Personal Assisstant

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Peterborough
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The Role & Key Responsibilities
Job Title: Personal/Executive Assistant

Location: Peterborough (Hybrid)

Are you an experienced Personal Assistant who thrives in a fast-paced, high-profile environment? Do you enjoy staying one step ahead, anticipating needs, and ensuring everything runs seamlessly behind the scenes?

We're looking for a highly organised and proactive Personal Assistant to support ABF's Group Services Director and their leadership team. In this pivotal role, you’ll be at the heart of the function—coordinating activity, managing competing priorities, and enabling senior stakeholders to operate at their best across a global business.

What you'll be doing:
- Providing seamless, executive-level support to the Group Services Director and their direct reports
- Managing complex and ever-changing diaries, coordinating with senior stakeholders internally and externally
- Preparing agendas, governance packs, and briefing materials for key meetings
- Attending sensitive meetings, taking minutes, and tracking actions to completion
- Coordinating VIP visits, town halls, and internal events end-to-end
- Organising UK and international travel, including itineraries, visas, and accommodation
- Managing expenses, invoices, and corporate card processes accurately and efficiently
- Acting as a key point of contact, building strong relationships with stakeholders and PA networks across the business
What you'll bring:
- Proven experience supporting at Director or C-suite level in a fast-paced environment
- Exceptional organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple demands
- A proactive mindset with the confidence to anticipate needs and act ahead of time
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage senior stakeholders
- High level of discretion and professionalism when handling sensitive information
- Advanced IT skills across Microsoft Office (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and tools such as Adobe and DocuSign
- Experience coordinating international travel and complex logistics
- Familiarity with SharePoint and supporting internal communications
Location

Hybrid, a mix of office and homeworking. This role will be based at our Peterborough offices on the Lynchwood Business Park. The office has recently been renovated and along with a modern work environment has great public transport links, free onsite parking, free drink facilities, free lunch option each day and a great team culture.

Associated British Foods Business Technology Services are continually reviewing our benefits to ensure our staff feel rewarded…

Associated British Foods is a global giant when it comes to the world of food processing and retail. Our ingredients division is the world’s second-largest producer of both sugar and baker’s yeast and our grocery brands occupy leading positions across the globe meaning that, in the UK, nine out of ten households use our brands.

Associated British Foods Business Technology Services (BTS) was first established in 2008 to deliver a centralised IT infrastructure and service to our fellow ABF businesses. We have now grown and operate in over 185 locations spread across 23 countries supported by a fantastic team of nearly 200. Our customers are at the heart of everything we do and we’re looking for people who are eager to join us in supporting and delivering this vision.

We want you to be a part of our future and to support you, so below are a handful of some of our benefits that are offered to our employees.

AB Foods BTS match up to 10% pension (contributory)
Up to 10% Bonus
Opportunity to buy up to 5 days holiday per calendar year
Discounts on ABF products such as Twinings, Silverspoon, Pataks and Ryvita
24/7 free and confidential access to an Employee Assistance Programme to support you as and when necessary
Free lunch option available every day
Access to a staff shop with discounted ABF brand products

We’re looking for dedicated and conscientious people who embrace and live our values. If you are an individual who thrives in a collaborative, trusting and pioneering work environment, ABF could be the right company for you.

All recruitment activities into our ABF BTS team are supported by our AB Agri business.

Making your application

Ready to apply? Great! Simply register your details and upload your CV via our careers website – it usually takes just a few minutes. Please do not delay making your application. In the event of a high candidate response to this vacancy we may close the application period before the date shown and without notice.

So that we can support you to perform at your best, please let us know of any adjustments that may be required throughout the recruitment process by emailing [email protected]

As part of your application, we ask you to answer some equal opportunities questions that help us to monitor how inclusive our recruitment process is and identify areas we can improve in. This information is anonymised, separate from your application and is never seen by the hiring panel. You can choose not to answer these questions with no impact on your application.

ABF BTS recruitment is supported by our AB Agri group and we politely request no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We have a PSL and do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

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Questions about this role?

If you have any questions about this role or need help applying please contact Taylor Waldon via [email protected].

Supporting your application

We work with a number of external partners to ensure that our application process is as comfortable as possible, regardless of your circumstances or background.