Senior Executive Assistant - Category & Merchandising

Best Buy Co Inc

Richfield, MN

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Administrative Skills, Business Skills, Business Solutions, Business Support, Calendar Management, Category Management, Communication Skills, Cross-Functional, Detail Oriented, Executive Assistant Skills , Leadership, Merchandising, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Product Family, Project/Program Coordination, Travel Planning
LOCATION
Richfield, MN
POSTED
30+ days ago

This Senior Executive Assistant will support three business executives within the Category Management & Merchandising. This individual must handle a high volume of work and be comfortable with an unpredictable workflow. This role requires excellent independent judgement and discretion in handling sensitive and confidential information. An individual in this role will have a high level of professionalism, be comfortable regularly interfacing with the senior leadership team, have high attention to detail, and clear communication. The ideal candidate will be highly visible, interacting with the senior leadership team, executive assistants, cross-functional partners, and internal/external contacts.

This role is hybrid, which means you will be required to work some days on-site at the Best Buy location listed on this posting and some days virtually from home or another non-Best Buy location. The specific work arrangements vary by role and team. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process.

What you'll do

  • Provide executive administrative support for 2-3 Vice Presidents/Senior Vice Presidents.
  • Proactively manage leaders' calendar while balancing the leader's current priorities and anticipate future activities and priorities.
  • Serve as a liaison to the leader and is considered a communication link among the leader, direct reports, peers, business partners and customers.
  • Plan and coordinate complex projects, team events and activities (e.g., presentations, meetings, special events) utilizing independent judgement.
  • Responsible for making domestic and international (when applicable) travel arrangements

Basic qualifications

  • 5 years of experience of administrative support experience
  • Advanced Microsoft office and business software skills including Outlook, PowerPoint, Microsoft Teams, and Excel

Preferred qualifications

  • 3 or more years supporting an officer or senior executive

What's in it for you

We're committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. We offer generous benefits that address your total well-being and provide support as you need it, especially key moments in your life.

Our benefits include:

  • Competitive pay
  • Generous employee discount
  • Physical and mental well-being support

About us

As part of the Best Buy team, you'll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life - in our stores, online and in customers' homes.

Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. We're committed to being a great place to work, where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all, we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full, authentic self to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here.

Best Buy is an equal opportunity employer.

About the Company

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Best Buy Co Inc

Energetic teams. Fun atmosphere. Exciting opportunities.

That’s what you’ll find at Best Buy. Care to join us?

You can feel the energy here. And we’re not talking about the hum of electronics (there’s that, too). We’re talking about people.

Best Buy employees are friendly, enthusiastic and willing to help you succeed. Sure, we’re a big company — the world’s largest consumer electronics retailer — but that doesn’t stop us from having fun while doing what we love: bringing technology into people’s lives in meaningful ways.

When you join our team, we consider you part of our Best Buy family. And what you do here every day will support our goal to make people’s lives better, easier and more enjoyable through the great products we sell.

So if you’d like using your talents to help improve people’s lives, bring it! We’d love to have your energy here.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Retail
FOUNDED
1966
WEBSITE
http://www.bestbuy-jobs.com/