Executive Assistant - Carbon Excellence & Distribution Support at BURN

Kenya
Permanent
Full-time

1 month ago

BURN designs, manufactures, and distributes aspirational fuel-efficient cooking products that save lives and forests in the developing world.BURN has revolutionized the global cookstove sector by proving the business case for selling a high quality, locally manufactured and unsubsidized cookstoves.Since 2013, BURN has sold 200,000+ high quality, locally manu…Executive Assistant - Carbon Excellence & Distribution SupportDuties and ResponsibilitiesCross-Functional Governance & Execution Discipline

Establish and maintain a centralized functional execution tracker covering OKRs, strategic initiatives, and cross-departmental commitments.
Translate Director-level priorities into structured workplans with defined owners, milestones, and success metrics.
Conduct systematic follow-ups with functional leads to monitor progress against commitments. Identify delays, conflicting priorities, or ownership gaps and proactively drive resolution.
Develop structured escalation frameworks to address slippages before they impact carbon excellence or distribution performance.
Standardize reporting cadence across Carbon Excellence and Distribution Support to ensure consistent visibility.

Software Prioritization & Systems Governance

Consolidate feature requests from multiple teams into structured requirement summaries.
Develop impact vs effort and risk-based prioritization matrices to support decision-making by the Director.
Prepare briefing materials and structured data packs for roadmap prioritization meetings.
Track approved development items through implementation and monitor delivery timelines.

Strategic Project Leadership

Support cross-functional projects from scoping through execution, including:
Stakeholder mapping
Timeline planning
Risk identification and mitigation tracking
Coordinate country-level implementation tracking for governance frameworks and SOP updates.
Monitor project progress and provide structured status updates to the Director.

Reporting & Performance Visibility

Consolidate data from multiple teams into executive-ready summaries and visual reports.
Support preparation of monthly and quarterly performance reports

Director Representation & Executive Interface

Represent the Director in selected internal operational, governance, and alignment meetings.
Provide structured summaries of discussions, decisions, risks, and required follow-ups.
Ensure action items are clearly assigned and tracked to completion.
Prepare SMT-ready slide decks and executive briefings.
Serve as a first-level filter for operational issues, ensuring only material risks are escalated.
Maintain oversight of cross-functional communication to ensure alignment with strategic priorities.

Skills and Experience

Bachelor's degree in engineering, Economics, Business, Environmental Science, Data Analytics, or related field.
4-7 years of experience in strategy & operations, or cross-functional program support roles.
Demonstrated experience supporting initiatives across multiple stakeholders
Strong analytical capability (Advanced Excel required; experience with BI tools preferred).
Structured and systems-level thinker.
Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
Executive presence and confidence.
Ability to influence senior stakeholders without line authority.
High ownership and execution bias.

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