Executive Assistant

Are you interested in growing your career with Watson?

**WATSON GLOVES: Who We Are**:
With 106 years of experience, Watson Gloves is North America’s single source for hand protection offering over 2,000 different styles to cover glove-use: at work, at home, at play. We are a **Family **-owned company that is committed to providing **Authentic **and **Fun **experiences for our people and our customers that deliver above and beyond customer and employee experiences based in **Integrity **and **Continuous **Improvement **.

Our drive for being industry leaders in glove innovation and focus on the four pillars of corporate social responsibility play a large part in our success as we live out our Just Cause by elevating industry for the greater good through sustainability and innovation protecting people and our planet.

**Role**:Executive Assistant
**Location**:Burnaby

**The Role**:
We are looking for an **Executive Assistant **to join our team. The role of the EA is to provide administrative support to the Executive Team. Reporting to the VP of Talent & Culture (HR), the EA will be highly organized, reliable, trustworthy, and intuitive in delivering exceptional executive-level service This role is for you if you are someone who has a high attention to detail, is highly organized, LOVES to organize others, and possesses strong administration and prioritization skills.

**YOUR core responsibilities**:
- Professional Assistant to Senior Executive team including the Executive Chairman, CEO & President, and VP of Talent & Culture:

- Manage schedules and meetings.
- Prepare and format correspondence, communications, documents and reports.
- Support performance management process.
- Complete expense reconciliations.
- Book travel and arrange meals.- Assist Senior Director of Corporate Social Responsibility:

- Organize volunteer & Social Committee events.
- Be an active member of the Green Team and Social Committee.- Assist the Executive Team:

- Organize, schedule, and scribe for executive meetings, townhalls, National Sales Meetings, AGM and other meetings throughout the year.
- Complete expense reconciliations are required.
- Corporate travel booking for all employees.
- Oversee office and coffee supplies including budget management.
- Other ad-hoc responsibilities as assigned.

**What YOU BRING to Watson Gloves**:

- 5+ years as an Executive Assistant or similar role
- Minimum secondary school with bonus points for higher education
- In-depth MS Office knowledge: Outlook, Excel, Teams, Power Point etc.
- Microsoft GP an asset
- Professional and friendly demeanor
- Professional level written and verbal communication skills
- Strong organization, attention to detail and time-management skills
- Ability to work with senior leadership and under tight deadlines
- Solutions-oriented and proactive approach to problem-solving
- Reliable, supportive, adaptable, trustworthy, intuitive and anticipatory

**Our VALUES**:

- Family Spirit: we support each other and we work as a team
- Integrity: we deliver on our promises every single day
- Fun: we work hard and play hard
- Authentic: we are true to who we are and what we do
- Continuous Improvement: we continually invest in our people and improving our processes

**What we OFFER**:

- Competitive compensation package
- Comprehensive benefits package and time off policies
- Company laptop & cell phone
- Great environment & culture
- Lots of fun events & company SWAG
- On-site gym and fitness equipment

Thank you for your interest in Watson Gloves #WG Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. We wish you the best in your job search.