WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
As Executive Assistant to the HR VP, you will be primarily responsible for maximizing the VP’s time and promoting a positive company image. Through your duties, you will maintain relationships between the VP, her Leadership Team, her employees and external NIKE contacts.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We are looking for a highly organized, proactive, and discreet professional who thrives in a dynamic environment and brings strong business maturity. You will excel in this role if you demonstrate:
- Proven experience as an Executive Assistant supporting senior leadership.
- Fluency in English (written and verbal); Dutch is a plus.
- Advanced MS Office skills, particularly in Excel and PowerPoint.
- Flexibility to work outside standard hours when required.
- Ability to travel for offsites, meetings, and leadership events.
- A courteous, professional, and tactful demeanor.
- A pro-active and structured team player in a fast-moving environment.
- Responds positively to change, ambiguity, adversity and pressure.
- Flexible, resourceful and strategic multi-tasker.
- Works individually and accepts accountability for results.
- Analytical with an eye for detail.
- Maintain confidentiality and discretion.
- Good empathy and people skills.
- Embody NIKE’s maxims, always maintaining high ethical standards and leading by example.
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
As an Executive Assistant, you will perform a wide range of tasks, including but not limited to:
- Complex calendar and expense management.
- Manage and coordinate internal and external correspondence.
- Establish and maintain a pro-active and ongoing communication flow between the VP and the Leadership Teams in both EMEA and Global
- In the VP’s absence, serve as a spokesperson for the VP/GM and prioritize and establish guidelines for the Leadership Team as directed by the VP.
- Handling highly sensitive and confidential information with discretion.
- Be visible on the floor as main contact person for your manager, your team and others
- Build and maintain a strong and collaborative network amongst your team, colleagues and counterparts.
- Participate in projects, identify, evaluate and make recommendations to improve work processes.
- Provide support for meetings and travel for the VP and/ or the Leadership Team
- Organize, coordinate and supervise the logistics for Global Visits, (Global) Leadership Team.
- Meetings, Country Tours, Café Meetings, etc.
- Control/track department budgets as well as Purchase Order management.
- Control/track (team) travel, org charts and FTO.
- Coordination and preparation of presentations/overviews/weekly reports.
- Coordinate and supervise high level Space Planning/moves for department.
- Provide back-up support, including substituting for other Executive Assistants and functional Assistants.
Application deadline: 5/February/2026.
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What We Do
At NIKE, Inc., we innovate to serve athletes*.
Every teammate - from coder to creator - plays a role in making these athletes’ dreams real. Our tech, data, and digital teams push limits every day, building the future of sport and the tools that drive it.
Here, curiosity is fuel. Innovation is the game plan. Different perspectives keep us on the offense. You’ll solve challenges worth tackling, grow fast and belong to a team that backs you to do the right thing. Bring your drive. Bring your bold. Let’s move the world, together.
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* If you have a body, you’re an athlete.
Why Work With Us
At NIKE, Inc., your dedication fuels the future of sport. There is a sense of pride that comes from representing an iconic brand and shaping its future. Here, we treat every day as a new opportunity to push boundaries, ask tough questions and share whole-hearted convictions. We are a team – united by the belief that anything is possible.
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