Executive Assistant

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve - we care.

What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow's health today, we want to hear from you.

Position Overview

Responsible for providing analytical and specialized administrative support to relieve and assist executive, administrative, line and staff managers of complex details and advanced administrative duties. Provides broad and complex administrative support to two senior executives- VP/GM and President. Serves as an extension of the leaders in a manner that ensures the most efficient use of their time and maintains positive, effective and collaborative working relationships across the organization and with customers. Executes special or continuous research and data analysis tasks. Analyzes problems, determines approach, compiles and analyzes data and prepares reports/ recommendations. Coordinates activities between departments and outside parties. Contacts company personnel at all organizational levels to gather information and prepare reports. Work is generally of a critical or confidential nature.

This individual must be proactive, articulate, service-oriented, and able to learn preferences and anticipate needs. Also, must possess a flexible personality, be an energetic self-starter and be able to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated ability to prioritize and manage competing priorities. The successful candidate will also be able to manage through ambiguity and work through others to obtain information needed to problem-solve, meet deadlines to effectively support the leaders. A sense of humor, ability to stay calm under pressure and an enthusiastic curiosity for continuous learning in support of business and mission-critical objectives are highly desired. Requires an extreme degree of confidentiality and independent judgment and discretion in administering information of a sensitive and critical nature to McKesson with little to no supervision or direction.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate, arrange, and run logistics for staff meetings and a variety of other meetings (quarterly operational reviews, manager meetings, department town halls, supplier and customer meetings, etc.) including preparing meeting materials ahead of time

• Coordination of reports and development of presentations

• Document, manage, and track meeting action items

• Establish direct internal and external relationships with key company influencers

• Maintain overall efficiency and accuracy of administrative processes and procedures

• Plan and coordinate employee/client events

• Serve as lead and manage small projects

• Perform an extensive range of administrative tasks such as calendar management, expenses, coordination of complex international and domestic travel itineraries, etc.

Minimum Requirement

Typically requires 6+ years of related experience.

Education

• HS Diploma, Vocational Training, Professional Certification or Equivalent. A Degree is Preferred.

Critical Skills

• 6+ years advanced administrative support experience working with senior level executives within and outside the company, customers, visitors, and other dignitaries

• Have a genuine interest in the business and want to understand how we function, why we function, who our clients are, and what our industry is about

• Demonstrated ability to gracefully handle time-sensitive duties

• Possess excellent organizational skills with attention to detail and follow through, comfortable making decisions, and comfortable working on initiatives that require confidentiality

• Direct experience dealing with sensitive and conflicting situations in a diplomatic manner; manage and de-escalate conflict appropriately, know when to delegate issues upward

• Possess strong business judgment and high ethical standards

• Exhibit strong executive presence and possess excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to inspire confidence when interacting with a wide variety of internal and external contacts at all levels including extensive engagement with SVP, CFO, President

Additional Skills & Knowledge

• Demonstrated passion for learning new things, continuous improvement sharing best practices

• Ability to think strategically and understand business and industry; see the "big picture"

• Ability to quickly learn/adapt using diverse tools and technologies

• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint, and WebEx

Physical Requirements

• General Office Demands

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, pleaseclick here.

Our Base Pay Range for this position

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