Personal Assistant, Diageo
Alcoholic beverage company
Job no longer available
Alcoholic beverage company
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
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
- Demonstration of high performance in a PA or Team Assistant role
- Continually demonstrate high standards in terms of planning, quality and accuracy of work outputs to meet challenging timescales
- Utilise exceptional interpersonal skills to build and sustain excellent relationships across a diverse range of cross-functional networks
- Be creative in finding solutions to issues faced by the leaders you support and develop and apply an understanding of the function to your work
- Highly organised and self-motivated, with an ability to anticipate, effectively prioritise and progress workload
- Demonstrate a high level of integrity, compliance and confidentiality at all times
- Ability to tactfully and assertively prioritise core duties for those you support
- Experience working with a wide range of technology solutions (preferably including SAP, Concur, Condecco, Coupa, Outlook & Microsoft Office & virtual meeting tools (e.g., Zoom))
What the job involves
- This role will provide personal assistant support to the business leader(s) of Global Tax and Global Audit and Risk. It will be required to co-ordinate their activities and provide administrative support. This is a varied and challenging role which requires a high degree of flexibility, initiative and confidentiality
- Effective diary management - emphasis on anticipating needs and understanding priorities
- Meeting co-ordination, preparation, including ability to set up and run virtual meetings
- Ensure all Purchase Orders, invoices and expenses are completed in a timely, accurate and compliant manner
- Co-ordination of data & digital filing systems
- Preparation of relevant business reports e.g. team budget
- Managing routine one-off and recurring tasks, including resolving issues and implementing comprehensive solutions
- Facilitating departmental initiatives (e.g. global town hall meeting organisation, and coordinating between members of the leadership/extended leadership team re administrative tasks that benefit the department)
- Management and organisation of internal and external events e.g. conferences, meetings, events
- Travel, visa and accommodation management and co-ordination
- Timely management of expenditure via Concur, ensuring a thorough filing and reference system is in place
- Leadership standards:
- Win through Execution
- Takes a wide view of their accountabilities
- High energy and ambition to achieve
- Effective prioritisation skills
- Generates a range of workable solutions to problems and takes action
- Shape the Future
- Accurately digests large amounts of information and breaks down complex problems
- Challenges themselves to take on new or unfamiliar tasks and ways of working
- Inspire through Purpose
- Aspires to have a positive impact on those they support
- Is actively aware of the impact they have on others and tunes in to the needs of individuals around them
- Communicates in a compelling, clear and impactful way
- Invest in Talent
- Displays confidence in their ability to meet challenges and succeed
- Demonstrates a realistic and thoughtful awareness of their own capabilities
- Proactively seeks feedback and development for growth and takes action
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Multinational beverage company Diageo was the result of a merger between Guiness 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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Diversity is a priority
"There are several communities within Diageo focused on different employee groups. The whole company celebrates Pride, and you never get any strange..."
Funding (1 round)
Aug 2023
$8.4m
GRANT
Total funding: $8.4m
Company values
- Build iconic brands
- Enjoy career-defining opportunities
- Be heard
- Make your mark
- Never stop learning
- Be supported
- Create a future that's worth celebrating
Company HQ
Park Royal, London, UK
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Leadership
Debra Crew
(CEO, not founder)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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