Executive Assistant

As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter these threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food for all –while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs. 

Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting. From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold. 

Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Switzerland. 

The Executive Assistant will be providing support for three key people in our Canadian Crop Protection Business.  The Head of Marketing, The Head of Technology Solutions & Sustainable Agriculture (TSSA) and The Head of Human Resources.

This position will be in a hybrid work setting in our Guelph, ON location.

Duties:

• Provide administrative support i.e. travel arrangements and expense report, maintain marketing DLs in Outlook, Vacation and calendar/meeting scheduling while maintaining confidentiality.
• Coordinate all internal meeting/event arrangements for the stakeholders.
• Process all departmental invoices and manage the Ariba vendor, purchase order and invoice management processes to ensure timely payments & track to budget.
• Manage PCard purchases and expense reconciliation.
• Provide support for various projects as assigned.

Required:

• College diploma or university degree in Agriculture, Business, Marketing, or Event Management preferred.
• Minimum 3 years’ relevant experience in Executive support roles.
• Excellent knowledge of general office procedures, purchasing, office policies and procedures, telephone etiquette site security system.
• Excellent MS Office skills, especially Excel.

Preferred:

• SAP / Ariba
• Social Media experience

What We Offer: 

• We offer a competitive base salary and incentive bonus potential, combined with challenging and meaningful work, learning and career development opportunities and a great team environment. 
• A culture that celebrates diversity & inclusion, promotes personal and professional development and offers flexible work options to meet both your work and personal needs. 
• Comprehensive Benefit offering, Pension and Group Retirement program with company match, and Profit Sharing. 
• Focus on Wellness and innovative programs that support overall health and wellbeing such as annual Lifestyle Account and free Headspace App. 
• Progressive Employee Policies and Programs including a Flexible Work Location approach, and a vacation policy that provides up to 30 days’ vacation for all employees. 

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. 

Syngenta Contact Information:  
If you need assistance during the application process, please contact the Service Desk at [email protected]

Syngenta Canada welcomes applications from all qualified candidates and is able to accommodate persons with disabilities.  For more information about accommodation during any stage of the recruitment process or if you would like more information on our accommodation policies, please contact [email protected]

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