Executive Assistant

Executive Assistant - St. Austell - £33,000  

Well Placed HR are delighted to have been re-engaged by an existing client, an established and highly successful manufacturing and retail focussed business trading throughout the UK. The business has tasked us with sourcing an experienced Executive Assistant/PA, a newly created role intended to support the company’s Managing Director (and General Manager where required). This is a full time, permanent opportunity to be based from the company’s headquarters close in St. Austell.  

Supporting the company's MD/GM, the Executive Assistant will take ownership of a range of administrative tasks to include diary and email management, liaising with colleagues, suppliers and customers and assist in organising future travel events. Key responsibilities to include: 

- Work to effectively streamline productivity of the MD/GM

- Manage the MD’s email inbox, responding to emails on their behalf and delegating where required

- Full management of a complex and shifting diaries for MD/GM

- Project support for the MD and board of directors 

- Ensure events and meetings are synchronised and run flawlessly 

- Record meeting minutes, circulate and follow up on actions

- Represent the business acting as a key point of contact for internal and external stakeholders

- Act as a liaison between the management team and various businesses, ensuring seamless communication

- Coordinate travel arrangements both official & personal with precision cost effectively

- Maintain and update the company’s CRM system

- Assume additional ad hoc responsibilities when required

The candidate we are searching for: A well organised and ultra-efficient individual, ideally possessing a minimum of 18 months of experience in a similar role i.e. Executive or Personal Assistant, Administration Manager or Operations Coordinator. The successful candidate will require excellent time management skills with the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously. The company is technology focussed so good working knowledge of MS Office tools will be essential, as will be the aptitude to pick up new digital productivity tools. Whilst the role directly supports the MD and GM, this will be a visible role that works closely alongside colleagues from a multitude of departments so great team-working and interpersonal skills will be required. 

For further details and to apply, please contact Carly Kellow quoting reference CK10278 as soon as possible – our client is keen to appoint without delay. 

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