Executive Assistant, VP, Manufacturing - Latin America

Executive Assistant, VP, Manufacturing - Latin America

Onsite – Apodaca, Monterrey

Overview

Come build your career. It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better for Those Who Make The World™. Sound like you? Join our top‑notch team of approximately 43,500 diverse and high‑performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world's most beloved brands, including DEWALT®, BLACK+DECKER®, CRAFTSMAN®, STANLEY®, CUB CADET®, and HUSTLER®.

Responsibilities

• Support the VP, Latin America Manufacturing, enabling focus on strategic priorities by ensuring seamless coordination of calendar, travel, communications, meetings, and follow‑through across the organization.
• Manage an extremely active, complex, and constantly shifting calendar, prioritizing critical business needs while protecting time for strategic focus.
• Coordinate domestic and international travel arrangements, including flights, hotels, ground transportation, itineraries, agendas, supporting materials and travel expenses.
• Ensure the VP is fully prepared for upcoming meetings, travel, decisions, and commitments through proactive planning and timely follow‑up.
• Partner closely with the VP's direct reports and key stakeholders to track action items, meeting follow‑ups, and deliverables to completion.
• Support the rhythm of the business by coordinating leadership meetings, staff meetings, operating reviews, and other core business cadences, ensuring logistics and materials are prepared in advance.
• Build strong working relationships across functions and geographies to facilitate efficient communication, alignment, and execution.
• Handle highly confidential information and sensitive matters with the utmost discretion, maturity, and professionalism.
• Draft, edit, and format high‑quality correspondence, presentations, reports, spreadsheets, and other executive materials.
• Support PowerPoint development, Excel‑based data organization, and chart creation for business reviews and leadership presentations.
• Complete and manage Concur expense reports accurately and in a timely manner.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve administrative processes, streamline workflows, and increase executive effectiveness.
• Partner with Executive Assistants across the organization to resolve scheduling conflicts and coordinate efficiently across senior leaders.
• Manage and coordinate logistic arrangements for visits from high‑level executives and government officials.
• Prioritize multiple competing demands, respond with urgency, and ensure flawless execution under tight deadlines and changing business conditions.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of professional experience, with a significant amount of that time supporting a leader for a publicly traded, global company.
• Impeccable communicator and representative for Stanley Black & Decker, both in verbal and written communication. Professional and positive demeanor and executive presence.
• Expert proficiency using Microsoft Office Suite, experience with travel systems and expense reimbursement procedures.
• Demonstrated proactive approach to problem‑solving with strong and independent decision‑making capability.
• Highly resourceful team‑player, with the ability to also be extremely effective independently.
• Excellent analytical, time‑management, and project management skills. High degree of attention to detail while also being tenacious with execution are critical elements to success in role.
• Superb interpersonal skills and working in a complex, matrixed organization.
• High degree of confidentiality and professionalism.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve high performance goals and meet deadlines in a fast‑paced environment.
• Forward‑looking thinker, who actively seeks opportunities and proposes solutions.
• Strong organizational skills that reflect ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks seamlessly with excellent attention to detail.
• A Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• English fluency, Portuguese knowledge a plus.

Details

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