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Executive Assistant to CEO
About this role
The role is for an Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer at PZ Cussons Nigeria in Lagos. It involves managing complex priorities, coordinating with senior stakeholders, and ensuring the CEO has timely information and preparation to support decision making. The position offers broad exposure across the organisation with interaction with regional, global and external partners. The employer is part of the PZ Cussons Group, a multinational consumer goods company with several brands and five core categories, employing thousands across multiple regions.
What you would do
- Manage the CEO's complex diary and priorities to keep leadership focused
- Build and maintain relationships with senior leaders and external stakeholders
- Prepare briefings, materials and action trackers for meetings and decisions
- Coordinate executive travel, events and logistics and address potential issues in advance
- Ensure meetings capture decisions and drive actions to completion
- Coordinate cross-functional initiatives and monitor deadlines
- Handle confidential information and improve administrative workflows
- Oversee expense management and digital tool usage for efficiency
- Provide strategic support to enable executive productivity and stakeholder confidence
- Support communicating corporate information in a timely and professional manner
What they are asking for
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Management, Communications or related field
- At least five years of progressive experience in executive or senior administrative support, preferably supporting a CEO or C-suite leader
- Experience managing demanding schedules, multiple priorities and changing deadlines with limited supervision
- Ability to prepare executive correspondence, presentations, meeting materials, reports and trackers
- Strong stakeholder-management skills and professionalism in engaging senior leaders and external partners
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft 365 applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive)
- Excellent organisation, communication and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
- High integrity and discretion handling sensitive information
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