Executive Assistant to Managing Director

Provide administrative support to assigned department, individual, and/or area.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Use all computer programs relevant to the position to support development of correspondence, presentations, such as tracking and charting metrics data, and to perform data entry and report generation in support of a department, significant organizational group, or executive level management
- Ensure the preparation of information, documents, and logistics for assigned department, significant organizational group, or executive level management
- Schedule domestic and international travel in compliance with existing policies and procedures, to optimize use of Executive's time and schedule
- Plan and execute meetings and events with some supervision
- Provide all the required information for pre-meeting and post-meeting as well as preparing the minutes of meeting whenever is required
- Perform general administrative activities including screening and directing phone calls, filing as well as composing and typing general correspondence under limited direction
- Manage the expenses and ensure all the related information or details to be captured, recorded and updated accordingly
- Other incidental duties: Assist in semi-routine and non-routine administrative projects/tasks

**Education and Experience**:
H.S. Diploma or equivalent with 6 years related experience including executive administrative support Required

**Additional Skills**:

- Proven expertise in MS Office Suite
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills
- Extensive knowledge and understanding of Edwards policies, procedures, and administrative requirements
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills, including negotiating and relationship management skills
- Advanced problem-solving skills
- Ability to manage complex travel arrangements, in keeping with overall time commitments and in support of optimizing time management
- Completes tasks in resourceful and effective ways
- Ability to manage internal and external confidential information with utmost discretion
- Works autonomously within established procedures and practices
- Ability to build and maintain strong relationships across the organization to influence and achieve objectives
- Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic work environment
- Strict attention to detail
- Knowledge of and adherence to EW administrative policies and procedures
- Ability to interact professionally with all organizational levels
- Must be able to work in a team environment, including inter-departmental teams, with limited direction
- Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control

About Edwards Lifesciences

Edwards Lifesciences is the global leader in patient-focused medical innovations for structural heart disease, as well as critical care and surgical monitoring. Driven by a passion to help patients, the company collaborates with the world’s leading clinicians and researchers to address unmet healthcare needs, working to improve patient outcomes and enhance lives. Headquartered in Irvine, California, Edwards Lifesciences has extensive operations in North America, Europe, Japan, Latin America and Asia and currently employs over 13,000 individuals worldwide.

For us, helping patients is not a slogan - it’s our life’s work. From developing devices that replace or repair a diseased heart valve to creating new technologies that monitor vital signs in the critical care setting, we focus on helping patients regain and improve the quality of their life.

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