Personal Assistant

At Canon EMEA, we are looking for a Personal Assistant to provide direct support to our Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Operations within our Business to Consumer business unit.

This is a dynamic and fast-paced role with responsibility for a wide range of administration and coordination activities and requires flexibility, problem solving skills and a pro-active approach.

What we give

With Canon, you'll get the support and encouragement you need to grow, from people who share your ambition. We'll invest in your professional development to help you learn and progress in your role with us. You'll find leaders who give you the freedom to explore new things and a team where knowledge is shared openly. In addition to a salary of between £29,750 - £35,000pa depending on experience, you'll be eligible for a performance-based bonus of 10%. We have a range of flexible benefits including a strong contributory pension plan, private healthcare, life cover, an Employee Assistance Programme plus employee discounts on Canon products.

Canon also champions hybrid working and a flexible working policy, with a minimum of 25 days holiday per year. Lastly, you'll find that Canon encourages continuous Learning and Development with a wide range of resources and support available on demand.

What we ask

Your role as Personal Assistant to the VP will expose you to varied and dynamic activities including:

• Providing the VP, along with their direct reports ongoing proactive and timeline support, including diary management, travel, data gathering etc.
• Organising and booking hotels, coordinating travel visas along with any amendments and cancellations.
• Providing team support for events and customer contact.
• Managing processes to ensure sufficient and accurate stationery and general office equipment.
• Managing procurement processes including setting up new suppliers, raising purchase orders on behalf of the department.
• Other general administrative duties/projects.

You will need

Previous experience in a similar role is vital, and therefore we are looking for you to demonstrate:

• Experience as a pro-active and efficient personal assistant.
• Experience of working at a senior management/executive level within a corporate environment.
• Proven experience working with visas and other travel requirements.
• Pan-European sensitivity with proven experience of working in a diversified European team.
• Significant knowledge and experience using applications such as Excel and other O365 tools.

The Successful candidate will be:

• Organised and accurate with the ability to exercise initiative throughout.
• A strong communicator with a high degree of professionalism in dealing with diverse groups of people.
• Able to work well under pressure and maintain a flexible approach to changing department demands.
• Able to use discretion and diplomacy, maintaining confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Analytical with key eye and attention to detail.
• Pan-European cultural sensitive.
• Resourceful and innovative to support executive.
• Able to manage a varied and complex workload, using independence and initiative throughout.

Further Information

Location – Canon Europe Campus, The Bower, Stockley Park, UB11 1AF (near Heathrow, West Drayton, Uxbridge) on-site parking and electric charging points

Canon Europe champions hybrid working as follows (3 days office / 2 days remote) coupled with a flexible core hours policy. You will be part of an energetic and innovative environment with more than fifty different nationalities!

Does this seem like a great fit for your career expectations? We are excited to hear from you!

Canon is enriching lives and businesses in incredible new ways. You can play a part in shaping the future of a company that’s visionary, innovative and bold. As the world's best imaging company, we're living and working together for the common good.