The role goes far beyond administrative support and engages you in areas like team management, customer management, and social media management. The responsibilities below are intended to give guidance on typical assignments for an Administrative Assistant.
What makes us special:
- Become part of a unique entrepreneurial team. Think independently, use your initiative, and take some risks. Entrepreneurship is a powerful force that drives the growth not only of our firm but our clients and people.
- Unlock the power of opportunity. Advance your career in a thriving company with a startup feel. We invest in your professional development every step of the way.
- Enjoy balance and flexible working. Be empowered to do your best work – whether it’s from home or in the office.
- Prioritize your health and wellbeing. No matter where you live, we offer a competitive suite of health benefits to help keep you and your loved ones safe.
- Invest in your future. All US and Canadian employees enjoy 401(k) & RRSP benefits with company matching. Our Employee Bonus Opportunity Program ensures that when our firm grows, you grow with us.
- Work in a values-driven culture. At Simon-Kucher, our vision is to become the world's leading growth specialist. Our values guide the way we do business and communicate our distinctiveness. They sum up what we stand for, influence our culture, and drive how and why we do things.
How you will create an impact:
- Provide administrative support to assigned Partner(s) including the managing and anticipating complex calendars and schedules and executing general administrative activities within the North America Simon-Kucher offices.
- Support project teams with administrative tasks pertaining to client-facing projects such as calendaring and contract submittals requests, CRM management, and gifting as needed.
- Coordinate, manage, and support the preparation of internal/external meetings, videos, and conference calls, including notetaking.
- Support budget preparation and tracking for Partner.
- Interface with different departments (e.g., Legal department for contract management and Accounts Payable for payment and budget management).
- Coordinate appointments and Division meetings, ensuring adequate meeting facilities and technical resources are available and ready for use.
- Provide support or backup to Office Manager as needed with new hire onboarding activities.
- Help plan team events and develop ideas on how to improve team dynamics and team cohesion and collaboration.
- Interface with colleagues globally, across multiple countries and time zones.
- Assist in new hire onboarding, including coordination with the Office Manager.
- Interact with all levels of management within the organization (both domestic and international), adjusting communication style to fit the audience; demonstrate tact, diplomacy, discretion, and good judgment.
- Handle confidential information and communication with all levels of the organization in a professional & discrete manner.
- Manage client contact database, compile customer profiles, and maintain opportunity pipeline.
- Own and execute outbound marketing initiatives for target customers.
- Provide social media management of Partner(s) profiles (e.g., LinkedIn, Twitter, etc.)
- Support with content writing (e.g., articles, blog posts).
- Provide coverage for other Administrative Assistants, as needed.
- Assist with other ad hoc projects, office or admin activities as required.
- Hybrid position with minimum 3-4 days a week in the office; Office Hours 8:30 am – 5:30 pm
Your profile:
- Bachelor’s Degree required or equivalent work experience required.
- Working knowledge of common office equipment (i.e., printers, video conferencing equipment)
- Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook in particular) and internal messaging systems (i.e., Zoom, slack) required.
- Ability to prioritize work and work under pressure.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- A keen sense of effective customer and client service and a problem-solving orientation.
- Excellent attention to detail, accuracy, and organizational skills.
- Maintains an elevated level of trust and confidentiality.
- Flexible, friendly, and positive attitude.
Simon-Kucher
is a global consultancy with more than 2,000 employees in 30 countries. Our sole focus is on unlocking better growth that drives measurable revenue and profit for our clients. We achieve this by optimizing every lever of their commercial strategy – product, price, innovation, marketing, and sales – based on deep insights into what customers want and value. With nearly 40 years of experience in monetization topics of all kinds, we are regarded as the world’s leading pricing and growth specialist.
Simon-Kucher is an Equal Employment Opportunity (“EEO”) employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran or militarily status, or any other legally protected status.
We believe in building a culture that embraces diversity, equity and inclusion, creating an environment in which our people feel valued, are able to be themselves and feel their contribution matters. If we get that right, great things will happen; people will grow faster, innovate, feel valued, and create better outcomes for everyone – our people, our clients and, of course, our business.
Simon-Kucher North America Talent Acquisition Team
RecruitingNorthAmerica@simon-kucher.com
simon-kucher.com/careers
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