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- City:Leeds
- Vacancy Type:Full Time Permanent
- Closing Date:7 August 2026
Executive Assistant
At Zenith, we've been leading the transition to sustainable vehicle solutions for over 30 years. As the UK's largest independent vehicle solutions provider, we're proud of our people, our award-winning service, and our ambition to make mobility smarter, greener and better for everyone.
Our Commercial Division is a market leader in delivering fleet management, maintenance and mobile services to high-intensity, operationally critical fleets. Supporting customers across retail, logistics, parcel delivery and construction, we manage everything from light commercial vehicles and HGVs through to trailers and specialist equipment. Our customers include household names such as Amazon, Royal Mail, Sainsbury's, EVRi, G4S and Asda.
We're now looking for an Executive Assistant to join our Commercial leadership team. This newly created position offers a unique opportunity to work directly with our CEO, Commercial, helping drive strategic priorities, governance, communications and operational effectiveness.
What's the Role
As a trusted partner to the Commercial CEO, you'll play a key role in ensuring the Commercial Divison runs effectively and remains focused on delivering its priorities.
You'll:
- Support the Commercial CEO and leadership team with planning, governance and strategic delivery
- Coordinate leadership meetings, governance forums and Operating Committee activity
- Prepare and manage agendas, reports, presentations and leadership communications
- Track actions, risks, priorities and governance spend across the division
- Lead the coordination of Commercial communications and engagement activity
- Organise and support Commercial Town Halls, leadership events and strategic planning sessions
- Coordinate preparation for key customer meetings and senior stakeholder engagements
- Build strong relationships across Commercial, Finance, People and Technology functions
- Support the delivery of business planning and operational improvement initiatives
What You'll Bring
- Previous experience in a Business Manager, Executive Assistant, Executive Support, Governance, Operations or similar role
- Outstanding organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Experience preparing presentations, reports and business communications for senior audiences
- The confidence to challenge, influence and build credibility with stakeholders at all levels
- Strong attention to detail and a proactive, solutions-focused approach
- The ability to work with discretion and handle confidential information appropriately
- Commercial awareness and an interest in how businesses operate and grow
- Strong Microsoft 365 skills, particularly Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint, Word and Excel
What's in it for You
- Competitive base salary up to £50,232 & annual bonus
- Pension - 6.25% employer contribution
- 24 days annual leave & 1 day for your birthday plus bank holidays
- The option to buy or sell holidays (+5 or -3)
- Flexible benefits such as dental, cycle to work scheme, critical illness cover and more
- Financial Benefits: tech scheme, car sacrifice scheme, season ticket loans, AA breakdown cover
- Perks at Work – save money on everyday essentials with access to a shopping discounts site.
- Support for your wellbeing – access to company GP, Employee Assistance Programme, pensions advice, Funded HRT Treatment, and Mental Health First Aiders
- Development opportunities with access to our MyGPS personal development framework.
- Free onsite parking and hybrid working options
Why Zenith?
- Our customers trust us - partnering with some of the UK's largest and most recognisable brands.
- Our people stay with us - we've built a collaborative, supportive culture where people are empowered to make an impact.
- We're ambitious - backed by recent recapitalisation, major investment, a clear strategy for long-term growth and a thriving fleet of almost 170,000 vehicles.
- We're award-winning - including Leasing Company of the Year (Fleet News 2026), Large Business of the Year and Diversity & Inclusion Award winners at the Yorkshire Post Excellence in Business Awards, and Wellbeing Award winners at Fleet News 2025.
- We're leading the transition to sustainable mobility - with over 41% of our fleet now Battery Electric Vehicles and a long-standing commitment to sustainability.
- We're invested in your future - offering clear development opportunities, structured career pathways and the chance to build a long-term career with a market leader.
Sound Like the Right Opportunity for You? Apply Now!
We want to positively encourage differences in Zenith and believe it is critical to our success as a company. Zenith is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace that seeks to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We therefore encourage applications from all genders, races, religions, ages and sexual orientations, as well as parents, veterans, people living with disabilities, and any other groups that could bring diverse perspectives to our business.
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Benefits
Pension Contribution
Annual Leave
Option to buy/sell leave
Death in service cover
Cycle to work scheme
Tech Scheme
GP Access
AA Cover