Senior Administrative Assistant - Converse

Nike • Boston, MA

5d

About The Position

The hourly rate for this position ranges from $26.59 in our lowest geographic market to $52.50 in our highest geographic market. Actual pay rate will vary based on a candidate's location, qualifications, skills and experience. Information about benefits can be found here. WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH Converse is in perpetual motion. Administrative employees help Converse teams around the world keep up with the company’s rapid pace. They act as liaisons embedded in business functions and geographies. Their talents — problem solving, organization, time management and more — help fuel the success of their leaders and their teams. Converse community of administrative assistants embody professionalism, resilience, agility, emotional intelligence and exemplify the best of Converse culture modeling Converse core values to leaders, teammates, and guests. As our Senior Administrative Assistant, you will support 3 Senior Directors within Global Planning, Marketplace Planning, and Logistics!

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training
• Minimum of 3 years of administrative work experience required
• Ability to work and communicate effectively with a variety of personalities including senior level executives
• Proven ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, results-oriented, team environment with times of high ambiguity
• Proven ability to organize, prioritize and appropriately handle highly confidential and sensitive information
• Ability to work independently and take initiative to follow-through on requests until completion with a high attention to detail
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (MS Outlook, PowerPoint, Word and Excel) and virtual meeting tools (Zoom / MS Teams).

Nice To Haves

• Keynote experience preferred
• Previous experience working with and tracking budgets is strongly preferred
• Experience with Keynote a plus, not required.
• Experience with AI tools like Chat GPT or Microsoft Copilot a plus, not required.
• Previous Nike work experience is a plus

Responsibilities

• Complex Calendar Management: Scheduling appointments, meetings, and conferences for the leaders you support, managing conflicts and coordinating with other teammates and leaders as required
• Booking Travel Arrangements: Booking flights, accommodations, and transportation for leaders you support, including managing itineraries and necessary documentation.
• Planning Meetings and Events: Securing event space as necessary and handling any budgeting, catering, agenda planning, scheduling, reminders, and working with external parties as needed.
• Preparing Expense Reports, tracking budgets and purchase orders: Preparing expense reports, tracking budgets, and processing invoices or purchase orders for vendors as required.
• Document Preparation & Organization: Producing, editing and reformatting documents and email correspondence. This could include but will not be limited to updating organizational charts, creating high quality graphic and text PowerPoint or Keynote presentations, and/or team session agendas/work session run of shows.
• Communications – Under the leader’s direction, write, contribute and/or edit draft communications, involve appropriate stakeholders and gain final approval. May manage distribution lists and send communications on the leader’s behalf.
• Coordinate Team Space Planning, Workspace and/or Equipment Moves: Partner with the appropriate stakeholders to organize individual or departmental moves
• Budget Tracking: may assist leader with tracking of expenses
• POs: create purchase orders
• Special Projects: Assisting with project planning, tracking progress, and ensuring deadlines are met as needed by the team and/or leader you support
• Team & Culture Building: You will have the opportunity to work with the leader you support to help the team build connections to each other, their leader, the environment and Nike through a variety of ways – staff meetings, team building activities, offsites and the physical workspace they come to day-in and day-out.
• Support team plans, projects, activations or other deliverables as needed
• Serve as the main point of contact for administrative questions from the team
• Provide coverage for other leaders where temporary administrative needs exist

Benefits

• Information about benefits can be found here

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior