Executive Assistant

About The Job Danoners are steering us to a more sustainable future, helping to make the world healthier. As a certified B-Corp, we have our Danone Impact Journey to 2025. This will only be possible with each and every one of our leaders.

Role Purpose This role provides administrative and organizational support to the Senior Director Operations & their Leadership Team, alongside supporting the governance of the overall function. This is a highly visible, and career accelerating role that will work for and with the Operations Leadership Team.

Key Responsibilities

• Personal assistant support to Senior Director Operation including diary management, travel and expenses and invoice management as required.
• Responsible for arranging Ops LT meetings including managing all pre-reading, attending & taking minutes, following up on outstanding actions.
• Coordinate general administrative and organisational matters, e.g. organising files; set up new starters; team holiday tracker; updating organisation charts etc.
• Coordinating function events including full team offsites, Christmas parties, and Ops LT development days.
• Helping set right priorities with the Ops LT, to ensure all critical issues are discussed and delivered upon for maximum organizational effectiveness.
• Operations Roadmap tracking and planning - collate and structure on-going business challenges, ensuring essential items are prioritized and delivered well.
• Acting as trusted right hand for handling and management of confidential information.

Opportunities for you in this role

• Dedicated Mentoring, coaching and development from the Operations LT - Working closely with the Snr. Director Operations.
• Ability to lead function events and develop event management skills.

Salary Range £38,000-£48,000 About You We would like you to demonstrate the following key skills

• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills both oral and written.
• Problem-solving and self-motivated with strong drive.
• Strong team player and strong proactivity to connect the dots across the function.
• Ability to cope with ambiguity, pressure and challenges.
• Strong learning agility, able to manage complexity and keep the function on track with objectives.

About us

At Danone UK & Ireland, we are committed to delivering better health through better nutrition for millions of consumers and patients in our communities.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is deeply embedded in Danone’s DNA, representing our core values and beliefs. We embrace diversity as a driving force for positive change, nurturing an inclusive workplace where every individual is valued