What You Will Do: • Effective calendar management by managing complex schedules and calendars for executive leaders and their need to meet and collaborate with other senior leaders in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. This will include support in managing schedule conflicts across a global organization, proactively looking ahead and adjusting or deconflicting, often using their understanding of communicated and understood priorities to make decisions. • Proactive email management and alerting to executive's priority actions. • Obtain an understanding of the organizational key stakeholders and their support staff to effectively coordinate meetings across a host of stakeholders. Develop a collaborative relationship with all the administrative staff within the enterprise and portfolio and proactively create a support infrastructure for effective coordination. • Assist in preparing agendas, briefings, correspondences, PowerPoints, and spreadsheets. • Orders supplies and meals for Staff Meetings, All Hands meetings, and other events, as needed. • Arrange travel accommodations (air/hotel/transportation) for domestic and international business travel; ensure necessary documents and processes are followed in advance of the trip using a variety of processes and tools. • Process expense reports and invoices promptly in accordance with company policies and procedures. • Schedule and coordinate logistical details for virtual meetings, face-to-face meetings, and team events, such as agendas, guest speakers, conference rooms, virtual recording, virtual break-out rooms (via Zoom), catering, digital technology support, and more. • Proactively support the team with necessary information flow & proper distribution to the department (emails, staff meetings, skip levels, all hands, town halls, one-on-one meetings, team events) • Schedule and attend staff meetings and all hands, record and distribute meeting notes, capture action items, execute assigned tasks, and handle other routine communications. Support other meetings as needed to capture notes. • Support team documentation activities: ensuring all documentation is up-to-date, organized, and accurate, including email distribution lists, shared files, Team channels, organizational charts, websites, etc. • Collaborate closely with other administrative assistants. • Orders supplies and performs other administrative/clerical and ad-hoc tasks, as assigned. • Create Staff meeting agendas, track action items, and coordinate Teams folders • Demonstrate effective time management and organizational skills, ensuring attention to detail while being responsive to customer needs. • Collaborate as a proactive team player, maintaining flexibility and a results-oriented approach in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, while also being capable of working independently with minimal supervision. • Utilize strong written and verbal communication skills • Manage conflicting priorities and deadlines efficiently, balancing multiple tasks while meeting organizational goals and timelines. • Minimal travel could be required for this role to support staff meetings outside of Lenexa, KS.
Qualifications You Must Have: • Typically requires a University Degree and a minimum of 2 years prior relevant experience with specialized knowledge of technical or operational practices or in the absence of a degree, 6 years of relevant experience
Qualifications We Prefer: • Microsoft Office Experience: email and calendar management, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint applications • Experience booking travel and working with expense reports. • Experience as an executive assistant or senior administrative assistant