Personal Assistant / Executive Assistant – Must Speak Chinese/Mandarin Location: Sandton Job Type: Full-time Work arrangement: In-office Who We Are Recruiting For Our client is an established, operational business operating in the logistics, supply chain, and road freight sector. As they scale their operations and invest in robust internal infrastructure to support rapid growth, they are looking to hire a highly capable professional for their Sandton-based office. This position represents an exciting opportunity to provide vital business coordination and communication support within a fast‑paced environment where strategic projects are constantly evolving. Who You Are Bilingual Communicator: Fluent or highly competent in both Chinese and English, possessing strong business communication skills. Highly Organised Administrator: Exceptionally structured, excels at managing day‑to‑day administrative tasks, meeting notes, and action schedules. Data & Systems Savvy: Excellent Excel skills with a proven track record of preparing trackers, reporting tables, and basic summaries. Outcome & Follow-up Driven: Able to work under pressure, follow up rigorously on outstanding matters, and see tasks through to completion. Discreet & Professional: Trustworthy, maintaining absolute confidentiality across sensitive executive and corporate communications. Accurate & Reliable: Rigorous attention to detail, ensuring cross‑lingual communication, corporate messages, and operational instructions are interpreted precisely. Your Responsibilities Cross-Cultural Communication Support: Facilitate general translation and clear communication flow between English‑speaking and Chinese‑speaking management, shareholders, suppliers, or business partners. Digital & Written Coordination: Assist with written corporate messages, emails, WhatsApp communications, and business instructions to bridge understanding between all parties. Meeting Administration & Interpretation: Participate in strategic meetings where interpretation or clarification is required, then prepare comprehensive meeting notes, action lists, and follow‑up schedules. Operational Tracker Maintenance: Build and maintain robust action trackers, task lists, communication schedules and progress reports using advanced Excel functionalities. Executive & PA Assistance: Support management with general Executive Assistant duties, ensuring the office administration system remains highly organized, up‑to‑date and functional. Strategic Management Reporting: Prepare structured reporting tables, basic reconciliations, and dashboard summaries to provide management with accurate information for critical business decision‑making. What You Need Language Mastery: Absolute fluency or professional business proficiency in both spoken and written Chinese and English. Advanced Spreadsheet Competence: Superior Excel skills, with experience designing simple dashboards, summaries, and tracking frameworks. Corporate Administrative Experience: Background performing high‑level Personal Assistant, Executive Assistant or corporate coordination duties within an operational business environment. Execution & Follow-up Skills: Demonstrated ability to manage outstanding administrative items, track deadlines, and coordinate across multiple external and internal service providers. Commute Alignment: Comfortable and reliable proximity to work daily from a Sandton‑based corporate office environment. Why Join This Team? Critical Strategic Value: A role that is not a standard receptionist or junior admin position, but a vital communication pillar for executive stakeholders. Professional Growth: Work alongside high‑level management and international shareholders in a scaling industry leader. Dynamic Environment: Engage with meaningful, complex operational tasks that go beyond simple clerical entry. Culture of Excellence: Join a values‑driven team that places a premium on confidentiality, high operational standards, and proactive task ownership. Apply Now. The best talent finds us. Will you? #J-18808-Ljbffr