• Job Description

  Req#: JR0108885

  McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care. What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.

  Current Need:

  The Executive Assistant provides broad and complex administrative support to two senior executives: a VP/GM and a Senior Leader. Serves as an extension of the leaders in a manner that ensures the most efficient use of their time and maintains positive, effective, and collaborative working relationships across the organization and with customers. Executes special or continuous research and data analysis tasks. Analyzes problems, determines approach, compiles, and analyzes data and prepares reports/ recommendations. Coordinates activities between departments and outside parties. Contacts company personnel at all organizational levels to gather information and prepare reports. Work is generally of a critical or confidential nature.

  This individual must be proactive, articulate, service-oriented, and able to learn preferences and anticipate needs. Must be an energetic self-starter, extremely flexible and able to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated ability to prioritize and manage competing priorities. The successful candidate will also be able to navigate ambiguity and work through others to obtain information needed to problem-solve and meet deadlines to effectively support the leaders. A sense of humor, ability to stay calm under pressure and an enthusiastic curiosity for continuous learning in support of business and mission-critical objectives are highly desired. Requires an extreme degree of confidentiality and independent judgment and discretion in administering information of a sensitive and critical nature to McKesson with little to no supervision or direction.

  This individual must reside within a commutable distance to Irving, TX. This is a hybrid role requiring at least 1 day per week onsite at our Corporate Headquarters in Irving, TX.

  Essential Responsibilities:

  • Coordinate, arrange, and run logistics for staff meetings and a variety of other meetings (business reviews, manager meetings, department town halls, supplier, and customer meetings, etc.) including preparing meeting materials ahead of time.

  • Coordination of reports and development of presentations in PowerPoint.

  • Document, manage, and track meeting action items.

  • Establish direct internal and external relationships with key company influencers.

  • Maintain overall efficiency and accuracy of administrative processes and procedures.

  • Plan and coordinate employee/client events.

  • Serve as lead and manage small projects.

  • Perform an extensive range of administrative tasks such as calendar management, expenses, coordination of complex international and domestic travel itineraries, etc.

  Minimum Requirements

  • Typically requires 6+ years of executive assistant and/or administrative assistant experience.

  Critical Skills

  • 6+ years advanced administrative support experience working with senior level executives within and outside the company, customers, and visitors.

  • Ability to build and maintain relationships at various levels across the enterprise.

  • Advanced proficiency with MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel. PowerPoint, One Drive and SharePoint across devices)

  • Advanced proficiency with WebEx Conference and Teams tools across multiple devices

  • Demonstrate best in class prioritization skills and handle time-sensitive information.

  • Possess excellent organizational skills with attention to detail and follow through, comfortable making decisions, and comfortable working on initiatives that require confidentiality.

  • Direct experience dealing with sensitive and conflicting situations in a diplomatic manner; manage and de-escalate conflict appropriately, know when to delegate issues upward.

  • Possess strong business judgment and high ethical standards.

  • Exhibit strong executive presence and possess excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to inspire confidence when interacting with a wide variety of internal and external contacts at all levels including extensive engagement with SVP, CFO, COO.

  Additional Skills & Knowledge

  • Demonstrated passion for learning new things, continuous improvement sharing best practices.

  • Ability to think strategically and understand business and industry; see the “big picture.”

  • Ability to quickly learn/adapt using diverse tools and technologies.

  • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint, and WebEx

  Education

  • HS Diploma, Vocational Training, Professional Certification or Equivalent. A Degree is Preferred.

  Physical Requirements

  • General Office Demands

  At McKesson, we care about the well-being of the patients and communities we serve, and that starts with caring for our people. That’s why we have a Total Rewards package that includes comprehensive benefits to support physical, mental, and financial well-being . Our Total Rewards offerings serve the different needs of our diverse employee population and ensure they are the healthiest versions of themselves. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here.

  As part of Total Rewards, we are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered.

  Our Base Pay Range for this position

  $31.43 - $52.38

  McKesson is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.

  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.Qualified applicants will not be disqualified from consideration for employment based upon criminal history.

  McKesson is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including job seekers with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us by sending an email to Disability_Accommodation@McKesson.com . Resumes or CVs submitted to this email box will not be accepted.

  Current employees must apply through the internal career site.

  Join us at McKesson!

• About the company

  McKesson Corporation is an American company distributing pharmaceuticals and providing health information technology, medical supplies, and care management tools.

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