executive assistant to the founder & the managing director

extreme cashmere; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Extreme Cashmere BV seeks an Executive Assistant to support the founder and managing director, owning all travel for the team and running the Amsterdam front of house. The role requires 5+ years of senior‑level support in a fashion, luxury, or creative environment, with discretion and strong calendar/travel management across time zones.

You will handle English and ideally Dutch communication, coordinate visitors and suppliers, and maintain a polished reception reflecting the brand.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience supporting senior leadership in fashion, luxury, or creative environments.
• Strong calendar and international travel management experience across time zones.
• Front of house or reception experience with guests, contractors and couriers.
• Absolute discretion handling commercial, financial and personal information.
• Fluent Dutch and English, written and spoken.
• Calm under pressure; quick on your feet; proactive and personable.
• Proficient with Google Workspace, Notion, Slack and travel tools.

Responsibilities

• Own all business travel for the 30+ person team; manage cost and policy alignment.
• Plan and coordinate end-to-end calendars; protect focus and travel time.
• Handle inboxes, filter messages, and respond in the voice of the person you support.
• Run front of house: welcome visitors, manage reception and coordinate on-site contractors.

Skills

Travel management

Calendar management

Front of house

Discretion

Dutch & English

Stakeholder coordination

Google Workspace

Notion

Slack

Proactive

Tools

Notion

Slack

Travel booking systems

Job description

executive assistant to the founder & managing director

full-time · amsterdam

extreme cashmere builds an ongoing collection, a knitted wardrobe that grows edition by edition without being tied to seasons or trends. these editions are for everyone; our clothes are made for bodies. we create long-lasting garments that surprise with shape, color and detail. luxury, for us, is the feeling of something done exactly right, essential and transformative in ways that are hard to explain and easy to feel.

the role

we are looking for an executive assistant to support our founder and our managing director, to own all travel for our 30+-person team and run the front of house in amsterdam.

contracts with office suppliers and the office budget stay with our office manager, with whom you work closely.

what you’ll do

travel for the whole team

own all business travel for the team, around 30 people. book within our travel policy, keep an eye on cost and group trips so they make commercial sense. you hold the full picture: who travels where and when, what is booked, what is still open.

calendar & diary

manage and align both agendas end to end, plan weeks ahead and protect focus time and travel time.

inbox & communication

handle incoming mail, filter what matters and answer directly where you can in the voice of the person you are writing for, in english and ideally in dutch. you’ll be the first point of contact for partners, suppliers, agencies and candidates.

front of house

welcome visitors, look after the reception and meeting rooms and make sure the space always looks the way the brand should. coordinate tradespeople and contractors on site. handle deliveries and couriers, both incoming and outgoing.

who you are

• ·5+ years of experience supporting senior leadership, ideally in a fashion, lifestyle, luxury or creative environment, or in a fast-moving founder-led company.
• ·proven strength in complex international calendar and travel management for a team, across time zones.
• ·experienced in a front of house or reception role, and at ease with guests, contractors and couriers alike
• ·absolute discretion: you will see commercial, financial and personal information.
• ·fluent in dutch and english, written and spoken
• ·calm under pressure and quick on your feet
• ·warm and confident with people at every level
• ·fluent with google workspace, notion, slack and travel booking and expense tools — and quick to learn new ones
• ·hands-on and proactive

what we offer

• ·a front-row seat next to the founder and the managing director of a growing international brand.
• ·a beautiful product with a strong brand identity and loyal customer base.
• ·a collaborative, international team in amsterdam.