Strategic Executive Assistant to MD & Leadership Partner

Halfords; Redditch; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee discounts across Halfords

Wellbeing and inclusion resources

Colleague networks supporting inclusio

Job summary

Halfords is seeking an Executive Assistant to partner with the Managing Director of the Autocentre & Mobile Network. You will drive focus, coordination and execution, ensuring the MD’s time goes to high-impact activities and maintaining momentum across multiple leadership workstreams.

You will manage complex diaries, travel, and events while building relationships across leadership and support functions. A flexible hybrid role offers varied experiences and opportunities to influence culture and

Qualifications

• Strong stakeholder management with senior partners.
• Excellent organisational and planning capabilities.
• Experience coordinating complex priorities, schedules, meetings and events.
• The confidence to influence, challenge and hold others to account constructively.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to bring clarity to complex situations.
• Strong commercial awareness and judgement when prioritising competing demands.
• A proactive mindset, anticipating needs and taking ownership with minimal direction.
• Discretion and professionalism when handling confidential or sensitive information.
• Strong Microsoft 365 skills, including PowerPoint, with an interest in using AI and digital tools to improve effectiveness and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Act as trusted partner to the MD - Autocentres & Mobile Network, ensuring time and focus are directed towards the highest-priority activities.
• Proactively manage a complex diary, travel arrangements and shifting priorities, anticipating needs, planning ahead and making informed decisions to maximise effectiveness and adapt seamlessly to changing business demands.
• Drive accountability across the leadership team, ensuring actions, commitments and decisions are progressed and delivered.
• Build strong working relationships across the Autocentre & Mobile Network leadership team, wider support functions and operational network.
• Lead the coordination of leadership meetings, business planning cycles, governance activities and reporting, ensuring actions are tracked and priorities stay on course.
• Lead the coordination of key people initiatives, leadership events, colleague engagement activities and business communications that strengthen connection, alignment and culture across the Autocentres and Mobile Network business areas.
• Help identify risks, bottlenecks and opportunities, joining the dots across multiple workstreams and stakeholders.
• Support priority projects and initiatives, helping to maintain momentum and remove obstacles.
• Contribute to team culture, recognition and colleague engagement activities across the Autocentre and Mobile Network teams.
• Occasionally accompany the Managing Director on visits across the Autocentre and Mobile Network to strengthen understanding of the operation and build relationships with colleagues.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Organisational & planning capability

Prioritisation & scheduling

Influence & accountability

Clear communication

Commercial awareness

Proactive mindset

Discretion & professionalism

Microsoft 365 proficiency

Tools

Microsoft 365

PowerPoint

Job description

Halfords is seeking an Executive Assistant to partner with the Managing Director of the Autocentre & Mobile Network. You will drive focus, coordination and execution, ensuring the MD’s time goes to high-impact activities and maintaining momentum across multiple leadership workstreams.

You will manage complex diaries, travel, and events while building relationships across leadership and support functions. A flexible hybrid role offers varied experiences and opportunities to influence culture and