Bryony Houston
High Wycombe,Bucks
Summary
Driven and resourceful Executive Assistant with 10+ years of experience delivering high level support to the Executive team, from diary management, complex travel arrangements through to expenses. With a background in Events, I am highly capable of organising large scale meetings, conference attendance etc whilst managing the day to day requirements.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Executive Assistant; Corporate Accounts, EMEA
IDEXX Laboratories
Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead
08.2020 - Current
- Delivering high level support to the European Corporate Accounts team, enabling a smooth run and successful department in a fast paced and changing environment.
- Providing support for two Senior Directors, two Associate Directors and ad hoc requests from their teams, across multiple time zones and locations.
- Providing full diary management and handling all aspects of complex global travel arrangements, including often complex visa applications and multi-leg journeys.
- Making often complex travel arrangements, including multi leg journeys and visa applications.
- Acting as a key liaison between for the team of directors and other key parties, setting up meetings and making appropriate arrangements. Providing an often confidential administrative service; producing information by formatting, inputting and editing text, data and graphics.
- Fully trained in Concur; completing Director's expense reports and pre-approving team expenses.
- Coordinated meetings and customer events, from planning through to on site support.
Executive Assistant to Vice President, W. Europe
IDEXX Laboratories
Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead
12.2015 - 08.2020
- Delivering first-hand support to the Vice President in fast-paced business environment; providing full diary management and handling all aspects of complex global travel arrangements.
- Acting as a key liaison between The VP and other key parties, setting up meetings and making appropriate arrangements.
- Providing an often confidential administrative service; producing information by formatting, inputting and editing text, data and graphics.
- Host and manage quarterly sales meetings and many other cross-European meetings; sourcing and reviewing locations, negotiating with external suppliers and liaising with the Training team to deliver a successful meeting. Working to budget, compiling summaries of event costs and ensuring that the meeting is cost effective.
- A core team member of the organising team for our European Commercial Summit (approx 500 pax).
- Fully trained in Concur; completing VP's expense reports and pre-approving Senior Management team's expenses.
- Co-ordinate staff attendance at formal events, tradeshows and customer hospitality.
Event Coordinator
IDEXX Laboratories
Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire
11.2011 - 12.2015
- A multi-faceted role organising sales meetings, CPD and corporate hospitality with ranging requirements.
- Assisting marketing with the running of exhibition stands at industry events.
- A core member of the team organising the laboratory at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
- Hosting and managing quarterly sales meetings and many other cross-European meetings; sourcing and reviewing locations, negotiating with external suppliers and liaising with the Training team to deliver a successful meeting. Working to budget, compiling summaries of event costs and ensuring that the meeting is cost effective and achieves its goals.
Training & Sales Support
IDEXX Laboratories
Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire
04.2009 - 11.2011
- Supported the European Training Team with a roll out of a new training curriculum, creating a complete New Starter Package and organising the training calendar.
- Responsibility for the logistics and organisation of IDEXX’s Veterinary Support Unit, a mobile laboratory, working at the top equestrian events in the country.
- Highly experienced in sales administration – organising the diaries of, and generating leads for our sales team.
- Completed a number of market research projects, handling instrument rental expiries and selling instrument upgrades to customers.
Customer Service Assistant
Tesco
Loudwater, Buckinghamshire
09.2005 - 04.2009
Education
Bachelor of Arts - English Literature
University of Reading
Reading 09.2005 - 07.2008
A-Levels - English Literature, Sociology, Media Studies
Beaconsfield High School
Beaconsfield 09.2003 - 07.2005
Skills
- Hard working and self motivated
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Managing conflicting requests
- Travel coordination
- Expense Management
- Proofreading and editing
- Event planning
- Schedule management
- Confidential Support
- Key liason between Directors and other key parties
Timeline
Executive Assistant; Corporate Accounts, EMEA
IDEXX Laboratories
08.2020 - Current
Executive Assistant to Vice President, W. Europe
IDEXX Laboratories
12.2015 - 08.2020
Event Coordinator
IDEXX Laboratories
11.2011 - 12.2015
Training & Sales Support
IDEXX Laboratories
04.2009 - 11.2011
Customer Service Assistant
Tesco
09.2005 - 04.2009
Bachelor of Arts - English Literature
University of Reading
09.2005 - 07.2008
A-Levels - English Literature, Sociology, Media Studies
Beaconsfield High School
09.2003 - 07.2005
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