Director - Sustainable Manufacturing Labor - Nike - Singapore

Job description
As our Sustainable Manufacturing Labor Director, you will be responsible for contribution and collaborating with WHQ based Senior Labor Director and Functional Directors on strategies that drives improved business performance globally, supporting the deployment of Labor practices that support the NIKE Inc Code of Conduct across the Nike Inc contract factory base, including all product engines and brands within the NIKE Inc family.
You will be the critical link in strategy deployment, driving planning and execution of initiatives through the Strategy Deployment team, Labor Field team, Factory Partners and with Functional Directors. You work closely with the Regional Directors and Strategy Deployment Director resourcing, training, capability building of the Labor field team.


You provide critical insights to the global SM&S Labor leadership that will help inform and shape Nike Inc’s Labor strategy that mitigates business risk and provides a future-looking view on labor-based trends and opportunities for the business.


You will also be the field representative, provide input to the Functional Directors whom are responsible driving a labor innovation strategy that positions NIKE Inc as a global leader in this discipline by developing critical partnerships, technologies and initiatives that elevates manufacturing best practice, drives greater transparency and engagement of contract workers; and accelerates innovation to solve some of the industry’s most challenging opportunities.


We are looking for someone who will bring curiosity and creative thinking to the work, and a proven track record of delivering innovative yet robust solutions to a complex and diverse supply chain. You will need strong leadership, partnering and influencing skills in order to support the coordination and deployment of Nike Inc’s Labor Excellence and Innovation strategy; and to provide coaching and mentoring to the country-based Labor field teams globally to ensure the highest level and consistency of labor practice is maintained across Nike Inc’s contract factory supply chain. You will also need to partner with key senior leadership throughout NIKE Inc to ensure the deployment is in consistent alignment with business priorities.


This position is base in Singapore and reports directly to Senior Director, SM&S Field Team, also based in Singapore, and dotted line to Senior Director, Labor, based in WHQ.

Desired Skills and Experience
Requirements for this position include:



Bachelors degree or equivalent work experience
Masters degree in Human Resources Management or a relevant business degree is preferred.
5+ years of experience leading strategy development and/or innovation that has shifted a company’s practice or improved industry best practice.
5+ years of proven people and team management skills leading a broad and culturally diverse work team.
Proven ability to develop, lead and implement complex strategies across a broad base of cross-functional business stakeholders.
Proven ability to develop and lead complex strategies across a broad base of cross-functional external stakeholders including NGO’s, academia, entrepreneurs, industry organizations.
Strong formal and informal communications skills where complex concepts and ideas are understood at all levels of the organization.
Strong leadership attributes with the ability to motivate and influence others. Willing and able to lead by example and to take responsibility to achieve business results.
Understands and has experience in the power of systems innovation, collaboration and influencing to achieve business results
Willingness and ability to travel internationally up to 40% of your time.

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