At the beautiful main location of Bevaplast BV in Arnhem, a 1:1 job vacancy has arisen for a professional Personal Assistant to the CEO. Do you want to join a top team that daily achieves the mission of “Showing what is possible when you can move freely”? A team that understands better than anyone that entrepreneurship, customer focus, and a mindset of possibilities are necessary to unlock potential? Do you strive to perform optimally in a strong-growing and agile niche player? Are you passionate, knowledgeable, reliable, and loyal? And do you identify well with the profile described? Then we would be delighted to receive your application, including your CV, concise motivation letter, and a recent digital (passport) photo, via maartje.smeenk@smeenks.com by July 24, 2023, 12.00 Noon (also see our application information below).
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JOB OPENING: TOP PERSONAL ASSISTANT, CEO, BEVAPLAST BV, NL-ARNHEM (36-40 hrs/wk)
The organization
Bevaplast BV is a thriving Dutch company engaged in the development and supply of private label medical and sports medical products. This includes items such as plasters, bandages, first aid kits, blister care, tapes, bandages, and hot-cold therapies. They also offer various products related to outdoor and sports experiences, customized to fit any brand style and requirements. With two locations, they serve almost every sector of the European market, ranging from drugstores, retail chains, healthcare professionals to sports stores and automotive companies. Private label in the broadest sense of the word! Every day, approximately 40 enthusiastic professionals work towards the distinctive concept of “Showing what is possible when you can move freely.” At the beautiful main location of Bevaplast in Arnhem, with around 35 employees, a 1:1 vacancy has arisen for a professional, proactive, and collaborative Personal Assistant to the CEO.
Culture
The collective core values guiding all activities of this dynamic and rapidly growing niche player are customer-oriented, entrepreneurial, and pragmatic. Strong collaboration with both customers and suppliers is central, along with maintaining high-quality standards, clear communication channels, and well-defined agreements. The internal culture can be described as passionate, knowledgeable, loyal, down-to-earth, transparent, reliable, direct, agile, and in transition.
Employment conditions and weekly hours
Bevaplast offers excellent primary and secondary employment conditions (including competitive compensation, profit sharing, pension contribution, 31 vacation days, remote work policy, and travel reimbursement) based on 36-40 hours per week. You will be part of a dynamic and fast-growing niche where no day is the same. Working with a passionate and ambitious team, you will contribute sustainably to further organizational growth and make a meaningful impact. Additionally, Bevaplast provides an informal, professional work environment, opportunities for personal development, an enjoyable staff association, a beautiful view of the river landscape, and convenient accessibility. And… the best coffee in NL-Arnhem!
The role
As a Personal Assistant to the CEO of Bevaplast in Arnhem, you will provide comprehensive support, ensuring proactive progress monitoring, strategic thinking, and coordination of all necessary actions.
Some of your responsibilities will involve:
- Being a business and sparring partner;
- Managing the CEO’s agenda, time, emails, and travel arrangements;
- Planning, preparing, organizing, coordinating, and taking minutes during various meetings, events, and calls, including follow-up monitoring;
- Familiarizing yourself with processes, procedures, and regulations;
- Project management;
- Co-managing Facility, IT, and Office Management at the Arnhem location (external partners are involved)
- Coordinating the creation of legal agreements;
- Delivering presentations;
- Maintaining an up-to-date executive contact database;
- E-archiving;
- Handling other general business support tasks as required.
Position requirements
The ideal candidate
You are cheerful, professional, and decisive! You thrive on ensuring smooth operations for both your manager and the organization. You strongly identify with the organization’s goals and values. You are honest, innovative, energetic, detail-oriented, and work in a structured manner. Naturally, you are tech-savvy, proactive, resilient, and capable of functioning both independently and as part of a team. In short, you have a passion for the role of Personal Assistant and are fully committed to supporting your manager and the organization in achieving sustainable excellence. You are exceptionally adaptable and impactful!
Criteria
- Interest in and affinity for the world of Bevaplast;
- Bachelor’s/Master’s degree or equivalent in relevant field (e.g., Bachelor’s in Business Administration, MBA, or Schoevers MBA Executive Support);
- Minimum of five years of relevant work experience in a professional environment;
- Excellent command of Dutch and English (good command of German is a plus);
- Proficiency in MS Office; tech-savvy;
- Available to work 36-40 hours per week;
- Strong desire to contribute to the mission of “Showing what is possible when you can move freely”!
Competencies
- Proficient in a dynamic, rapidly growing quality niche;
- Flexible, proactive, and decisive (taking initiative);
- Integrity, organizational sensitivity, and engagement;
- Quality- and service-oriented, even under pressure;
- Results-driven, both independently and as part of a team;
- Professional with a good sense of humor!
Application information
In short, would you like to join a top team that daily achieves the mission of “Showing what is possible when you can move freely”? A team that understands better than anyone that entrepreneurship, customer focus, and a mindset of possibilities are necessary to unlock potential? Do you strive to perform optimally in this thriving and dynamic niche player? Are you passionate, knowledgeable, reliable, and loyal? And do you identify well with the profile described? Then we would be delighted to receive your application, including your CV, motivation letter, salary expectation, and a digital (passport) photo, via maartje.smeenk@smeenks.com by July 24, 2023, 12.00 Noon.
Exclusivity
The search for this vacancy is exclusively handled by Smeenk’s Top Personal Assistants. Direct applications to Bevaplast BV or any of its subsidiaries will not be considered.
Application process
- Deadline for applications: July 24, 2023;
- Introductory interviews with Smeenk’s Top Personal Assistants: NL-Arnhem: July 2023, to be determined;
- Interviews with Bevaplast BV, NL-Arnhem: July 2023, to be determined;
- Start of employment: as soon as possible, ideally by September 1st, 2023;
- Employment type: permanent, 24-32 hrs/wk.
About Smeenk’s Top Personal Assistants, your intermediairy
Smeenk’s Top Personal Assistants is the only executive search specialist for the new generation of world-class Personal Assistants in the Netherlands. We focus all of our efforts on finding the right world-class assistants for CEOs, business leaders and executive board members, enabling them to fully focus on their areas of expertise and on achieving sustainable corporate results. Exceptionally agile and with impact. Because we believe that attention, focus and quality are prerequisites for sustained corporate success.
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