Executive Assistant

Executive Assistant Welwyn Garden City, England

Tesco
Full Time Welwyn Garden City, England 35800 - 40731 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

About the role

As an Executive Assistant for Tesco, you will provide high quality and efficient support to assist your Executive Leader to achieve their business goals/strategic priorities.

The Hiring Manager for this vacancy is Sharon Inns / Recruiter: Ellie Goldby

You will be responsible for
  • Managing Executive's diary and prioritising their workload
  • Liaising with suppliers and/or stakeholders and senior leaders across business
  • Acting as the first point of contact for direct reports
  • Reviewing emails, actioning emails (wherever possible) to support quick and timely decision making
  • Arrange and facilitate senior management meetings by confirming agenda, attendance, collating of actions and next steps, producing executive summaries and facilitating the meetings as required
  • Organising logistics and visit itinerary associated with national and international travel, always seeking the most cost effective and simple arrangements
  • Liaise with the events team to organise meetings/conferences/Teams Meetings/functional events and supporting with equipment, production of required materials (printing etc.), venue liaison so all events run smoothly
  • Identifying and working with external agencies, focusing on great value for money
  • Managing expenses collation and processing of items efficiently and timely
  • Ensuring effective running of department: holiday/sickness tracking
  • Tracking team budget (travel, stationery, team events), highlighting anomalies with Finance
You will need
  • Previous experience in a similar role supporting similar level of seniority
  • Effective tracking of cost centres/budgets
  • Knowledge of resource booking systems (Eg, travel, rooms, venues, etc)
  • Familiarity with basic financial documents
About us

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is ‘Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day’. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We're a big business with diverse working patterns and many business areas which means that we can find something that works for you. Everyone is welcome at Tesco.

We have recently announced that we will be moving towards a more blended working week – combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. Please talk to us to about how this can work for you.

NOTE: Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details on your agreed start date.

What’s in it for you

We offer excellent benefits that help make Tesco a great place to work! These include but aren’t limited to:

  • Annual bonus scheme
  • Holiday starting at 20 days plus a personal day rising to 22 days after 12 months (plus 8 Bank holidays)
  • Retirement savings plan - save between 4% and 7.5% and Tesco will match your contribution
  • Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay
  • Great colleague deals and discounts, saving you money on everyday purchases, eating out and utility bills for the home
  • Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and award-winning training, to help you achieve the job and career you want

Click here to read more about the benefits we have available for our colleagues

Executive Assistant
Tesco

www.tesco-careers.com
Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom
Ken Murphy
Unknown / Non-Applicable
10000+ Employees
Company - Private
Grocery Stores
1919
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