Chief of Staff
Are you an experienced and dynamic professional with a knack for strategy, organisation, and collaboration?
Join Easyfairs as our Chief of Staff and play a pivotal role in enabling our CEOs to focus on their key strategic priorities while ensuring the smooth execution of day-to-day operations.
In this critical role, you will be a trusted sparring partner for our CEOs, providing strategic and operational support across various business areas. As the linchpin of coordination and execution, your contributions will be instrumental in keeping our business pace and ensuring success in our ambitious initiatives.
Your mission
You will act as an extension of the CEOs, streamlining their workload and ensuring they can focus on their strengths. Your responsibilities include:
* Strategic coordination: Organise and support all major meetings, including monthly shareholders’ boards, large management meetings and Country Reviews. This involves preparing agendas, collecting and challenging all presentations, creating slide decks, managing time during meetings, drafting reports, cascading key messages within the organisation, and following up on action points.
* Project management: Lead and coordinate transversal strategic projects such as Pricing strategy, Venues 5Y Business Plan, Stand Building/Ops Upselling Business improvement, Dashboards & Business Metrics,...
* Strategic Partnering: Serve as a key advisor and sparring partner to the CEOs, providing insights and actionable recommendations on various topics.
What’s in it for you?
* Thrive in a fast-paced, multinational environment that values innovation, collaboration, and excellence.
* Be at the heart of strategic decision-making, directly impacting the company’s success.
* Enhance your skill set through diverse, high-impact projects, supported by a tailored development plan aligned with your career aspirations.
* Enjoy a competitive salary, performance-based bonuses, and a flexible benefits package, reviewed annually to reflect your skills, performance, and market trends.
About you
We are looking for a highly structured and adaptable professional with exceptional analytical skills and a proactive mindset. You’ll need:
* Experience: 10-15 years of experience, preferably with a consulting background. Demonstrated expertise in managing diverse projects and aligning cross-functional teams.
* Skills: Strong analytical and data-driven capabilities, excellent organisational skills, and the ability to create actionable plans from complex situations.
* Soft Skills: Outstanding communication, diplomacy, and relationship-building skills. Proven ability to influence and persuade stakeholders at all levels, fostering alignment and collaboration.
* Languages: Fluency in English is required; additional European languages are an asset.
* Cultural Fit: Someone curious, flexible, and pragmatic who can handle a variety of tasks with ease and build a strong rapport with our CEOs.
About us
Easyfairs is a pan-European event company and one of the leading organising companies in the world. With now more than 800 staff members, we currently organize 110 market-leading event titles in 12 countries and manage 8 event venues in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Sweden.
Our passion is to bring business communities and communities of interest together. We strive to “easify” the life of our customers and increase the return on their investment of time and money through all-in formulas, advanced technology, and a customer-centric approach.
Our commitment to excellence, talent development, and employee engagement has been recognized several times. We were named Belgium’s “Entrepreneur of the Year” in 2018, and Deloitte has named us a “Best Managed Company” six years running (2019-24). UFI has also recognized Easyfairs as the winner of the 2024 Digital Innovation Award, the 2023 HR Management Award, and the 2024 Sustainable Development Award.
Visit www.easyfairs.com/about-us to find out more.
Ready to make an impact?
Apply today and be part of Easyfairs’ exciting future!
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