Corporate & Governance Manager - Gs1 : Job Details

Role summary

The Corporate & Governance Manager role plays a key part in supporting strategic initiatives and cross-functional projects. The successful candidate will collaborate with key business stakeholders to facilitate effective planning, execution, and reporting of strategic and governance-related activities.

Responsibilities include the following:

• Under the direction of the Corporate Planning Director, support the planning and execution of governance and advisory meetings by preparing agendas, pre-read materials, presentations, and supporting documents for the GS1 Advisory Council, GS1 Executive Committee, GS1 Management Board, and GS1 General Assembly.
• Under the direction of the Corporate Planning Director, support the implementation and progress tracking of the GS1 Vision 2030 Strategy and other strategic priorities.
• Assist in coordinating with global programme and project leads to consolidate and report on quarterly updates to strategic plans.
• Collaborate in defining internal goals, developing processes, and establishing performance metrics.
• Contribute to the preparation of quarterly progress reports and strategic updates for senior leadership and GS1 Member Organisations.
• Participate in and support additional strategic or operational initiatives aligned with business objectives and priorities.
• Provide administrative and coordination support for internal processes involving the CEO and Leadership Team (LT).

Education/experience

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance or a related field.
• Minimum of 4 years' relevant experience in corporate planning, project/programme coordination, or an operational role within a global organisation.
• Familiarity with corporate strategy processes, planning cycles, project lifecycle management, and performance tracking and reporting.
• Understanding of programme/project management principles.

Skills

• Must be fluent in English, oral and written. Fluency in other languages is helpful.
• Excellent organisational, analytical, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Excellent time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic, multi-time-zone environment.
• Diplomatic communicator with experience working across cultures and with senior executives.
• Detail-oriented, with strong analytical and reporting capabilities.
• Collaborative team player with a proactive and problem-solving mindset.
• Operates in a manner that demonstrates honesty; keeps promises and honours commitments; behaves in a consistent manner.
• Self-motivated, energetic, and passionate about making a meaningful impact.
• Customer-focused and results-driven approach.

This job may require up to 5% global travel.

This is a hybrid role with a minimum of 4 days per month in our Ewing, New Jersey (US) office.

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GS1 Overview

GS1 develops and maintains the most widely used supply chain standards that are fundamental to numerous enterprises around the world. The best-known symbol of GS1 standards is the barcode, named by the BBC as one of “the 50 things that made the world economy”. Five decades ago, we started by helping food retailers do business more efficiently and reduce consumer prices. Today, GS1 standards improve the efficiency, safety, and visibility of supply chains across physical and digital channels in 25 sectors, including retail omnichannel and e-commerce, healthcare, transport and logistics, food service, technical industries, and humanitarian logistics. Our scale and reach – local Member Organisations (MO) in 120 countries, 2 million user companies, and 10 billion transactions every day – help ensure that GS1 standards create a common language that supports systems and processes across the globe.

GS1 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We will never unlawfully discriminate on the grounds of race, religion, belief, ethnic origin, colour, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, age, disability, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy, maternity, or political opinions.