Executive Personal Assistant

Salary: £18.94 per hour

Howdens Joinery are looking for an Executive Personal Assistant based at our Raunds office in Northamptonshire. As a FTSE 100 business with an ambitious growth agenda this role offers you the opportunity to be the face of the elected executive member and the point of contact for many staff members, clients, and suppliers. In your role as an Executive Personal Assistant, you will be providing efficient administrative support and business assistance to the Commercial Director, Supply Chain Director, and their respective Senior Leadership Teams and communicating with the necessary people in order to make things happen.

Reporting to the Commercial Director, this role is wide and varied covering travel, budgets, expenses, event planning, onboarding, internal communications, and project management. As an Executive Personal Assistant, you will need to build an excellent understanding of our business commercials, organisational issues, business priorities and objectives. There will also be a requirement to travel to our various UK offices and off-site meetings when needed.

What will I be doing as an Executive Personal Assistant?

– Schedule, organise and manage Executive diaries and meetings and organise travel and the preparation of complex travel itineraries
– Screening phone calls, enquiries and requests and handling them when appropriate
– Meeting and greeting visitors, liaising with members of the executive and non-executive committee, clients, and suppliers
– Dealing with incoming correspondence and maintaining office systems, including data management and filing
– Producing documents, briefing papers, reports, and presentations
– Carrying out specific projects, background research and presenting findings.
– Expense and Travel budget management
– Planning and delivering internal events for team away days

What do I need to qualify for this role?

– Graduate standard or equivalent vocational qualification
– IT literate with an excellent knowledge of Microsoft office packages
– Proven experience of event and function management
– Strong written and oral communication skills with the ability to communicate at all levels
– Ability to build, maintain and manage key stakeholder relationships across the business
– Able to act with integrity & sensitivity with confidential and privileged information
– Highly motivated self-starter, adaptable & flexible
– Able to work under pressure and think on your feet
– Outstanding attention to detail
– Previous office management desirable
– Health & Safety foundation desirable

What we can offer you

– Competitive salary and annual company bonus
– Enhanced Pension Plan with core 6% employer contribution, further 2% matching available 
– 25 days holiday + bank holidays with the option to buy additional days
– Free onsite car parking 
– Staff Discount.
– Employee Assistance Programme
– Exceptional Reward and Recognition events.

About Howdens:

Joinery is the UK’s number one trade kitchen supplier providing thousands of products across kitchens, joinery, and hardware. Last year our sales reached circa 2.1bn, and we continue to experience significant growth and success. We are. We have over 800 depots throughout the UK and Europe – making us the first choice for more than 460,000 loyal trade professionals. 

As a British manufacturer, we were founded on the principle that the business should be worthwhile for all concerned. That includes our customers, the homeowners they serve, the local communities we operate in, local and national charities, our large network of suppliers, our investors, and of course our people.

As well as the opportunity to develop within a high-profile FTSE 100 company, you will be part of a rewarding organisation recognised for excellence in the workplace in the Best Big Companies to Work For.