Manager Executive Assistants

Driscoll's; Breda; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Driscoll's is seeking an experienced leader to head the Manager, Executive & Business Support - EMEA. You will guide the Executive Assistant community across the region, driving operational excellence, governance, and the smart use of digital and AI tools to elevate executive support.

You will lead, coach, and develop EAs, partner with HR, Facilities, Finance, and IT, and ensure consistent, high-quality support to senior leaders in a fast-paced, global organization.

Qualifications

• Experience leading executive support teams or office management.
• Strong stakeholder management at senior levels.
• Experience driving operational improvements and adopting new tools.

Responsibilities

• Leading, coaching, and performance managing Executive Assistants across the region.
• Building a connected EA community with shared standards and ways of working.
• Setting expectations, role clarity, and performance frameworks.
• Supporting talent development and succession planning.
• Acting as an escalation point for complex stakeholder challenges.
• Establishing regional standards for calendar management, meetings, travel, and confidentiality.
• Embedding duty of care, safety and wellbeing considerations in all activities.
• Piloting and scaling AI and digital solutions for meeting prep, note-taking, agendas and follow-ups.
• Travel planning, vendor management, and sustainability initiatives.
• Leading annual travel-related sustainability reporting.

Skills

People leadership

Executive support

Operations

Digital enablement

AI tools

Travel governance

Sustainability reporting

Vendor management

Job description

About The Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced and people-focused leader to take on the role of Manager, Executive & Business Support - EMEA. In this position, you will lead the Executive Assistant community across the region, ensuring consistent, high-quality support to senior leaders while driving operational excellence. This is a unique opportunity to combine people leadership, operational ownership, travel governance, sustainability reporting, and digital innovation. You will play a key role in elevating how executive support is delivered by improving efficiency, embedding best practices, and enabling the smart use of digital and AI tools.

Location: Netherlands - Breda

Job Family: Administration

Time Type: Full time

Job Requisition ID: R0009146

Experience Years: 3-5 Years of Experience

Employee Type: Regular

Remote Type: Onsite

We are looking for an experienced and people-focused leader to take on the role of Manager, Executive & Business Support - EMEA. In this position, you will lead the Executive Assistant community across the region, ensuring consistent, high-quality support to senior leaders while driving operational excellence. This is a unique opportunity to combine people leadership, operational ownership, travel governance, sustainability reporting, and digital innovation. You will play a key role in elevating how executive support is delivered by improving efficiency, embedding best practices, and enabling the smart use of digital and AI tools.

Responsibilities

People & Team Leadership (EMEA EA Community)

• Leading, coaching, and performance managing Executive Assistants across the region
• Building a strong, connected EA community with shared standards and ways of working
• Setting clear expectations, role clarity, and performance frameworks
• Supporting talent development, capability building, and succession planning
• Acting as an escalation point for complex stakeholder or prioritisation challenges

Executive Support Standards, Ways of Working & Safety

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Establishing regional standards for calendar management, meetings, travel, and confidentiality
• Embedding duty of care, safety, and wellbeing considerations in all executive support activities
• Ensuring travel and events align with health, safety, and security requirements
• Acting as back-up for the Senior VP Executive Assistant
• Providing direct support to two executive leaders
• Partnering with HR, Safety, Facilities, Finance, and IT to ensure aligned service delivery

Continuous Improvement, Digital Enablement & AI

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Identifying and implementing improvements that reduce administrative burden
• Enhancing ease of working for both executives and EAs
• Piloting and scaling AI and digital solutions for
• Meeting preparation, note-taking, and follow-ups
• Agenda and action tracking
• Travel planning and decision support
• Information summarisation and prioritisation
• Ensuring responsible and secure use of AI in line with governance and data privacy standards
• Tracking adoption and measuring impact to continuously improve ways of working

Travel, Vendor Management & Sustainability

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Managing relationships with travel providers (e.g. TravelPerk), hotels, and transport vendors
• Ensuring compliance with Travel & Expense policies and safety standards
• Driving smarter, more sustainable travel choices (e.g. rail vs. short-haul flights)
• Monitoring travel performance on cost, compliance, service quality, and sustainability
• Leading supplier reviews, contract renewals, and improvement initiatives
• Acting as a subject matter expert for complex executive travel decisions

Sustainability & Travel Reporting

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Leading annual travel-related sustainability reporting
• Collaborating with Finance, Procurement, and ESG stakeholders
• Providing insights into trends, risks, and opportunities
• Ensuring accurate and timely travel data collection and reporting

Candidate Profile

You are a structured and forward-thinking leader with strong business acumen and a passion for improving ways of working.

• Proven experience in leading executive support teams, office management, or similar environments
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to operate confidently at senior levels
• Experience in driving operational improvements and implementing new tools or processes
• Affinity with digitalisation and interest in AI-enabled ways of working
• Knowledge of travel, vendor management, and budget oversight
• High level of professionalism, discretion, and integrity
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage complexity across regions

What Success Looks Like (First 12-24 Months)

• A highly engaged and high-performing EA community across EMEA
• Consistent and professional executive support standards embedded region-wide
• Measurable efficiency gains through digital and AI-enabled improvements
• Well-governed travel processes with strong compliance, cost control, safety, and sustainability outcomes
• Clear, actionable sustainability reporting supporting leadership decisions

About Driscolls

Driscoll's is the global market leader for fresh strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries. With more than 100 years of farming heritage and hundreds of independent growers around the world, Driscoll's is passionate about growing fresh, beautiful and delicious berries. Our values of humility, passion and trustworthiness have guided our mission to delight consumers around the world. Driscoll's exclusive patented berry varieties are developed through years of research using only natural breeding methods – meaning, no GMOs. From farm-to-table, we focus on delivering a high quality, premium berry experience with our many supply chain partners. Driscoll's is the trusted brand for Only the Finest Berries™.

Driscoll's es el proveedor líder en la comercialización de Fresas, Frambuesas, Zarzamoras y Arándanos Azules en el mundo. Con más de 100 años de herencia en agricultura y cientos de productores independiente alrededor del mundo, Driscoll's es una compañía apasionada por cultivar Berries frescas, hermosas y deliciosas. Nuestros valores de humildad, pasión y confianza han guiado nuestra misión de deleitar a los consumidores en el mundo. Las variedades exclusivas de Driscoll's han sido desarrolladas a través de años de investigación usando sólo métodos de mejoramiento natural. De la granja a la mesa, nos enfocamos en ofrecer una experiencia de alta calidad con apoyo de nuestros socios de la cadena de suministro. Driscoll's es la marca de confianza de sólo las mejores Berries.