Manager, GPS APAC Events

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

This role will be reporting to the Sr. Director, GPS (Global Places and Services) APAC based in Singapore and serve as a member of GPS’s APAC Leadership Team.  This role will work closely with the members of the GPS APAC Leadership team, members of the broader GPS teams, key country stakeholders, teammates in the GPS locations around world and managers within Nike’s global functions such as Finance, Procurement, Legal, Communications and Technology.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We’re looking for a Manager, GPS APAC Events who will lead end-to-end Event delivery across the region.  This role will oversee the development of the vision, strategy and planning of APAC Events and partner with cross functional teams to implement standards and processes; operationalize tools, capture metrics and measure KPI’s connected to GPS’s strategy.

A strong candidate, an expert in meetings & events and a proven team leader, would have highly effective communication skills and transformative problem-solving skills, with talent for orchestrating and directing strategy implementation. The ideal candidate also needs to have ability to think strategically, developing strategic plans, relationships and supervising with an enterprise approach. The candidate is expected to adhere to “Win as One Team” and “Pro-active service delivery” culture.

The candidate needs:

• Minimum 10 years direct relevant work experience with progressive leadership responsibilities in Meetings & Events with bachelor’s degree in relevant field, or combination of relevant education, experience.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, prioritize and operationalize complex programs to meet commitments that are aligned with organizational goals in a dynamic, highly matrixed, fast-paced environment.
• Strong interpersonal, highly-developed communication in verbal and written and collaboration skills to engage with user groups and to build networks with GPS and other key Nike partners
• Proven contracting, financial evaluation and program management skills and budget management and stakeholder engagements
• A proven track record of collaborating and influencing in a highly matrixed organization across a variety of internal and external partners with cross-cultural awareness and sensitivity

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

If this is you, you’ll be working closely with Nike leaders around the world to translate GPS’s business strategies to how it applies to Meetings & Events at Nike locations. You will work on strategy creation and implementation, project scope, roadmaps, tiers, and service delivery levels.  You will partner with the Global Events team for defined processes, standards, tools metrics and KPI’s globally.

Your accountabilities and tasks will include, but not limited to:

• Serve as the main point of contact for SEA event planning & execution questions from the broader teams.
• Lead and manage event teams across APAC, guiding and supporting each of the GPS country leads for execution as well as vendor set up & management
• Support the local teams to delivery end-to-end events, leveraging processes and tools defined globally.

Logistics & Event Planning:

• End-to-end event management and executional accountability, monitoring the operational teams with input from the GPS country leads to measure effectiveness and success as well as oversee and manage event budgets.

Presentations:

• Utilizes computer skills to create high quality graphic and text presentations often under tight timeframes. Interprets needs, determine and produce effective presentation layout, and organizes final documents.
• Prepares special reports requiring the selection of relevant information from a variety of sources and maintains and updates on-going reports or databases.