Executive Assistant - Innovation
At YETI, we believe that time spent outdoors matters more than ever and our gear can make that time extraordinary. When you work here, you have the opportunity to create something exceptional, build something sustainable and make a real impact. We are built for the wild.
As the Executive Assistant to the Vice President of Innovation, your role will be to support the VP and his leadership team. You will drive calendar management, coordinate travel, run meetings, generate presentations and reports, edit and manage communications and perform general office work or errands as needed. You will have the ability to work independently on projects, from conception to completion, and must be able to work under pressure to handle a wide variety of activities and confidential matters with discretion. You’ll be a team player with a natural desire to help people and get involved.
A look at your day-to-day
- Provide accurate and timely administrative assistance to the VP and support for Innovation leadership team
- Schedule and manage department staff, strategy and program review meetings; publishing agendas, capturing decisions and actions, distributing minutes and following up on actions to drive closure
- Drive presentation preparation with content area owners for BOD meetings and review meetings
- Proactively anticipate and track critical dates, events, and associated milestones or deadlines
- Prepare and consolidate daily schedules and checklists
- Generate and distribute department status reports and maintain indicators
- Track, reconcile and report individual and department expenses
- Read, sort/filter email inbox and flag most important and urgent emails; handle responses to assigned emails
- Coordinate, manage and execute various ad-hoc projects, ensuring that the project plan tasks, schedules, estimates, and status updates are maintained
- Work on tasks that can be complex in nature and require considerable judgment, initiative and knowledge to resolve problems and recommend solutions
- Manage duties such as ordering office supplies and coordinating miscellaneous office services when required
- Organize digital and printed documents
- Tackle errands such as mailing shipments, lunches for meetings, etc.
Now for a little bit about you….
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience supporting top level executives
- Bachelor’s degree preferred
- Detail-oriented and exceptionally organized
- Demonstrated time project management skills
- Results driven with strong problem solving and analytical skills
- Thorough and tenacious, determined to find answers
- Demonstrated customer service focus / superior customer service skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and able to interact on a professional level with internal and external personnel
- Comfortable handling tedious daily tasks as well as applying your creativity to numerous special projects
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment; able to manage changing priorities effectively
- Strong critical thinking skills and keen judgment
- Ability to take initiative with limited supervision while also being able to accept direction on given assignments
- Confident, organized, enthusiastic and able to contribute to a positive work environment
- High level of proficiency in MS Office Suite (Outlook, PowerPoint, Word and Excel)
- Fanatical attention to accuracy and detail
Perks At YETI? We’ve got ya covered…
- YETI Swag Package
- Employee discounts on YETI products
- Friends and Family discounts on YETI products too!
- Lunch with our cool Ambassadors from the outdoor industry – get a chance to meet & break bread with your favorite fishing guides, BBQ pit masters and hunting pro’s
- Loyalty Leave: 1 extra day of PTO with each year of service (up to 5 additional days after 5 years of service)
- Day of Service – 1 day per year to do community volunteer work
- Benefits coverage (health, dental, vision, etc) and 401K
- Employee Development Opportunities
- Casual work environment – what else would you expect for a cooler company?
- Standing desk options
- Discounts with outdoor vendors / clients (such as Patagonia, Kuhl, Costa, etc)
YETI is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.