General Managers Assistant

Amazon; Northampton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global company in Northampton seeks a motivated General Manager's Assistant. In this role, you'll plan employee engagement events and manage communications within the Fulfillment Center. Candidates should possess strong management and organizational skills, proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite, and experience in the hospitality sector. This full-time position offers diverse interactions and opportunities to contribute to company culture.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in key responsibilities.
• Ability to prioritize and deliver multiple assignments.
• Attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
• High proficiency in English; other EU languages preferred.
• Experience in a large scale, process-driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Plan and organize onsite employee engagement events.
• Manage communication channels within the Fulfillment Center.
• Coordinate the leadership team's travel and diary management.
• Serve as the site Charity Champion and manage associated budgets.
• Welcome and coordinate visitors for the leadership team.

Skills

Restaurant Experience

Hospitality Experience

Assistant Manager Experience

Management Experience

Accounting

Conflict Management

Computer Literacy

Hotel Management

Leadership Experience

P&L Management

Supervising Experience

Restaurant Management

Education

Degree level qualification or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

We are Amazon; we pioneer. Since opening in 1995 weve been pushing the boundaries of possible further and further. We are seeking a motivated and impeccably organized General Managers Assistant to join our Fulfillment Centers to assist and work closely with the sites General Manager.

About Amazons Fulfillment Centers: the Operations teams that work in these facilities are responsible for controlling our vast range of fast-moving inventory from Inbound to Outbound departments. They also work as smart as they can to ensure that our customers receive what they want when they want it while improving processes and workflows wherever possible.

In this critical role you will enjoy a varied and great range of interactions daily. This exciting role will allow you to be creative in bringing your ideas and fun initiatives to life working with our Operations teams and driving communication within the Fulfillment Center. Whatever you find yourself focusing on it will be aimed at delivering the highest quality service to our internal and external customers.

Key job responsibilities

• Plan coordinate and organize onsite employee engagement events for associates including competitions celebrations and handouts and managing associated budgets and deadlines throughout the year.
• Plan events according to the sites needs prepare posters and campaigns to promote events and work with stakeholders to deliver and implement site projects.
• Manage communication channels across the Fulfillment Center including newsletters corporate communications and site-specific message boards and feedback channels.
• Act as the site Charity Champion in the community coordinating the site charity budget working with central teams to embed network initiatives alongside local charity donations and campaigns.
• Manage the network recognition programs onsite for associates and drive participation amongst your leadership team and associate population.
• Be responsible for the overall direction and coordination of the leadership teams travel and administration including diary management and recording actions of meetings and driving these to resolution on behalf of the General Manager.
• Working closely with all support staff to build coordinate and secure robust support and resources for projects and initiatives.
• Welcome and coordinate visitors on behalf of the General Manager and leadership team of the Fulfillment Center.
• Diary management experience at Director and / or Senior Manager level including arranging travel and conference calls.
• Make a positive contribution to the companys culture that fosters diversity equity and inclusion in the workplace.

A day in the life

Typical work schedule is Monday through Friday; job duties may require additional hours and availability outside normal working hours. May require flexibility to adjust work schedule from time to time and to travel between sites.

• Demonstrable experience in the key responsibilities of the role as described above in the job posting.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and deliver multiple assignments while also serving as point of contact for a large team.
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook PowerPoint Word Excel).
• Attention to detail and problem-solving skills
• High proficiency of English; open to other EU languages.
• Previous working experience within a large scale rapid and process driven environment would be beneficial.
• Degree level qualification or equivalent.

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Required Experience :

Director

Key Skills

• Restaurant Experience
• Hospitality Experience
• Assistant Manager Experience
• Management Experience
• Accounting
• Conflict Management
• Computer Literacy
• Hotel Management
• Leadership Experience
• P&L Management
• Supervising Experience
• Restaurant Management

Employment Type : Full-Time

Department / Functional Area : Administrative Support

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1