Executive Assistant I

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.

GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.35 bn.in 2023. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

Summary

Are you our new Executive Assistant?
We are looking for an experienced Executive Assistant to work with the VP Operations at GKN Fokker Aerospace B.V.
As an Executive Assistant, you will have an important role in supporting the VP Operations Team with daily management of their agendas. The agendas can be quite complex so we are looking for someone who can deal with managing multiple priorities, working with short deadlines and someone who performs at an high level under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Be the first point of contact for the VP Operations
• Managing the agenda’s using your own initiative and making decisions on priorities
• Scheduling and preparing meetings, discussions and appointments. You will also facilitate the President and team, such as setting the agenda, inviting meeting members, catering, reserving meeting space and necessary equipment (this also includes monitoring the completion of action items)
• Organizing business trips, preparing travel schedules, booking hotel, making arrangements with GKN companies and agencies to be visited, arranging transportation, etc.
• Drafting and handling internal and external mail correspondence; independently or following guidelines in English and Dutch;(Internal) communication, including editing and language technical correction of documents and presentations;
• Support with invoices, declarations and payments;
• Be able to prepare presentation and meetings;
• Various administrative tasks, such as filing, time registration, etc.

Job Qualifications

We are looking for a candidate who is available for a fulltime position. You have experience with administrative and organizational procedures.
Other important characteristics are:

• Working independently and proactively; able to assess what has priority and propose solutions;
• Communicative skills, a well-developed organizational sensitivity and used to working with colleagues at all levels in the organization;
• Flexible; dealing with pressure, changing schedules and ad hoc changes of plans;
• Strong in planning and coordination;
• Strong personality who can act well in a hectic environment;
• Excellent command of Microsoft Office; especially MS Outlook, MS Word and MS PowerPoint;
• A good level of understanding and writing of English and Dutch;
• Able to work fulltime in the office.

Whats in it for you

We are committed to offer you a challenge but also a great opportunity to learn and grow. We want to offer you a career that can go to many directions thanks to our breadth of international opportunities. By being part of GKN Fokker Aerospace that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry, you will know that you will be working towards being the most trusted partner in the aerospace industry. Furthermore, we will offer you:

• A gross monthly salary in Grade K up to €5.715 depending on your experience and qualifications and according to the CLA Metalektro.
• 8% holiday allowance.
• 40 paid holidays for full-time employment in line with the Collective Labor Agreement Metalektro (27 holidays and 13 ADV days).
• An excellent pension scheme (PME) and travel allowance.
• A pleasant and informal working environment, in which we work together to achieve the best result for our customers.

Next to a competitive package, we will offer you a world of opportunities: we want to see your career fly!
We will support your career progression by providing you with learning and development opportunities.

How to apply

We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?

A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working

Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.

We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.

We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology. ​
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