Executive Assistant

Description

Are you a master of organization with a flair for multi-tasking? We're on the lookout for an Executive Assistant to be the backbone of our leadership team! In this dynamic role, you'll not only manage schedules and coordinate meetings, but you will also paly a key part in driving our mission forward. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, have exceptional communication skills, and are ready to take your career to new heights while supporting top executives, we want to hear from you!

Purple Wave seeking a highly skilled and professional Executive Assistant to support three to four executives. The ideal candidate will possess exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to handle confidential information with the utmost discretion.

Responsibilities

• Calendar Management: Manage calendars, schedule meetings, appointments, and events while ensuring optimal time management and efficiency.
• Meeting Coordination: Prepare agendas, take minutes, and follow up on action items for various meetings.
• Email Management: Manage email inboxes, prioritizing and responding to messages as needed, and drafting professional correspondence on the executives’ behalf.
• Travel and Reservation Management: Book travel arrangements, including flights, hotels, and transportation, as well as make reservations for business dinners and events.
• Presentation Creation: Develop and design professional presentations for meetings, training sessions, and executive briefings.
• General Administrative and Office Support: Typing, dictation, spreadsheet creation, electronic file maintenance, ordering supplies and similar tasks.
• Confidential Information Handling: Maintain strict confidentiality when dealing with sensitive matters, such as employee records, compensation data, and legal issues.
• Undertake additional assigned duties as requested.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, or a related field is preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience as an Executive Assistant, preferably with responsibility for multiple executives.
• Proficiency in Google Workspace.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Strong organizational and time management abilities.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize in a fast-paced environment.
• Impeccable attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
  
  

Work Settings

• Full-Time Salaried Exempt, not eligible for overtime.
• Office hours are 8am-5pm, Monday through Friday, additional hours may be required depending on priorities.
• Based in the Purple Wave headquarters in Manhattan, KS.
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at time.
• Must be able to access various departments of a given location.
  
  

Compensation

• The salary varies based on experience and qualifications, but typically ranges from $55,000 to $65,000 per year. Salary paid bi-weekly.
• Monthly Bonus Program - determined by the Company’s monthly revenue result and are paid on a “percent to plan” payout formula. (90% = $300, 100% = $600, 110% = $900, 120% = $1,200).
• Monthly phone stipend in accordance with the Company’s cell phone policy, currently $120/month.
• Health, Dental, and Vision starting the first of the month after 60 days of employment.
• 401(k) plan with an employer match up to 4% starting the first day of employment.
• Company-paid Life Insurance benefit of $25,000 with options to add more through employee contribution starting the first of the month after 60 days of employment.
• Personal Time Off (PTO) annual amount of 120 hours which is prorated based on the number of days between the 60th day of employment and the end of the calendar year. May vary to comply with state requirements.
• Eligible to participate in the Company Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP) after 90 days of employment, with enrollment opportunities each May and November.
  
  
  
  

About Purple Wave

Visit us at: PurpleWave.com

Purple Wave Auction is a leader in the equipment auction industry focusing on construction, ag, fleet, and government equipment. We are a data-driven, quickly changing and evolving, growing organization. Our focus is on marketing the assets we sell for our customers to find the highest quality bidders for the best recoveries for our sellers. We strive to make this transaction Straight, Simple, and Sold. We live daily by our core values of trust, team, care, and passion to be the place people want to work and our customers want to return to for their equipment buying and selling needs for their businesses.

Purple Wave Auction is the largest no-reserve Internet auction company in the Midwest.

• We have over 300 employees, nearly doubling in size in the last three years.
• We have a robust tech team and continue to invest in progressive techniques to enhance our services.
• While working at Purple Wave, you will have the opportunity to help our mission of being the easiest, most straightforward place to buy and sell used equipment.
• Purple Wave empowers its employees to solve problems effectively in a family-run business culture.
• We provide opportunities for continued education as you grow your career with tuition reimbursement. We have a generous benefits package in one of the fastest-growing companies in the area.
  
  

Purple Wave is looking for an enthusiastic person to join our growing team to support our customers as we bring our values of Trust, Team, Care and Passion to them.

Purple Wave Auction Core Values

• TRUST: We are trustworthy…Our business depends upon our integrity and our customer’s ability to trust Purple Wave and its people: to enforce a fair, transparent unreserved auction marketplace; to safeguard their bidding information; to give a full effort on behalf of their asset(s); We are transparent, accountable and fair.
• TEAM: WE ARE A TEAM…We respect, support, appreciate and inspire each other; We communicate and follow-through; We need each other. We do our best work when we work together.
• CARE: WE CARE…We care for our customers. We look out for their best interests. We work hard for them. We “go the extra mile”.
• PASSION: WE ARE PASSIONATE…We are positive, we are enthusiastic, we take pride in our work, we own our responsibilities and we deliver; When we see problems, we fix them. We learn from our mistakes. We improve ourselves and Purple Wave every day; We believe Purple Wave can be the best marketplace for used equipment and we are committed to make it happen.
  
  

Equal Opportunity Employer

Equal Opportunity is a Purple Wave, Inc. policy. It is our practice to select the best-qualified candidate for each position in the organization. No employee of the Company will discriminate against an applicant for employment or a fellow employee because of race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, or other physical or mental disability, military or veteran status.

Notice of Background Check

As a condition of your employment, you will be required to sign the Company’s Authorization for Background Check, and to provide the Company with documents establishing your identity and right to work in the United States.

Additional Information

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