Executive Assistant Fashion / Retail (Arabic Speaker)

Yeomans Executive

Dubai, UAE

Ref: NP845-64

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

The Executive Assistant provides an overall support and coordination function to the CEO. You will be required to work independently, displaying a high level of initiative and self motivation. You will be professional, able to multitask and well presented.

Key Accountabilities:
- Proactively manage CEOs schedule, prioritizing internal and external appointments and identifying potential overlapping activities Responsible for all business travel planning and arrangements, both domestic and international
- Prepare materials for meetings, presentations, conferences, take minutes and participate in all events closely associated with CEO
- Responsible for smooth and continuous communications with departments to assist CEO in determining the best strategic approaches
- Prepare a wide variety of correspondence, reports and other documentation for CEO's review
- Maintains details of a highly confidential and critical nature
- Independently manage multiple tasks with competing priorities and deadlines
Screen and prioritize communications and opportunities from external and internal sources
- Organize and maintain administrative processes.
- Takes and maintains minutes of meetings and distributes applicable information
- Maintains a wide variety of general and confidential files (physical and electronic filling)
- Organize meetings and events

Requirements

- Minimum 3 years experience in a professional environment, ideally in retail background (luxury fashion experience is definite plus for this role)
- Highly proficient in the Microsoft office suite of applications
- Extensive experience in administrative preparation of board presentations
- Ability to maintain composure and respond professionally in a high pressure environment
- Excellent time management and organizational skills to be able to manage multiple priorities
- High level of commercial maturity, where confidentiality, integrity and discretion is upheld at all times
- Ability to remain motivated in an autonomous environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, fluent English and Arab speaker is must for this role

*Candidates available to start immediately will be given preference for this position

About the Company

Yeomans Executive DMCC is a boutique Global Executive search firm, based in the Middle East, sourcing globally for our locally based clientele. We have built our business and reputation through deep long term relationships with our clients.

We are renowned for successfully challenging traditional search firm models through being easier to deal with, highly innovative and consistently more efficient in delivering outstanding candidates for critical senior roles.

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