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ABOUT US 

BSA Solutions offers talent outsourcing services to small and medium-sized businesses. We provide access to highly skilled professionals, enabling global businesses to build their dream teams in the Philippines and Malaysia. Our vision is to create a community of successful companies where talented individuals can meet and collaborate. We encourage our talents to push their limits, embrace their potential, and passionately pursue greatness. We pride ourselves on delivering exceptional results to our clients through our personalized service and our in-depth knowledge of the markets we serve. 

HEADLINE 

Are you a detail-oriented professional who is organised, resourceful, and excels at multitasking? Do you have experience in sales? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our valued client, a furnishing and interior decoration company based in New South Wales, Australia. 

We are seeking an EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT to give high-level administrative support to our senior executives. 

This is a full-time role, Monday to Friday, Dayshift. 

This is an office-based position in central Cebu City. 

The expected start date is February 2024. 

ABOUT THE ROLE 

As the Executive Assistant, you will be responsible for a variety of administrative tasks to support the Managing Director and the company’s senior-level managers. You should have excellent organisational skills, strong communication abilities, and experience with productivity tools and software. To be successful in this role, you should be well-organized, have great time management skills and be able to work independently. 

RESPONSIBILITIES 

Calendar and Inbox Management 

• Efficiently manage and maintain the executive's calendar, ensuring effective scheduling of appointments, meetings, and events. 
• Handle email correspondence promptly and professionally, prioritising important messages and responding on behalf of the executive when necessary. 

Outreach 

• Conduct targeted outreach via email, phone, or other channels to generate leads and build relationships with potential customers. 
• Create and maintain a database of prospects and leads for future follow-ups. 

Deal Closing 

• Collaborate closely with the sales team to help nurture leads, qualify prospects, and provide necessary information to support deal-closing efforts. 
• Assist in preparing sales proposals, presentations, and contracts. 

Scheduling and Booking 

• Coordinate and manage the executive's travel arrangements, including flights, accommodation, and transportation, as needed. 
• Schedule and book meetings, appointments, and calls, ensuring efficient use of the executive's time. 

Organise Contacts 

• Maintain an organised and up-to-date contact management system, ensuring accurate records of customer interactions, preferences, and relevant details. 
• Ensure prompt follow-up on sales leads and inquiries. 

Data Relationship Building 

• Support the development and maintenance of strong relationships with customers, partners, and other stakeholders by providing excellent communication and assistance. 
• Assist in managing CRM software, updating records, and generating reports to aid in business development efforts. 

Conduct Surveys 

• Conduct customer satisfaction surveys to gather feedback and insights, helping to identify areas for improvement and promote customer loyalty. 
• Compile survey results and present findings to the executive team. 

Performance Planning 

• Collaborate with the executive to set performance goals and targets, track progress, and provide regular updates. 

• Assist in analysing sales data and metrics to identify trends and opportunities for improvement

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS 

• Bachelor's degree in Business Management or similar. 
• At least 3 years of relevant experience in an Executive Assistant role. 
• Proficiency in calendar and email management tools. 
• Proficiency in using HubSpot and contact management systems. 
• Experience in sales support or business development is a plus. 
• Tech-savviness and proficiency in using productivity tools and software. 
• Strong attention to detail and exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities. 

• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritize tasks, work on multiple assignments, and manage time effectively. 
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team. 
• Excellent verbal and written English and interpersonal skills to interact with clients and team members effectively.  
• High level of integrity and professionalism. 

WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN US 

BSA Solutions, Inc. emphasizes in: 

• Providing you with competitive compensation and benefits that exceed market standards and the Labor Law. 
• Ensuring your health and well-being with a comprehensive and generous HMO benefits package for you and one dependent from the start date, a 24/7 employee assistance program, mental health assistance with licensed practitioners, and in-house fitness and wellness programs. 
• Encouraging you to take ownership of your choices and be accountable for your personal growth, happiness, and success. 
• Challenging your status quo, pushing your boundaries for you to embrace your potential and pursue greatness. 
• Building supportive and inclusive communities that inspire and uplift each other, fostering a sense of belonging and connection among its employees and the wider local communities. 
• Encouraging you to be authentic, be true to yourself, embrace your uniqueness, and live a fulfilling and purpose-driven life. 
• Promoting a growth mindset and a commitment to lifelong learning and encouraging you to seek knowledge, explore new experiences, and embrace challenges as opportunities for personal and professional development. 
• Encourages you to appreciate each moment and find balance in your lives, being fully present in the moment, cultivating mindfulness, and finding joy in the present. 
• Encouraging you to set clear intentions, align your actions with your values, and make conscious choices that contribute to your overall well-being and happiness. 

• Manage scheduling for company executive(s)
• Draft, review, and send communications on behalf of company executive(s)
• Organize and prepare for meetings, including gathering documents and attending to logistics of meetings
• Answer and respond to phone calls, communicate messages and information to the executive
• Prioritize emails and respond when necessary
• Coordinate travel arrangements
• Maintain various records and documents for company executive(s)

Rentokil Initial:

Rentokil Initial is an international business services company employing over 35,000 colleagues across 70 countries.

We strive to protect people and enhance lives, for example by controlling pests, improving hygiene and improving interior spaces with plants and scenting. We are experts in the fields we operate in, investing in training, science, innovation and technology. Listening and acting on feedback is part of our culture to support colleagues and our customers. Rentokil Initial regards equality and fairness as a fundamental right of all of its colleagues. We live our values of Service, Relationships and Teamwork which were identified by our colleagues across the world.

Find out more on careers.rentokil-initial.com

Our family of businesses:

Rentokil Pest Control is the world’s leading commercial pest control company, operating in 70 countries and ranked in the top 3 in 65 of those countries. Ranking in the top 3 in 38 of the 44 countries we operate in, Initial Hygiene is the market leader who provides quality, diligent and friendly services to all customers. In France, Initial Workwear specialises in the supply and laundering of workwear, garments and protective uniforms and equipment; focussing on top quality products and services.

Our plant business; Ambius is seen as the expert in interior and exterior "landscaping"; operating across the US, Europe, Asia & Pacific Steritech Brand Protection by Rentokil Initial is an industry leader and pioneer, providing innovative solutions that help customers to mitigate risks and drive business growth. We also have specialist businesses such as Medical Services, Specialist Hygiene and Property Care, which lead their respective fields. Across all of our operations globally, we have a positive reputation amongst our customers for our knowledge and integrity. We have central support functions of Human Resources, IT, Finance, Legal and Marketing & Innovation in the Rentokil Initial Head Office locations and in country. Working within our functions departments, you would be supporting all of our business in Philippines.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• To monitor each customer’s evolving needs and manage the account to ensure customer satisfaction and long-term relationship - Customer satisfaction is our first priorit.
• Review and revise tactics quarterly or whenever possible to ensure value-for-money services for customers and the required margin of profits for the Company.
• To achieve the agreed sales target.
• To monitor, evaluate and ensure that customers receive the stated benefits.
• To be in charge of speed and quality of response to changing customer needs, market conditions and competitor activity is critical to our success.
• Ensures that client issues are dealt with an efficient manner, informing the branch management of any problems that may arise.
• To manage the wellness of the customer’s account in ensuring good credit status and liaise with the credit controllers on effective cash collection to customers.
• Attend to all enquiries from prospects and existing customers.
• Attend to all leads from members of the staff, customers or members of the public
• Call on potential and existing clients
• Ensure satisfactory after sales service is provided to clients and provide regular communications between the client and team, to provide strong team representation to meet the customer’s expectations.

Do you have what it takes? If you want to be considered for this role you will need:

• Diploma / Degree in Sales or Marketing.
• Negotiation skills
• Industry Field sales selling skills
• Analytical skills
• Leadership of teams and individuals
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Understands the service environment market
• Prior experience in service industry and/or sales experience in a consumer business environment is preferred.

Are you interested? Here's what you can expect when you join us...

Benefits From Start Date:

• HMO (Health Insurance)
• Paternity / Maternity Leave (if applicable)

Benefits after 6 months of continuous work and pass the performance evaluation:

• Annual pay increase
• Group Personal Accident Insurance
• Group Term Life Insurance
• Vacation Leave
• Sick Leave (with cash conversion)
• Birthday Leave
• Matrimonial Leave
• Bereavement Leave
• Paid Non working holidays
• 13th Month Pay & other Statutory benefits
• Rice Benefits

Rentokil Initial believes in supporting all employees to provide equal opportunities and avoid discrimination. We also place emphasis on workplace diversity which means that we are serious about creating an inclusive environment that accepts each individual's differences, embraces their strengths and provides opportunities for all colleagues to achieve their full potential.

Do you love to provide a valued professional service throughout your community? Do you feel like you could do the job well? Apply for the role today!

Must have good problem solving, decision making & analytical skills.
Manages team performance.
Provide effective coaching and constructive feedback to subordinates.
Performs administrative tasks for Operational support.
Lead teams into achieving metric goals, complete monthly deliverable and tasks 

• Must have good problem solving, decision making & analytical skills.
• Manages team performance.
• Provide effective coaching and constructive feedback to subordinates.
• Performs administrative tasks for Operational support.
• Lead teams into achieving metric goals, complete monthly deliverable and tasks 

• Manage scheduling for company executive(s)
• Draft, review, and send communications on behalf of company executive(s)
• Organize and prepare for meetings, including gathering documents and attending to logistics of meetings
• Answer and respond to phone calls, communicate messages and information to the executive
• Prioritize emails and respond when necessary
• Coordinate travel arrangements
• Maintain various records and documents for company executive(s)

About the Role

Job Title : Franchise Relations Associate
Reports to: Franchise Relations Manager
Salary: 18,000
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday

Summary

• Find and develop leads for the company that our Sales Team can then nurture.
• Prospect potential investors would be a great fit as our business partners.
• Maintaining an accurate and detailed sales database.
• Setting a brand presentation schedule, ensuring all target clients will attend.
• Interacts with customers, offering assistance and responding to queries about products and purchases.
• Create franchise relations internal and external memo.
• Assisting FSO to all facets of the sales process.

About the Role

Job Title : Franchise Relations Associate
Reports to: Franchise Relations Manager
Salary: 18,000
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday

Summary

• Find and develop leads for the company that our Sales Team can then nurture.
• Prospect potential investors would be a great fit as our business partners.
• Maintaining an accurate and detailed sales database.
• Setting a brand presentation schedule, ensuring all target clients will attend.
• Interacts with customers, offering assistance and responding to queries about products and purchases.
• Create franchise relations internal and external memo.
• Assisting FSO to all facets of the sales process.

Reporting directly to the Customer Support Director – Player Engagement. The Executive Assistant provides administrative support in a remote working relationship. The Executive Assistant serves as a liaison to the executive and senior management teams; organizes and coordinates internal and external relations efforts; and helps oversee special projects driven by the CS Director. The Executive Assistant must be flexible and enjoy working in an environment that is mission-driven, results-driven and customer and employee-friendly. The ideal individual will have the ability to exercise good judgment in a variety of situations, with strong written and verbal communication, administrative, and organizational skills, and the ability to maintain a realistic balance among multiple priorities. The Executive Assistant must be able to work under pressure at times to handle a wide variety of activities and confidential matters with discretion.

This Executive Assistant must be adept at translating ambiguous narratives into clear actions, organizing meetings, managing schedules, and ensuring timely follow-ups. This role demands business maturity, exceptional coordination skills, and the capacity to handle multiple stakeholders.

• Translate Ambiguous Instructions: Understand and convert vague or complex narratives into actionable tasks.

• Meeting Organization: Schedule and organize meetings efficiently, ensuring optimal use of Customer Support Director’s time.
• Note-Taking and Follow-Ups: Take comprehensive notes during meetings and ensure all follow-up actions are completed in a timely manner.
• Stakeholder Management: Handle communications and coordination with multiple stakeholders, maintaining professionalism and discretion.
• Flexible Scheduling: Adjust personal schedule to meet the dynamic needs of the business and executive team.
• Document Management: Proficient in creating, managing, and designing office files and documents.
• Numerical Skills: Competence in basic mathematics and understanding different time zones for scheduling.
• Work Under Pressure: Thrive in a high-pressure environment, managing tight deadlines and urgent tasks.
• Organization: Exceptional organizational skills, with a keen attention to detail.
• Confidentiality: Maintain strict confidentiality regarding all sensitive information and company matters.
• Administrative Support: Completes a broad variety of administrative tasks including: managing an extremely active calendar of appointments; completing reports; preparing presentation slides, composing and preparing correspondence that is sometimes confidential; arranging complex and detailed travel plans, itineraries, and agendas; and compiling documents for travel-related meetings (e.g. visa preparation, travel documents, expense report, etc.).
• Project Management: Helps manage a variety of special projects for the Customer Support Director. Prioritizes conflicting needs; handles matter expeditiously, proactively, and follows-through on projects to successful completion, often with deadline pressures.
• Other duties as required from time to time.

Qualifications:

• Strong organizational skills that reflect ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks seamlessly with excellent attention to detail
• Very strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with stakeholders, including members of executive and senior management teams, members of the service line, external partners and clients
• Expert level written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated proactive approaches to problem-solving with strong decision-making capability
• Highly resourceful team-player, with the ability to also be extremely effective independently
• Proven ability to handle confidential information with discretion, be adaptable to various competing demands, and demonstrate the highest level of customer/client service and response
• 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

Other Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or relevant experience
• Strong work tenure: minimum of 3 years of experience in a similar capacity (preferably supported global senior leaders or executives)
• Excellent English written and verbal skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and Power Point), conference call systems and other platforms
• Amenable working in European shift (3pm to 12am)

• Non-taxable Allowances
• HMO and Life Insurance
• Paid Time Offs
• Annual Wellness Subsidy