Specialist Executive Operations

Adusa; Northern (KY, NC); Hybrid; USD 63,000 - 109,000; Full time

Job summary

Ahold Delhaize USA seeks a Governance & Events Specialist to support planning and execution of industry and internal forums. The role partners with senior leaders, coordinating calendars and materials, and ensuring efficient governance processes.

The position offers hybrid work with core in-person days and remote days, and exposure to executive leadership. Responsibilities include event planning, admin support for advisory forums, and cross-functional collaboration to improve governance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in business, finance, economics or related field; MBA is a plus.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in strategic planning, event planning, or related field.
• Experience planning and executing events.
• Detail oriented and organized.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate across functions and levels, up to the executive leadership team.
• Travel and onsite support of events.

Responsibilities

• Supports the planning and onsite execution of industry events, including FMI Midwinter Conference, Consumer Goods Forum, ADUSA Supplier Summit.
• Supports planning for internal events, including EBR, SVB, team offsite, VP+ meeting, and more.
• Handles planning responsibilities for events or acts as project manager when planning tasks are shared across departments.
• Provides administrative support for executive leadership forums, including Advisory Forum, USLT meetings, SVB materials, ExCo visits to the U.S.
• Supports creation and maintenance of the US Corporate Calendar.
• Executes special projects at the request of the Head of Strategy.
• Establishes and maintains an efficient system for documenting governance materials.
• Ensures accessibility and accuracy of governance records within the team.
• Contributes to improving the governance framework by researching best practices and promoting efficiency.
• Collaborates with stakeholders to enable smooth planning.

Skills

Event coordination

Communication

Independence

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, finance, economics, or related field

MBA a plus

Job description

Introduction

Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize, is part of the U.S. family of brands, which also includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands – Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Ahold Delhaize USA associates support the brands with a wide range of services, including Finance, Legal, Sustainability, Commercial, Digital and E-commerce, Technology and more.

Overview

Supports the US Corporate Governance scope of responsibility, with a keen focus on event planning and execution, and executive leadership support. Governance supports industry and internal events regularly throughout the year and this role will play a central role in doing the planning of these events, or in project managing the shared planning of some of these events when the work to plan something is shared across departments. There are also a number of USLT and ExCo forums that this role supports, including monthly USLT meetings, Advisory Forum, SVB, visits to the U.S. of ExCo members, and more. This role will have high exposure to the most senior leaders in our organization, and will play an essential role in enabling these forums and events to run smoothly, professionally, and with all resources that are needed for efficient decision making.

Our flexible/ hybrid work schedule includes 3 in-person days at one of our core locations and 2 remote days. Our core office locations include Salisbury, NC , Chicago, IL, Quincy, MA, Carlisle, PA, Scarborough, ME, and Hyattsville, MD.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Responsibilities

• Supports the planning and onsite execution of industry events, including (but not limited to): FMI Midwinter Conference, Consumer Goods Forum, ADUSA Supplier Summit.
• Supports the planning for a number of internal events, including (but not limited to): EBR, SVB, team offsite, VP+ meeting, and more.
• Planning responsibilities may include multiple aspects of the event planning for a particular event(s), or acting in a project management capacity to lead the planning of an event when the planning tasks are shared across departments.
• Provides administrative support for executive leadership forums, including (but not limited to): Advisory Forum, monthly USLT meetings, SVB material preparation, ExCo member visits to the U.S.
• Supports the creation and maintenance of US Corporate Calendar.
• Special projects at the request of the Head of Strategy.
• Establish and maintain an efficient system for documenting and managing governance-related materials specific to the Corporate Governance team.
• Ensure accessibility and accuracy of all governance-related records within the team.
• Contribute to continuously improving the company's governance framework by researching best practices, implementing industry standards, and proactively identifying opportunities for increased efficiency and effectiveness within the strategy domain.
• Collaboration with other stakeholders to inform and enable smooth planning.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, economics, or related field; MBA a plus.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in strategic planning, event planning, or related field
• Experience planning and executing events.
• Detail oriented and organized.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across functions and levels, all the way up to the executive leadership team.
• Ability to work independently.
• Strong business acumen with a deep understanding of the needs onsite at events and a willingness to jump in to support those needs.
• Good judgement when dealing with stakeholders.
• Delivery of professional, polished, thorough, and complete executive materials for various forums.
• Travel and onsite support of events

ME/NC/PA/SC Salary Range: $63,440-$95,160

IL/MA/MD/NY Salary Range: $72,880 - $109,320