Executive Assistant

Full Time
Austin, TX
Posted Today
Job description
You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

Position Summary:

Executive Assistants at Kimberly-Clark manage access to the executive, maintain and modify the executive's schedule, and ensure the executive is aware of issues that need immediate attention. They provide a broad range of highly skilled and highly confidential administrative support to ensure smooth operation of the office. The incumbent must maintain strong interpersonal relationships with employees at all levels of the organization.

Responsibilities:

  • Performs complex administrative duties, involving contact with and exposure to highly confidential materials and information

  • Arrange, schedule, update, organize, and coordinate meetings, coordinating with other time zones.
  • Plan, assist and occasionally attend events, including reserving and setting up rooms, planning activities, preparing materials, and other related activities.
  • Assist with making complex travel arrangements including booking of flights, hotels and car reservations, and other documents as required for staff
  • Professionally answer and direct incoming calls, providing and sharing telephone coverage within group during normal business hours.
  • Maintain strong interpersonal relationships with employees at all levels of the organization, develop and maintain effective business contacts with vendors and services
  • Prepare and review expenses, reports, spreadsheets, presentations, and finished documents relevant to supervisor's assignment
  • On-board contractors and manage access in Workday
  • Purchasing responsibility for local department’s office supplies, computer peripherals and other items
  • May be required to contribute to projects and activities not included in other principal accountabilities to assist in the accomplishment of business objectives and professional development

About Us:

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best teams committed to driving innovation and growth. We’re founded on 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform—so what can you do with that? There’s no time like the present to make an impact at Kimberly-Clark. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

About You:

You’re driven to perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring. You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.

To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

Required:

  • Minimum of a High School Diploma or GED
  • At least 4 years of administrative work experience in a professional office setting
  • Must be able to use Outlook at an intermediate to expert level
  • Experience arranging travel, meetings, catering, and general office organization
  • A demonstrated ability to act independently, organize workload, set priorities, work well under deadline pressures adapt to change, and handle confidential material

Preferred:

  • Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
  • Advanced computer skills using Windows, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • Ability and willingness to work overtime on an occasional basis to meet workload demands
  • A demonstrated orientation to detail, strong analytical and organization skills
  • Ability to exercise independent problem solving and decision making with a high degree of initiative and self- coordination
  • Comfortable in a changing work environment

Total Benefits: For a complete overview, see www.mykcbenefits.com

Hybrid Work Arrangements: You’re looking to make a difference. When and where it works best for you. And at Kimberly Clark, we’re constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results. When you join our team, you’ll experience Flex That Works, flexible work (hybrid) arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.

Veterans and members of the Reserve and Guard are highly encouraged to apply.

For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world. We actively seek to build a workforce that reflects the experiences of our consumers. When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.

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