Executive Assistant

About us

Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks company with an outstanding collection of brands, such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray and Guinness. Our purpose - Celebrating life, every day, everywhere - has an important role in our company, for our people, our diversity, our brands, in how we perform and how we create shared value.

About The Role

In this position, you will provide proficient personal assistance to our Managing Director for DACH. You will be required to co-ordinate their activities and provide administrative support. This is a varied and challenging role which requires a high degree of flexibility, initiative, and confidentiality.

In This Role You ‘ll Work On:

• Effective diary management - emphasis on anticipating needs and understanding priorities
• Travel, visa and accommodation management and co-ordination
• Ensure all Purchase Orders, invoices and expenses are completed in a timely, accurate and compliant manner
• Timely management of expenditure via Concur, ensuring a thorough filing and reference system is in place
• Meeting co-ordination, preparation, efficiency, and effectiveness
• Co-ordination of data and preparation of relevant business reports and presentations
• Handling routine one-off and recurring tasks, including resolving issues and implementing comprehensive solutions
• Management and organisation of internal and external events e.g. conferences, meetings, events
• Management/co-ordination of functional specific projects and administration
• Using new technologies to the fullest as and when they are introduced

About You

• Demonstration of dedication in a PA or Team Assistant role operating at a senior level
• Experience of working across geographies would be advantageous
• Ideally proficient in the relevant functional systems e.g. Workday
• Highly organised and self-motivated, with an ability to anticipate, effectively prioritise and progress workload
• Demonstrate a high level of integrity, compliance, and confidentiality at all times
• Ability to prioritise core duties tactfully and assertively for those you support over requests from the wider team
• Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines
• Willingness to perform a variety of duties/tasks including often going above and beyond the day-to-day requirements to ensure a smooth running of business activities
• A good problem solver with a positive nature
• Able to forge strong relationships across the administrative community to leverage experience and provide cover as needed
• Continually demonstrate high standards in terms of planning, quality and accuracy of work outputs to meet challenging timescales
• Utilise exceptional interpersonal skills to build and sustain excellent relationships across a diverse range of cross-functional networks
• Be creative and proactive in finding solutions to issues faced by the leaders you support and develop and apply an understanding of the function to your work

Our offer

• An engaging company culture that puts employees and their development first
• A competitive salary with bonus and many benefits that fit your lifestyle
• 30 days of vacation
• An excellent parental leave policy
• An office with a view in the heart of Hamburg City
• ...and of course, THE best colleagues!

Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo's purpose of "celebrating life every day everywhere". This purpose is inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity.

We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills, and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.

Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many ways, including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don't let anything stop you from applying.

Client-provided location(s): Hamburg, Germany

Job ID: Diageo-JR1116083

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-07-30T23:57:54