Senior Executive Assistant

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong decision-making ability, and attention to detail are equally important.

This position is hybrid and is based in Louisville, CO.

Responsibilities:

• Provide Executive Assistance to:

• Manage the OneBuy procurement system for purchase orders related to the needs of the Sr R&I Leadership team, including creating POs, managing associated vendor payments and any other related issues.
• Manage demanding calendaring requests with limited oversight and including calendars of senior executives across multiple locations.
• Coordinate and oversee events, including internal team events, team off-sites, business and operational reviews, and other team meetings, including arranging meeting rooms and catering requests.
• Coordinate complex travel and expense reporting using Concur, including the submission of expense reports after each trip or special event.
• Contribute to PowerPoint presentations as needed for key meetings such as Town Halls
• Maintain high standards of confidentiality and information security when given access to sensitive information.
• Support team to coordinate budget preparation, and to monitor department budget spending status, if requested.
• Specific R&I Administrative duties are expected to be completed with minimal supervision, including, but not limited to, department mail, vendor setup and purchase order management, management of office supplies and space, and management of team files in OneDrive or Teams. Additional projects will be assigned as needed.
• Contribute to the excellent reputation of the company and the Research & Innovation team through professional, friendly and respectful interactions with all internal and external stakeholders.

To give our employees flexibility, Danone is a hybrid work environment with opportunities to work both remotely and in office when desired.

• You will have an associate degree, preferred, and minimum 7 years relevant experience.
• You will have the ability to manage a high volume of work, competing priorities, multi-task, and be resourceful in finding answers with little information.
• Excellent emotional intelligence and communication skills with the ability to interact & collaborate effectively with others.
• Big Picture thinking to anticipate and detect problems and opportunities related to the people and teams being supported.
• Speed and decisiveness to make the right moves in high-pressure situations.
• Experience in supporting multiple senior leaders simultaneously. Experience and comfort working with executives is critical.
• Excellent communicator, both written and verbal, and confidence to share communications on behalf of the Research & Innovation leadership.
• Experience using Microsoft Teams is a plus. The ability to adapt to new collaboration and digital technology is a must.
• You will have strong skills using Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, CoPilot AI and/or other AI tools, and Power BI
• You will have knowledge of SAP, Concur and OneBuy as a plus.

We have 6,000+ employees across the U.S. and Canada. Come join our movement for a healthier world: One Planet. One Health BY YOU.

Faithful to our values of openness and humanism, all of our employees share in the commitment to engage one another with dignity and respect.

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