City : St. Jacobs, Ontario, Canada

Category : Administrative

Industry : Retail

Employer : Home Hardware

• Provide administrative support for the Retail Operations Regional Directors.
• Organize and schedule internal and client meetings or events. Compile reports and prepare appropriate materials for meetings and presentations.
• Track and maintain databases, schedules, and reporting for operations activities.
• Monitor the operations task and events calendar as well as the field team playbook and communicate changes with key stakeholders.
• Coordinate and book travel and submit monthly expenses for the Regional Directors.
• Support the Operations team and Regional Directors with internal team and client communications.
• Assist in preparing the agenda for the weekly retail operations meetings and coordinating with cross functional guest speakers, across all channels. Helping to ensure annual workback schedules are being adhered to, so that all events within each channel are executed in a timely fashion.
• Administrative duties such as TimeZone, invoicing, travel bookings, expense management, and responding to department inquiries.

• Three years’ experience within a business administrative position in a fast-paced environment.
• Diploma or degree in Business Administration or Marketing, and experience within the Retail industry is an asset.
• Strong computer skills and proficient with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, along with professional interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills. Strong attention to detail with the ability to prioritize and pivot to changing situations.
• Bilingual fluency in English and French is an advantage.