKIN Experience Manager, you are an individual contributor manager, co-leading 6 Territories EKIN Experience Managers - Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia & India, Central and South America, Mexico and Pacific. You will report directly to the APLA Nike Athlete Experience Director, under the functional guidance of our Global EKIN Experience Director and collaborate directly with Nike Consumer Marketing, Human Resources and Global Athlete Experience Teams. WHAT YOU WILL BRING?

• 6+ years relevant work experience in consumer facing environment
• 3+ years leading teams
• Effective English written and verbal communication skills
• Effective time and priorities management skills, with multitasking flexibility
• Knowledge in MS Office and other digital collaboration work tools
• Ability to learn, adapt and be flexible and open to work and lead teams with different styles, cultures and ideas, trying new tools and adapting to process improvements, making judgment calls and shifts as needed
• Global Mentality: understanding of the competitive market, consumers and retail trends around the world
• Passionate: Passion for sport, people and youth culture NIKE, Inc. is a growth company that looks for team members to grow with it. Nike offers a generous total rewards package, casual work environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and an electric atmosphere for professional development. No matter the location, or the role, every Nike employee shares one galvanizing mission: To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world. NIKE, Inc. is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability. How We Hire At NIKE, Inc. we promise to provide a premium, inclusive, compelling and authentic candidate experience. Delivering on this promise means we allow you to be at your best - and to do that, you need to understand how the hiring process works. Transparency is key.* This overview explains our hiring process for corporate roles. Note there may be different hiring steps involved for non-corporate roles. Whether it's transportation or financial health, we continually invest in our employees to help them achieve greatness - inside and outside of work. All who work here should be able to realize their full potential. Job title Asia Pacific Latin America EKIN Experience Manager NIKE, Inc. is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment for all NIKE employees and job applicants and offers a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including readers and sign language, accessible and single location for in-person interviewers, modified equipment/devices and closed captioning. If you need an accommodation to complete the application process, we're here to help! Please contact us at +1 503-671-4156 and include your full name, best way to reach you, and the accommodation needed to assist you with the application process.

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