Executive Assistant / Operations Partner

Job Title: Operations Partner to Founder (EA-level execution) Location: London, EC4R 1AP Salary: £45,000 £55,000 depending on experience, with potential to stretch for an exceptional operations-focused EA About The Procurement Group The Procurement Group helps UK businesses with £10m £100m turnover reduce overheads and improve profitability. We are a lean, founder-led business, not a big corporate. The Role This is not a traditional EA role. If you mainly coordinate others rather than doing the work yourself, it will not be the right fit. You will work directly with the founder as your main (often only) stakeholder running the day to day, building and using systems, and making sure things get finished without relying on a wider team. Dealing directly with clients and suppliers, using your initiative to move things forward without waiting for detailed instructions. Your job is to create enough structure and follow through that the founder can step back from firefighting and focus on strategy and developing our Overhead Advantage System What you ll do You ll be responsible for both execution and follow through: Own and send a concise daily stats report of key operational metrics Take one meaningful weekly Rock you define it, plan it, execute it and close it out. Manage inbox, diary, tasks and simple credit control Maintain and improve/update workflows, checklists and procedures Act as first point of contact for clients and suppliers When a client or supplier issue comes in ..... full job details .....