As the Senior Administrative Assistant, you will provide dependable, high quality administrative support to members of the Appliances Leadership Team.

With a full range of administrative duties, you will work with minimal supervision in a fast-paced environment, exercise judgment in prioritizing work and maintain a high level of confidentiality and discretion. You will also create and maintain specialized reports, presentations, records, and files required in connection with departmental work processes.

What you will do:

• Support executives at the Senior Vice President (SVP) and Vice President (VP) level within the Appliances Business Unit and their direct team(s) as needed.
• Calendar management: Daily management of calendar requests and changes and 3/6/12 month outlook and planning of calendar rhythm and events.
• Understand key priorities and pro-actively recommend changes to schedule where necessary and minimize changes overall.
• Ensure requests are responded to in a timely manner, using best judgment to assist and make decisions without supervision when applicable.
• Balance protection of leader’s time and serving the needs of the organization.
• Communicate on behalf of Leader and consistent with Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) operation and Leader intentions.
• Meeting Management: Provide full planning and administrative support including full schedule management and organizing all internal and external meetings.
• Distribute objectives, agenda, pre-read and summary for leaders’ meetings, managing regular cadence.
• Manage room, transportation and food logistics for large meetings (Monthlies / Quarterlies/ Bi-Annual Offsites) and key events and as required for other meetings.
• Provide ongoing feedback and assessment of meeting effectiveness and recommend improvements for structure/cadence/approach
• Stakeholder Communication: Ongoing management of stakeholder engagements, acting on behalf of leader intentions.
• Manage key stakeholders up/down/across and internal/external to the organization.
• Manage Org Chart, Out-Of-Office, Vacation tracking etc. and routinely share with key stakeholders.
• Community and Team Communications
• Build team capacity, collaboration, connectivity and community.
• Manage Team Communications and Community Building, including oversight of Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Anniversaries, Birthdays, Rewards and recognition, Announcements, Newsletters
• Presentation Development
• Compose, proofread, and edit presentations and proposals for team, senior management, and external meetings.
• Work with external suppliers to source content and visuals.
• Travel Planning and Coordination: Coordinate end-to-end international and domestic ongoing travel requirements, manage calendar for multiple time zones and manage travel expense budget.
• Coordinate travel arrangements (both domestic and international), managing itineraries, booking flights, hotels, ground transportation and restaurants.
• Anticipate needs and recommend efficient travel plan, based on calendar.
• Monitor travel changes to ensure end-to-end execution with excellence.
• Expense Budget Management
• Deploy, track, and manage team travel and expenses to budget.
• Purchase Order Management.
• Manage all Purchase Orders on time with accuracy and per KDP process.
• Provide monthly budget updates to delivery year end budget on target.
• Organize Staff meetings

What you must have:

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• 3+ years’ experience as an Administrative Assistant to VP+ Level Senior Management
• Ability to work in a fast-moving, transformation-minded environment
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple deadlines simultaneously, while keeping organized, efficient, positive, and focused
• Proven track record of interpersonal effectiveness with excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Desire to pro-actively partner with Administrative peers for efficiency and effectiveness in supporting senior-level individuals
• Drive to provide best in class support to leaders, enabling their success and the success of the team/company
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint; experience creating, editing, and formatting extensive presentations
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and tasks with advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office products—Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Excellent communication skills with strong written and verbal expertise
• Experience communicating with executive leadership teams, external suppliers, and employees at all levels in an organization
• Comfort with changing tech platforms and new technology platforms that enable team collaboration and community (i.e. WebEx, Microsoft SharePoint, Workday etc.)
• Demonstrated ability to manage highly confidential business and personal information.
• Provide long-range outlook, managing timelines while also adjusting to change to remain on-track

Company Overview & EEO Statement

American Beverage Company SARL. is a leading beverage company in Cameroon with headquarters in Idenau, Limbe. With a projected annual revenue in excess of 2.5 billion CFA, ABC is on track to hold leadership positions in premium mineral water in Cameroon.

The Company maintains a formidable distribution network that enables its portfolio of more than 1500 owned, licensed and partners eager to make its brands available nearly everywhere people shop and consume beverages.

We crafted an unrivaled and solid benefits for you: We value our people and they are the heart of our business, which is why we offer robust benefits to support your health and wellness as well as your personal and financial well-being. We also provide employee programs designed to enhance your professional growth and development while ensuring you feel valued, inspired, and appreciated at work.

American Beverage Company SARL (ABC). is an equal opportunity employer and affirmatively seeks diversity in its workforce. ABC recruits qualified applicants and advances in employment its employees without regard to religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, ethnic or national origin, marital status, or any other status protected by law. EOE

Additional Requirements:

Each Candidates must be able to successfully pass a drug and background screen.