Executive Assistant - Sales Directors

CDW UK; London; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

CDW UK is seeking an Executive Assistant to support three Sales Directors, providing administrative support and coordination. This role requires exceptional communication, organizational skills, and experience in a fast-paced environment. As an EA, you will manage communications, meetings, and sensitive information, ensuring effective time management and support across departments. Join a leading IT solutions provider that values teamwork and commitment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as EA at senior level.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Demonstrated ability to manage confidential information.

Responsibilities

• Manage communication and calendars for Sales Directors.
• Coordinate meetings and manage travel arrangements.
• Assist in organizing events and managing confidential documents.

Skills

Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

Time management

Attention to detail

Ability to prioritize under pressure

Strong IT skills

Education

Experience in a fast-paced, demanding senior EA role

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

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At CDW, we make it happen, together. Trust, connection, and commitment are at the heart of how we work together to deliver for our customers. It’s why we’re coworkers, not just employees. Coworkers who genuinely believe in supporting our customers and one another. We collectively forge our path forward with a level of commitment that speaks to who we are and where we’re headed. We’re proud to share our story and Make Amazing Happen at CDW.

JOB SUMMARY

Reporting to the Senior Executive Assistant to SVP & Managing Director, CDW UK and International.

Provide EA support to the Sales Directors (x3)

The Executive Assistant will serve as a shared resource supporting three Sales Directors providing efficient and comprehensive administrative assistance to ensure seamless coordination and collaboration between the Executives.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Management of all incoming/outgoing communication for the Directors by filtering, directing to others and responding as appropriate. Managing verbal lines of communication, email and video conferencing.
• Facilitate coordination and booking of internal and external meetings, including team meetings, town hall meetings, and any off-site meetings / events.
• Coordinate internal and external newsletters and other regular updates for Sales.
• Coordinating diaries to ensure good time management for the Sales Directors, engaging with other stakeholders, prioritising appointments and managing holidays across the teams.
• Assisting the Senior EA to SVP & Managing Director and the EA to VP of Sales & Solutions with the organisation of events and conferences.
• Manage sensitive and confidential data, reports, presentations and documents, ensuring appropriate controls are in place to meet necessary requirements.
• Ensure effective administrative support across; room bookings, venue management, travel arrangements (overseas and domestic), organising customer meetings and dinners and expense management - processing expense reports and receipts in a timely manner.
• Agree and distribute meeting agendas to attendees in good time. Attend meetings taking minutes and following up on actions ensuring all completed or escalated. Navigate through minutes of board meetings and be able to apply to business process and activity and follow up events/meetings.
• Partner with other EAs in CDW and externally, to ensure effective management and organisation of customer, partner and internal meetings.
• Organise, interpret and prepare high quality reports and presentations and stay up to date on policy updates for meetings / business reporting requirements.
• Proactively develop and facilitate effective team working and relationships within own team and wider organisation to enable optimal personal and business effectiveness.
• Collaborate across teams to organise workshops and events, making suggestions and input as required to ensure the events are a success.
• Provide ad-hoc project management as requested, providing administrative support for other CDW-wide projects.

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Previous experience working in a fast paced, demanding and challenging senior level Executive Assistant role.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent numeracy and strong IT skills are required, particularly Microsoft Office: Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint; collaboration and productivity tools.

ESSENTIAL ATTRIBUTES

• Quality focused with excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to proactively identify key issues, think ahead, anticipate needs and use judgement to adapt solutions to meet situational needs.
• Self-confident individual with a positive work ethic.
• Team player that can remain calm under pressure and within a busy environment.
• Flexible and proactive professional, who is comfortable using own initiative.
• Highly driven and with an ability to manage confidential and sensitive issues in an appropriate manner.
• Strong time management skills, with an ability to prioritise under pressure and multitask effectively.
• Act as a role model, displaying a positive enthusiastic, can-do approach under pressure.
• Methodical & analytically minded.
• Results-oriented with a track record of success.
• Experience and ability to develop and build relationships with a range of stakeholders, including C-suite.

We make technology work so people can do great things.

CDW is a leading multi-brand provider of information technology solutions to business, government, education and healthcare customers in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. A Fortune 500 company and member of the S&P 500 Index, CDW helps its customers to navigate an increasingly complex IT market and maximize return on their technology investments. Together, we unite. Together, we win. Together, we thrive.

CDW is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by state and local law.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Administrative

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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