Executive Assistant to CEO at PZ Cussons

Job Summary

• As Executive Assistant to the CEO, you’ll help create the focus, organisation and momentum that enable effective business leadership.
• You’ll manage complex priorities, connect senior stakeholders and ensure the CEO has the information and preparation needed to make informed decisions.
• Your judgement, discretion and ability to stay ahead will directly influence executive productivity and stakeholder confidence.
• This is a trusted role with broad exposure across the organisation and regular interaction with regional, global and external partners.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Create space for strategic leadership by managing a complex diary, resolving conflicts and keeping the CEO focused on the priorities that matter most.
• Build trusted relationships with senior leaders and external stakeholders, ensuring communication is timely, professional and well coordinated.
• Make meetings count by preparing clear briefings and materials, capturing decisions and driving agreed actions through to completion.
• Deliver seamless executive travel, events and logistics, anticipating potential issues and putting practical contingency plans in place.
• Keep priority initiatives moving by coordinating assignments, monitoring deadlines and supporting collaboration across functions.
• Protect confidential information while improving administrative workflows through secure records, accurate expense management and effective use of digital tools.

What You’ll Bring

• A Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent qualification in Business Administration, Management, Communications or a related discipline.
• At least five years of progressive experience in executive or senior administrative support, ideally supporting a CEO or another C-suite leader.
• Experience managing demanding schedules, multiple priorities and changing deadlines with limited supervision.
• Confidence preparing executive correspondence, presentations, meeting materials, reports and action trackers.
• Strong stakeholder-management skills, with the tact and professionalism to engage senior leaders and external partners.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft 365 applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive.
• Excellent organisation, communication and problem-solving skills, with strong attention to detail.
• High integrity, sound judgement and a proven ability to handle sensitive information with discretion.

What You’ll Get In Return

• Our benefit brings together your total rewards in one place.

Key benefits we offer include:

• Competitive annual bonus, pension, life assurance
• Medical Insurance
• Flexible holiday options
• PZ products
• Onsite gym (where available).