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Being part of CooperVision means helping improve the way people see each day. It’s more than making contact lenses, it’s about giving lens wearers freedom and confidence to move about their daily lives. We’re all about bright futures - for our people and those who wear our contact lenses.\nJob summary - What to expect:\nWe are seeking a Personal Assistant to provide executive support to the Cluster General Manager, UKI & Russia, while enabling the effectiveness of the UKI Leadership Team. This role is responsible for the planning and delivery of leadership, employee, customer, and commercial events, and supports key business initiatives across the UKI market and wider EMEA region. The position regularly engages with senior leaders, employees, external vendors, customers, and business partners, operating with a high degree of professionalism, discretion, and sound business judgement. The role also provides basic administrative support to the VP, Sales Excellence\nEssential Functions & Accountabilities\nProvide proactive and confidential executive support to the Cluster General Manager, managing priorities, calendar commitments, travel, and business activities.\nPrepare briefing materials, presentations, agendas, and business insights to support effective decision-making and leadership effectiveness.\nLead the planning, coordination, budgeting, execution, and evaluation of leadership, employee engagement, customer, and commercial events.\nCoordinate Leadership Team meetings, town halls, offsites, workshops, and communication forums, ensuring effective governance, documentation, and follow-through.\nTrack actions, decisions, and commitments arising from leadership forums, providing visibility and driving accountability for agreed outcomes.\nFacilitate cross-functional communication, collaboration, and alignment to support the execution of strategic and operational priorities.\nDevelop leadership communications, presentations, and business updates to ensure consistent and effective messaging across the organization.\nManage purchase orders, invoices, fleet administration activities, and other business operations in line with company policies and governance requirements.\nSupport the management of the Car Fleet, liaising with relevant internal departments such as procurement, finance, HR and payroll as required.\nSupport projects and additional business initiatives as required\nA full job description is available upon request.\nAbout you:\nWe are looking for someone with:\nRequired\nExceptional organization, prioritization, and project coordination skills\nStrong stakeholder management and relationship-building capability, including experience working with senior leaders.\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills.\nAbility to manage sensitive and confidential information with sound judgement and discretion.\nStrong problem-solving capability with a proactive and solutions-oriented approach.\nAdvanced proficiency in Microsoft 365 applications, including Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.\nAbility to operate independently with a high level of accuracy, attention to detail, and accountability.\nFluent in written and spoken English.\nAn understanding of executive and leadership team operations within a commercial environment.\nKnowledge of business processes, governance, budgets, financial controls, and corporate policies.\nPreferred\nKnowledge of commercial business operations and business performance metrics.\nExperience supporting strategic projects or business initiatives within a multinational organization.\nExperience coordinating large-scale leadership, employee, or customer events.\nExperience\nPrevious experience in a Personal Assistant, Executive Administrator, Chief of Staff support, or executive business support role.\nExperience supporting senior executives, General Managers, or commercial leaders within a complex matrix organization.\nDemonstrated experience coordinating business activities, projects, and stakeholders across multiple functions and geographies.\nExperience handling confidential and commercially sensitive information.\nExperience supporting leadership meetings, strategic planning activities, and business events.\nStrong commercial awareness and understanding of organizational priorities, business performance, and customer-focused operations.\nWhat we offer:\nYou’ll receive competitive compensation and a fantastic benefits package including 25 days holiday, pension scheme, healthcare cover, life assurance, access to our Wellness Platform to support you inmental health and wellbeing, a discounted contact lens scheme and much more!\nWe are committed to our employees’ personal and professional development and offer extensive training to support your career growth and help every individual to reach their full potential. To help us achieve our goals, we’ll give you everything you need to help you achieve yours.\nWe also provide access to LinkedIn Learning to help you develop in your career and grow with CooperVision.\nWhat you can expect:\nAs a CooperVision employee, you’ll be welcomed into a diverse and progressive global business. We appreciate how important fostering an inclusive culture is and how different perspectives add value and contribute to our success.\nIf you like what you see, take the first step towards your Brighter Future and apply today! 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