Team Assistant - Siemens Energy, Riyadh KSA

A Snapshot of Your Day

You will be the gate keeper of the management team of Grid Technologies Solutions, organizing trips, coordinating important business appointments, filtering non relevant topics and driving overall work efficiency in a very proactive and pragmatic way. You will be part of an open and transparent work environment with plenty of development opportunities and supporting the energy transition and the grid reliability, as a key role in Siemens Energy team.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• The Personal Assistant is the first point of contact for internal and external partners regarding all topics related to the Head of Grid Technologies Solutions here in Saudi Arabia. Responsibilities include assisting with administrative and organizational tasks in daily business and performing general secretarial tasks in both the front and back offices.
• Arranging (domestic and international) business trips for the Head of Grid Technologies Solutions and coordinating these with colleagues in country or internationally, handling of expense reports, is required.
• The role involves organizing and planning work meetings, conferences, workshops, and visits by internal and external colleagues and business partners (both from KSA and abroad), including handling bookings for hotels, restaurants, and transport. Additionally, small projects are driven forward independently while maintaining the confidentiality of sensitive or proprietary information.
• Sole responsibility for organizing the manager's calendar, complex appointment coordination, and business meetings for the team and external customers (in KSA and abroad) is required. The role also includes serving as a quality gate for meetings, ensuring clear objectives and documentation for productive outcomes while coordinating with stakeholders.
• Processing correspondence in English, Arabic and optionally in German, is expected, as well as independently answering emails, telephone calls, and meeting requests. Ensuring the flow of information and documents according to priorities and deadlines is also part of the role.
  
  
  

What You Bring

• Completed degree (Bachelor) and at least 3 years of professional experience as a Team Assistant, preferably at general management level in a large company, or a comparable environment.
• Confident handling of and experience with management at all hierarchical levels
• Familiarity with our main customer organization - Saudi Electricity Company (SEC), is of advantage
• Very good knowledge of MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Copilot)
• Very good knowledge of travel booking and settlements, as well as confident and friendly manner, ability to work in a team and a high sense of responsibility
• Fluent in English and Arabic (written and spoken) for confident communication with our national and international interfaces.
• Optional German language skill may be of advantage although it is not mandatory
• Comprehension and intercultural experience desirable as well as a result-oriented mindset to manage time effectively, strong interpersonal skills, ambition, initiative, learning ability and quick comprehension
  
  
  

About The Team

We are a highly motivated team that takes pride in its work and is known for delivery results. Within our growth and development program, we nurture our competencies by providing continuous career coaching, trainings, and mentoring, all whilst working with senior management on high-profile engagements around the world.

Our culture is defined by caring, agile, respectful, authentic, and accountable individuals. We value excellence of any kind.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. We meet the growing energy demand across 90+ countries while ensuring our climate is protected. With more than 92,000 dedicated employees, we not only generate electricity for over 16% of the global community, but we’re also using our technology to help protect people and the environment.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

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