Grace Halstead Email & Phone Number

Mayfair

Mayfair

London Area, United Kingdom

• At L’Oreal I was working as the PA to one Sales Director and two commercial directors for the consumer products division.
• Extensive diary management for 3 directors
• Booking travel for my directors
• Submitting all of my director’s expenses
• Collating and Distributing meeting agenda’s for weekly commercial and marketing meetings.
• Meeting room bookings

• At BHS I am PA to the Director of Womenswear and also assist with looking after 4 divisional buying and merchandising managers and Head of Design. BHS is a fast paced environment has required me to develop my.
• Extensive diary management
• Fully responsible for all travel within Womenswear – domestic and International planning all aspects of the trips and visas. I’m also responsible for the travel budget making sure all trips fall under the Arcadia.
• Liaising with the Executive office to arrange weekly meetings with Sir Phillip Green and clearing/ rearranging the director’s diary when Sir Phillip needs to see her at last minute.
• Submitting my Director’s and Managers’ expenses and approving the womenswear teams’ expenses.
• Monitoring emails, responding where necessary on behalf of my Director and flagging urgent issues.

London, United Kingdom

• At Selfridges I was a Team Assistant to the five Directors of Buying. During my career there I was promoted to PA to the Head of Merchandising. As a PA and team assistant my job varied from diary management and travel.
• Extensive diary management – being responsible for the Directors’ entire calendar, meetings, dinners, lunches, invites and travel etc.
• Organising Board meetings, preparing presentations and agendas.
• Organising monthly manager and quarterly Heads of Buying meetings
• Arranging extensive domestic World-wide travel
• Arranging Fashion Week agendas, meetings with brands, buying appointments, show ticket requests and travel

As Assistant to the Ecommerce and Marketing team, I looked after their travel arrangements, expenses, scheduling meetings and interviews with clients and candidates. I also assisted with business’ development and advertising portfolio in addition to my duties to the buying and merchandising teams.While working at Success Appointments I was made responsible.

At Success Appointments I was a Team Assistant for the Buying and Merchandising teams working for 6 consultants.My key responsibilities included: CV searching, publishing adverts, organising interviews, liaising with clients, organising client meetings, covering consultant holidays, composing weekly newsletters, managing team logistics, expenses and.

I worked for corporate service in Harrods as an account assistant. My role was varied from sourcing gifts for clients to creating proposals, fulfilling high value orders and following up logistics with the despatch team.In working across many different departments within Harrods, I was able to learn a great deal about the luxury retail industry.

A Levels, Economics

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