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Executive Assistant M/F


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General information

Organisation

Shurgard is the largest self-storage provider in Europe. We have over 200 self-storage centres in 7 countries: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden, The Netherlands and United Kingdom. We help people store their belongings – often at times of big life changes. At Shurgard, we live and breathe our values of service, security, reliability, flexibility, convenience and cleanliness – to provide the best storage experience. Shurgard currently cater for the storage needs of more than 140.000 customers, employs over 700 people and is partly owned by Public Storage – the world's largest owner and operator of self-storage facilities with thousands of stores in the United States.  

Reference

2024-2030  

Position description

Category

Support Centers - Executive Assistants

Job title

Executive Assistant M/F

Job description

LET’S TALK ABOUT THE JOB!
You provide top-level administrative support and assistance to the Executive team members of the European Head Office.


LET’S TALK ABOUT YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES!

  • You support your Executives or directors on different levels, such as performing research work and conducting specific projects, maintaining a CRM system, coordinating communications, organizing events (such as company presentations, conferences, and site visits), maintaining internal calendars, and assisting with the preparation and distribution of various company materials through multiple channels. This may also include updating sections of the corporate website as needed.
  • You support your Executives with the management of the various teams. This includes, but is not limited to agenda management, the handling of correspondence and phone calls, the preparation of presentations, expense reports and travel bookings.
  • For certain events, you are in charge of supporting the organization of different meetings in Europe including travel and hotel arrangements, the drawing up of meeting agendas and coordination with the local contact person.
  • You will have the opportunity to support the various teams on a range of tasks, including contributing to specific projects and assisting in interactions with external stakeholders.
  • You will drive further standardization of processes, by creating process descriptions, flow charts and checklists, together with the various teams and proactively identify opportunities to enhance team workflows and processes.
  • You will also assist in delivering and finalizing certain annual and semi-annual reports such as the Annual and Half-Year Reports.
  • You may also be required to participate in meetings, to take the minutes and to follow up on action items.


LET’S TALK ABOUT YOUR SKILLS!

  • You have strong organizational skills.
  • You have strong attention to details.
  • You have the ability to take initiative in identifying areas for improvement and driving change.
  • You are interested in understanding and improving processes and are eager to learn new skills.
  • You have a good sense of managing the difference between urgencies and priorities.
  • You are an excellent multitasker.
  • You complete work to deadlines and work independently.
  • You work effectively as a team member.
  • You show flexibility and are open to change.
  • You express yourself clearly and professionally
  • Excellent interpersonal skills to facilitate collaboration and address team needs.
  • You show awareness of and commitment to business performance targets in own job.
  • You actively seek opportunities for self-development and learning.

Profile (ex. Education, experience, competencies, etc)

  • You have a proven track record of a minimum of 5 years of experience in a similar role within a European environment.
  • A bachelor’s degree in fields such as Business Administration, Communications, Organizational Management, or Languages is beneficial but not required.
  • You are fluent in English, both written and verbally. French and Dutch are a plus.
  • You are comfortable working with financial documents and numbers.
  • You have a strong knowledge of the Windows environment (Office 365, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).

And colleagues? Well, they are very important to you too. You like sharing and collaborating. You want to contribute to a fun and constructive work climate. And needless to say, you love to learn and to develop your knowledge and skills.

Contract type

Permanent

Full Time Equivalent %

100%

We offer

Shurgard offers you the chance to join the top company in the self-storage industry and thrive in a vibrant team setting. Additionally, we offer an attractive salary and excellent fringe benefits.

Position location

Job location

Belgium, Brussels European Support Center

City

Brussels (Groot-Bijgaarden)