Manager, Uniforms, FIFA World Cup 2026

Reporting organisationally to the Senior Manager Uniforms, the Manager, Uniforms will be a key member of the FIFA26 Workforce Uniforms team. The Manager, Uniforms will work in close collaboration with the FIFA Uniforms/Workforce teams and other key individuals responsible for delivering the uniform workstream for FIFA World Cup 26™ and any other relevant events in lead up to the tournament.

The main responsibilities of the Manager, Uniforms for the FIFA World Cup 26™ include:  

• Positively and collaboratively support the FWC2026 Uniforms program with all initiatives leading up to and including tournament-time delivery.
• Maintain shared responsibility for business assets and uniforms, ensuring fair and equitable entitlements of goods to relevant parties.
• Lead on strategy for planning of uniform distribution operations for Host City delivery model.
• Become an expert with new systems, technological applications which will serve the distribution process of uniforms across the tournament.
• Critical to deliver both the strategy and implementation uniform program in lockstep with Senior Manager to various stakeholders, ensuring consistent approach across 16 Host Cities, 3 countries.
• Maintain awareness and established control mechanisms of inventory throughout product lifecycle, to be rolled out to each distribution centre.
• Develop and support dissolution process for key assets and facilities.
• Work in collaboration with the Senior Manager to define the uniform training program and related materials; deliver trainings across multiple Host Cities collaboratively.
• Uphold established workforce and uniform guidelines, policies, and procedures.
• Demonstrate exemplary communication skills within the FWC2026 and FIFA Zurich Uniforms / Workforce teams, supporting team members with information dissemination.
• Execute tasks with a focus on Customer Excellence to clients, internal and external, across the business.
• Travel will be required to support tournament and pre-tournament deliverables.
• Shift work will be required during delivery of the tournament.

• Undergraduate degree, specialization in business, supply chain management or related field
• 5+ years experience in an event environment within uniform distribution and/or logistics
• Comfortable leading a team in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with often competing priorities
• Proven ability to successfully balance priorities and multiple demands on time and quality against tight deadlines and calmly solve problems
• Exemplifies quality working relationships with colleagues and external stakeholders
• Confident trainer; excellent communicator 
• Exceptional provider of support to multi-layer teams
• Strong organizational and team leadership abilities
• Adept with leading development of new procedures and systems
• Effective communication with diverse workforce
• Fluent in English. Spanish and/or French proficiency is a plus
• Proficient in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio & Project) and planning software and online collaboration tools