Management Assistant

What does your job as Management Assistant at Rijk Zwaan look like?

As a Management Assistant, you will play a key role in ensuring smooth travel and administrative operations for our commercial, breeding, and execution teams. Your responsibilities will include:

• Coordinating domestic and international travel arrangements (flights, hotels, visas, car rentals, health insurance) for departments
• Acting as the direct contact person for all travel-related procedures abroad
• Managing monthly travel reports and maintaining updated hotel lists
• Organizing transfers and accommodations for international visitors (excluding Board-level guests)
• Assisting with internal and external meeting logistics, including dining and event coordination
• Handling incoming calls and directing inquiries appropriately
• Monitoring the info mail account and forwarding messages to relevant contacts
• Supporting celebrations and special day events (e.g., birthdays, anniversaries, New Year, Women’s Day)
• Collaborating with the Board Management Assistant on broader administrative and event planning tasks

We are looking for a Management Assistant with:

You are planned and well-organised with good follow-up skills. You know how to set priorities and work accurately. You enjoy arranging, organizing and helping others. You have the experience in managing multiple priorities, administrative coordination, and logistics to get things done in a timely way. You build good relationships and have high level of professionalism with all contacts. You are committed to provide a high service level with proactive thinking in regards to the needs of the situation. You have strong organisational skills with proven success from past job experiences. You contribute to a positive atmosphere in the team with being a team player and providing practical solutions even when faced with challenges. You have a high level of integrity and discretion in handling confidential information. You have excellent verbal and written communication skills and able to work comfortably with all departments as well as external contacts in representing the company.

In addition, what we are looking for:

• More than 3 years of executive or administrative assistance
• An academic degree, preferably at bachelors level
• Good command of English and Turkish
• Proficiency in MS Office programs

What can you expect from us?

Besides a growing international work environment, we are happy to offer you:

• A permanent contract from the start
• A global work environment with intense international contact
• An entrepreneurial atmosphere with lots of new challenges
• Various training opportunities through our Rijk Zwaan Academy and other training platforms

Rijk Zwaan: your new employer?

Rijk Zwaan is an international family-owned company with a solid people-oriented culture for 100 years. Rijk Zwaan is at the beginning of the food chain. We develop vegetable and fruit varieties and sell the seeds to growers and other chain partners all over the world. We make an important contribution to the world food supply.