Strategic Executive Assistant to MD | Hybrid, High Impact

Halfords; Redditch; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee discounts

Pension

Life assurance

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Enhanced family leave

Job summary

Halfords is seeking an Executive Assistant to act as a strategic partner to the Managing Director and the Autocentre & Mobile Network leadership team. You will manage priorities, anticipate needs and keep critical initiatives on track in a fast-paced, growing environment.

You will build relationships across the business, coordinate meetings and events, and drive execution while maintaining discretion and professionalism in all interactions.

Qualifications

• Proven experience supporting senior leaders in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong organisational and planning capabilities with attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted business partner to the Managing Director - Autocentres & Mobile Network, ensuring time and focus are directed towards the highest-priority activities.
• Proactively manage a complex diary, travel arrangements and shifting priorities, planning ahead and making informed decisions to maximise effectiveness.
• Drive accountability across the leadership team and ensure actions are progressed and delivered.
• Lead coordination of leadership meetings, business planning cycles, governance activities and reporting.
• Support priority projects and initiatives, helping to maintain momentum and remove obstacles.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Organisation & planning

Calendar management

Meeting coordination

Communication skills

Business partnering

Discretion

Microsoft 365

PowerPoint

Tools

Microsoft 365

PowerPoint

Job description

Halfords is seeking an Executive Assistant to act as a strategic partner to the Managing Director and the Autocentre & Mobile Network leadership team. You will manage priorities, anticipate needs and keep critical initiatives on track in a fast-paced, growing environment.

You will build relationships across the business, coordinate meetings and events, and drive execution while maintaining discretion and professionalism in all interactions.