Executive Assistant, Diageo
$54.3-90.6k
Alcoholic beverage company
Open for applications
Alcoholic beverage company
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$54.3-90.6k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be one of the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world.
Role
Who you are
- 5 years of secretarial experience working for top-level executives, preferably at multinational companies and managing multi-managers
- Experience in organizing events
- Highly proficient in using Microsoft Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, and Word. Database management is desirable
- Excellent communication (oral and written) in English and Spanish is required
- Self-starter, with experience in managing projects and solving issues
- Dynamic, proactive, and able to multitask
- Able to work comfortably in a fast-paced, high-performance environment
- Very good organization skills, able to prioritize
- Detail-oriented, focused on results, and very responsible
- Strong team player
- Very good interpersonal skills
- Ability to interact effectively and confidently at all organizational levels and with external contacts
What the job involves
- Reports to: International Campaigns Director, LAC, Innovation GM – LAC & Head of Strategic Planning, LAC
- To provide administrative support to the above Senior Leaders with meetings, large conferences, calendars, PO generation for initiatives within their functions as budget owners, and end-to-end travel & entertainment logistics and expense reporting
- Incumbent handles details of a confidential nature and performs administrative functions based on an understanding of functional guidelines and procedures
- Although this position is not responsible for a budget or profit, the role makes certain that the department doesn’t exceed the established budget for travel & entertainment as well as when negotiating contracts for off-site meetings or purchase order limits
- Understand T&E policy and procedures
- Arrange an intense agenda of travel itineraries and reservations and an overall day-to-day agenda
- Responsible for the logistics and coordination of team and regional functional meetings
- Processes travel expenses according to company guidelines, using the Concur system
- Anticipates and prepares materials needed for conferences, appointments, meetings, telephone calls, etc
- Keeps record of expenses compared to budget
- Supports with logistical issues like (not limited to): Issues with laptops, corporate credit card issues, and embassy/visa requirements for business trips
- Ad hoc requests as required
Application process
- End Date: January 3, 2025
Our take
Multinational beverage company Diageo was the result of a merger between Guinness and Grand Metropolitan, a leisure and property conglomerate, in 1997. Spearheaded by then-Guiness executives Anthony Greener and Philip Yea, the merger sent stocks skyrocketing and by December of the same year, Diageo was listed on the London Stock Exchange.
As the owner of many of the global leaders in alcoholic beverages (think Ciroc, Smirnoff, and Tanqueray), Diageo has made a number of savvy acquisitions and sell-offs, expanding its portfolio beyond Europe and into the Americas, the Middle East, and Asia.
Over the past decade, however, it has had to face the rise of craft and independent brewing, with companies like Brewdog becoming new competitors. Rather than acquiring these craft beer companies, Diageo has focused on branding Guinness in a way that fits the craft mould. This involved initiatives like The Brewers Project.
During the early 2020s, Diageo also weathered an alcohol sales decline and has bounced back with a renewed focus on cold brew coffee liqueurs and Guinness blends, as well as further acquisitions that have included that of actor Ryan Reynolds’ Aviation Gin.
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Funding (1 round)
Aug 2023
$7.8m
GRANT
Total funding: $7.8m
Company HQ
Park Royal, London, UK
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Leadership
Debra Crew
(CEO)Currently a Board Member at Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. Previously Board Member at Mondelēz International, Newell Brands and previously a Board Member at Diageo before becoming its CEO.
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