Senior Administrative Assistant
Location: Byhalia, Mississippi
Country: United States
Category: Administrative
Workplace Location: Onsite
Employment Type: Contract
Posted Date: April 3, 2026
Job ID: 644836
Job Description
Senior Administrative Assistant
Location: Byhalia, MS
Contract length: ~5 months
Schedule: Hybrid in Byhalia, MS (WFH Fridays)
Pay: $26-28.171hr, DOE
The Planet Group is looking for a Senior Administrative Assistant to join our well-known retail brand on a roughly 5-month contract! This role is 40 hours per week and will be hybrid in Byhalia, MS, working remotely on Fridays. This person will support the General Manager.
Senior Administrative Assistant Qualifications:
- High school diploma or equivalent and a minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience
- Minimum of 5+ years of administrative work experience required
- Ability to work and communicate effectively with a variety of personalities including senior-level executives
- Proven ability to work in a fast-paced team environment with sometimes high levels of ambiguity and independence with sometimes varying working hours
- Proven ability to organize, prioritize, and appropriately handle highly confidential and sensitive information
- Experience creating high-quality presentations using PowerPoint is required
- Highly Proficient in, Excel, and Microsoft Outlook
- Ability to take initiative, follow through on requests until completion, and use a keen attention to detail
- Experience working with budgets is strongly preferred
- Ability to occasionally work outside of core business hours
- Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize multiple tasks
Senior Administrative Assistant Description:
- Manage complex calendars
- Book travel
- Coordinate meetings and events
- Produce, edit, and reformat documents and correspondence
- Prepare expense reports and purchase orders
- Update organizational charts
- Coordinate department or equipment moves
- Provide support to a large diverse team of people with a variety of management styles
- Use computer skills to create high-quality graphic and text PowerPoint or Keynote presentations often under tight timeframes
- Prepare special reports requiring the selection of relevant information from a variety of sources, incorporating that information into complex Excel spreadsheets
- Maintain ongoing reports or databases, department websites, shared drives, and SharePoint sites
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The Planet Group and our companies are equal opportunity employers. It is our practice not to discriminate against any employee or applicant based on any criteria, condition or basis protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect. We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion enable us to better meet our mission and values while serving our clients across the globe. If you have a disability or handicap and would like us to accommodate you in any reasonable way, please inform your recruiter, or contact us, so that we can discuss the appropriate alternatives available.
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About The Planet Group
The Planet Group is a global professional services firm delivering strategic staffing and advisory solutions. We operate at the intersection of talent and transformation – connecting the right people with the right opportunities in the areas of technology, engineering, accounting & finance, digital marketing, and manufacturing.
As one of the largest staffing companies in the US, we operate with a global reach and a performance-first mindset. We partner with clients to move fast, stay agile, and drive measurable results – building high-impact teams that fuel transformation and growth.
