Major Recruitment are currently recruiting for a PA & Business Administrator, on a rolling 12-month contract, to join a multinational, automotive manufacturer based in Bognor Regis. You will also be required to cover at their site in Goodwood too.

The main aspect of the role is to support the day-to-day business administration requirements for the Region. You will be a professional, organised individual with a keen eye for detail.

Location: Bognor Regis

Pay rate: £17.84ph

Standard working hours: Monday - Friday 08.30am - 5pm

Duties & Responsibilities

• Making meeting arrangements including the booking of meeting facilities and catering
• Production of presentations and coordinating other content/documentation for management meetings, conferences and for Dealer visits.
• Coordination of all hospitality arrangements, invitations, guest information and schedules for Group events
• Responsibility for coordination of full itinerary details and compliance adherence.
• Operational support for weekly First Line Management (FLM) Meeting, including coordination of agenda, pre-read, and minutes.
• Organisation of onsite and offsite departmental meetings including timings, locations, agenda setting, guest speakers, delegate attendance, catering & travel arrangements.
• Organisation of more informal regional departmental meetings and huddles.
• Arranging regional visitor itineraries, including transfers, hotel accommodation and catering requirements.
• Managing department 'time management', recording vacation, sickness etc in SAP
• Management of purchase order requirements on behalf of the region, engaging with relevant teams and finance and purchasing policies.
• Supporting the region with scoping and delivering regional strategy workshops and Dealer Conference programmes as required.
• Managing regional management team's travel arrangements and supporting their expenses claims, as required.
• Responsibility for managing stationery requirements including but not limited to business cards, letterhead, printer paper, pens, pads etc.
• Ensuring that the departmental office is tidy and always organised.

Candidate Specification

• Educated to A level or degree level, ideally with an additional European language background.
• Excellent organisational, literacy, numeric and PC skills along with excellent interpersonal skills. Secretarial/Personal Assistant experience would be a distinct advantage.
• Exceptional communication skills are essential with the ability to communicate at all levels.
• Capable of managing a demanding workload, often with constant reprioritization and be able to meet tight deadlines.
• Excellent time management, prioritisation, and attention to detail skills. Be able to act with discretion and deal with matters of a confidential nature.
• Be able to work on own initiative and be relied on to work unsupervised.
• A 'team player' as well as able to work unsupervised and be self-motivated.
• Excellent organisational, literacy, numeric and PC skills are required, ideally along with knowledge of SAP.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, together with SAP experience.
• Willingness to develop and adopt new initiatives.
• German language desirable.
• Must have Valid UK driving licence.

To be considered for this role you will have experience within one of the following job roles. Business Administrator, PA, Events Coordinator, Senior Administrator

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