Executive Assistant to the CEO

Location: London, Ireland (Clonmel or Dublin) or Lisbon

Reporting to: CEO

Job type: Full-time

Industry: FMCG / Food Manufacturing

Our Company

Blanco Niño is a rapidly growing, award-winning, premium Mexican food brand known for exceptional quality, traditional cooking methods and its advocacy of regenerative farming practices.

The business sells a foodservice (B2B) offering across 19 European markets and the Middle East, and a retail (B2B + B2C) offering across 5 European markets. Our major focus markets are the UK and Ireland for retail, with significant opportunities across the wider European continent and international markets.

All of our production takes place at our factory in Clonmel, Ireland, which sits at the heart of the business and plays a critical role in delivering the quality and consistency we’re known for. We also have an office in London, near Holland Park, and the CEO travels between these locations and his home in Lisbon. We are therefore open to this person being based in any of these locations.

The Company’s Mission

Producing Mexican food products for our favourite people and empowering better farming in the process.

Your Mission

To empower the CEO through exceptional discernment, organisation, anticipation and execution — driving ever greater clarity, accountability and effectiveness.

The Opportunity

This is a rare opportunity to work alongside the CEO of one of Europe’s fastest-growing premium food brands, playing a central role in helping the business operate at its best. You’ll become a trusted partner to the CEO, giving him the clarity, structure and space to pour his energy into the opportunities and decisions that matter most.

This is far more than a traditional Executive Assistant role. You’ll be at the heart of the business, coordinating across teams, holding the threads of competing priorities, and helping build momentum on key initiatives. You’ll be trusted to exercise sound judgement, anticipate challenges before they arise, and bring structure and calm to a fast-moving environment.

As Blanco Niño continues to scale, the complexity and pace of the business will only grow. You’ll create the organisational rhythm that frees the CEO to lead with focus, alignment and pace — and your impact will be felt across the entire company through the quality of execution, communication and follow-through you enable.

What You’ll Be Doing

Partnering with the CEO

• Act as a trusted partner to the CEO, equipping him to spend his time and energy where he creates the greatest value.
• Own complex diary management — protecting space for what matters most and bringing clarity to competing demands, so the CEO can decide with a clear picture in front of him.
• Anticipate what’s ahead, equipping the CEO with the information, context and materials he needs to show up prepared and at his best.

Coordination & Momentum

• Act as a central point of coordination across the leadership team, helping actions get followed through and commitments delivered.
• Keep key priorities moving — tracking progress, unblocking issues and clearing obstacles so the CEO and the wider team can keep executing.
• Support the development of the CEO’s network — keeping relationships warm, coordinating introductions and touchpoints, and helping turn contacts into lasting relationships.

Communication & Administration

• Manage external correspondence, meeting logistics and travel arrangements with professionalism and attention to detail.
• Prepare agendas, presentations and meeting materials, capturing actions and ensuring appropriate follow-up.
• Handle confidential information with discretion and sound judgement.

Business Operations

• Help establish effective operating rhythms across the business — supporting meetings, planning cycles and internal communication that keep the whole team aligned.
• Continuously look for ways to improve the processes, systems and ways of working that amplify the effectiveness of the CEO and wider leadership team.
• Be a reliable problem solver, willing to take ownership of a wide variety of tasks, no matter how ambiguous.

Who You Are

You might recognise yourself in these traits:

• You are exceptionally organised and naturally bring order to complexity.
• You anticipate needs before others do and take pride in staying one step ahead.
• You exercise sound judgement and can confidently make decisions in a fast-moving environment…