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Red Wing Shoe Company is based in Red Wing, Minnesota, just 40 minutes from St. Paul, where our corporate office sits along the Mississippi River in downtown Red Wing.  We are a global company with 2300 employees around the world, but we maintain a close-knit family atmosphere that comes with being a privately-held company. We’re rich in history and tradition, but innovation drives us to deliver best-in-class product solutions and highly rated customer experiences.  Focus on our employees and company culture results in meaningful employee engagement across the organization. Our Guiding Behaviors of Living our Values, Honoring our Brands, Inspiring our People, Centering on our Customers, and Preserving the long term success and legacy of our Company are the foundation on which we build our future.

An upcoming retirement has us seeking candidates to work with this dynamic group of business leaders. We have built a plan and timeline to ensure smooth transition and knowledge transfer.

The Sr. Executive Assistant provides high level administrative support to the Chief Business Services Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, the Chief Technology Officer, and their teams.  This position is responsible for a wide range of administrative duties including managing calendars, scheduling meetings and travel, preparing communications, creating reports and maintaining databases.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manages complex calendars and coordinates meetings, occasionally globally and across multiple time zones.
• Organizes meetings and events including preparing documents, coordinating calendars, reserving meeting rooms, planning meals, and ensuring required technology and supplies are present
• Arranges travel, accommodations and itineraries and processes related expenses
• Prepares and coordinates communications including PowerPoint presentations, customer agreements, memos and other miscellaneous correspondence, for both internal and external purposes
• Create reporting and maintain databases on a regular basis, including financial, operational and customer information.
• Coordinates logistics for visitor and vendor meetings, including reserving meeting rooms, scheduling tours, planning dinners, and reserving hotel rooms
• Coordinates the printing and distribution of marketing materials to RWSS and customers

EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE:

• Associate’s degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two-year College or technical school and minimum of five years related experience/training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience supporting senior organizational leaders in a professional environment, where a high level of confidentiality is necessary

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ABILITIES:

• Strong administrative skill profile exhibiting a high level of professionalism, attention to detail and the ability to organize work and manage time effectively
• Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication including the ability to effectively communicate and interface with all levels of employees, as well as external customers
• Capable of handling and appropriately prioritizing requests from multiple sources, in a timely manner
• Resourceful and demonstrates a high level of independence and initiative to resolve issues and take on challenges as they arise
• Ability to identify the need and make recommendations for process improvements to increase efficiency
• Demonstrated ability to work with highly confidential material
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, and the ability to learn and become proficient at using other technology tools as required

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Standard office environment. Flexibility to work longer hours as needed to meet the needs of the company.

Red Wing Shoe Company will not be using recruitment agencies or firms to fill this position and we will not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate information. No agency calls please.

Red Wing Shoe Company, Inc. is a drug-free workplace.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.

Please view Equal Employment Opportunity Posters provided by OFCCP at https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)