Management Assistant

Danfoss; Pune District; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

13th salary

Annual bonus

Paid vacation

Pension plans

Personal insurance

Job summary

Danfoss in Pune, India is seeking a Management Assistant to the Head of DPS. You will coordinate complex calendars, travel, executive communications, and prepare presentations and dashboards that support strategic decision-making.

You'll partner with global teams, manage multiple priorities, and drive operational excellence. The role requires strong organizational skills, data-driven mindset, and the ability to build trusted relationships with senior leaders across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, engineering, management, communications, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience supporting senior leaders as an Executive Assistant or similar.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Advanced proficiency in MS Office and Power BI.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex calendars, travel arrangements, priorities, and executive communications.
• Coordinate leadership meetings, innovation events, town halls, and offsites.
• Prepare presentations, reports, dashboards, briefing materials, and meeting docs.
• Track initiatives, timelines, and action items for momentum and commitments.
• Support budget tracking, vendor coordination, procurement, invoicing, and business reporting.

Skills

Executive support

Organizational skills

Communication

Stakeholder management

Data-driven mindset

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Engineering, Management, Communications, or related field

Tools

Power BI

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Teams

Job description

The Impact You'll Make

As Management Assistant to the Head of DPS, India, you will play a critical role in enabling leadership effectiveness and operational excellence. You will be a trusted partner who helps create structure in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment, ensuring priorities remain on track and key stakeholders stay aligned.

This role goes beyond traditional administrative support. You will help drive coordination across global teams, support strategic initiatives, and provide insights through reports and dashboards that enable informed decision-making. Your ability to anticipate needs, manage competing priorities, maintain confidentiality, and bring a data-driven mindset will directly contribute to the success of its leadership team.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Partner closely with the Head of DPS, India, to manage complex calendars, travel arrangements, priorities, and executive communications.
• Coordinate leadership meetings, innovation events, town halls, and strategic offsites, ensuring seamless planning and execution.
• Prepare high-quality presentations, reports, dashboards, briefing materials, and meeting documentation that support effective decision-making.
• Track key initiatives, timelines, and action items, helping stakeholders maintain momentum and deliver on commitments.
• Support operational activities including budget tracking, vendor coordination, procurement processes, invoicing, payment administration, and business reporting.

You will also serve as a key point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, fostering collaboration across functions and global teams while driving operational excellence.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Engineering, Management, Communications, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience supporting senior leaders as an Executive Assistant, Business Coordinator, Executive Administrator, or in a similar business support role.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and experience creating professional dashboards and reports using Power BI.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with confidence interacting with senior leaders and stakeholders across global teams.

Success in this role requires strong emotional intelligence, professionalism, attention to detail, a growth mindset, and the ability to build trusted relationships across a global organization.

What You’ll Get From Us

• We promote from within and support your learning with mentoring, training, and access to global opportunities.
• You’ll have flexibility, autonomy, and support to do your best work while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Your well-being matters to us.
• We strive to create an inclusive work environment where people of all backgrounds are respected, and valued for who they are.
• You’ll receive benefits like 13th salary, annual bonus, paid vacation, pension plans, personal insurance, and more. These vary by country and contract, but they’re worth asking about—we think they’re pretty great.

Our Commitment to Transparency

Salary ranges listed reflect only primary location and currency. For local salary ranges and specific benefits in your preferred hiring location, please ask your Talent Acquisition representative for more information.

The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Any benefits listed do not promise or guarantee any particular benefit or specific action. They may depend on country or contract specifics and are subject to change at any time without prior notice.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.