Are you friendly, dependable, and passionate about working with people? At Coborn’s, Inc., we love serving our guests, supporting our communities, and helping our team members grow their careers. If you’re looking for a place where you can build a future while making a positive impact every day, we’d love to talk to you about joining our team!
Coborn's, Inc. is a fast-growing, employee-owned grocery retailer proudly serving communities across the Midwest. Our family of grocery stores includes Coborn's, Cash Wise Foods, Marketplace Foods, Hornbacher's, Tadych’s Marketplace Foods, Sullivan’s Foods, and Kessler’s. We offer our guests an elevated shopping experience—both in-store and online—focused on freshness, value, and convenience. Guided by our company vision to inspire happiness, healthy living, and simplicity, this principle has fueled our growth for more than 100 years and is at the heart of everything we do.
Coborn’s, Inc. also owns and operates liquor stores under the Coborn’s Liquor, Cash Wise Liquor, Andy’s Liquor, and Captain Jack’s brands. In addition, we operate fuel kiosks and convenience store locations under the Little Dukes and Coborn’s Express names. Many of our grocery stores also feature full-service pharmacies to support the health and wellness of our guests. We manage a variety of other retail businesses in markets where the fit is right, including Ace Hardware, Country Floral Gifts & Greenhouse, Caribou Coffee, Dunn Brothers Coffee, Erbert and Gerbert’s, Godfather’s Pizza, and Pet Supplies Plus. To support our diverse retail operations, we operate our own central bakery, fresh foods commissary, and grocery warehouse and distribution center.
Are you a highly organized professional who thrives on keeping executives focused, projects moving, and teams connected? Do you enjoy anticipating needs before they arise and taking pride in making a meaningful impact behind the scenes?
We're looking for an exceptional Executive Assistant to support our President and Chief Financial Officer at our corporate office in St. Cloud, Minnesota. In this highly visible and trusted role, you'll serve as a strategic partner to executive leadership, helping leaders stay focused on organizational priorities while ensuring the day-to-day details are managed seamlessly. Your work will directly support the success of our employee-owned organization and the teams we serve.
If you're proactive, resourceful, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and can confidently manage multiple priorities while maintaining the highest level of professionalism and confidentiality, we'd love to meet you.
What You'll Do
As our Executive Assistant, you'll play a vital role in supporting executive leadership and advancing Coborn's mission by:
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Be a trusted partner to executive leadership. Manage complex calendars, coordinate meetings, arrange travel, and ensure every detail is planned and executed flawlessly so leaders can focus on strategic priorities.
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Drive organization and operational excellence. Anticipate executive needs, manage competing priorities, and keep projects, deadlines, and action items moving forward in a dynamic environment.
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Create executive-level communications. Prepare polished presentations, reports, correspondence, and meeting materials that support informed decision-making and organizational goals.
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Coordinate impactful meetings and events. Plan executive meetings, leadership sessions, company events, and business functions from start to finish, including agendas, meeting materials, notes, and follow-up action items.
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Build strong relationships across the organization. Serve as a key liaison between executive leadership, employee-owners, customers, vendors, and business partners while fostering clear communication, collaboration, and connection.
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Support strategic initiatives. Conduct research, organize information, track projects, and provide administrative and operational support that helps leaders achieve business objectives and drive continuous improvement.
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Protect confidential information. Handle sensitive business and personnel information with professionalism, discretion, and sound judgment.
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Embrace an ownership mindset. Take initiative, identify opportunities to improve processes, and contribute ideas that support executive leadership and strengthen our employee-owned culture.
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Be the person everyone can count on. Bring a positive attitude, exceptional attention to detail, and a solutions-focused approach that helps leaders and teams perform at their best.
Why You'll Love This Role
This is more than an administrative role—it's an opportunity to become a trusted partner to executive leadership and make a meaningful impact across our employee-owned organization. You'll collaborate with leaders throughout the business, contribute to strategic initiatives, improve processes, and help create an environment where our employee-owners can thrive.
At Coborn's, you'll be part of a company that values ownership, innovation, and community. Your contributions matter, your ideas are encouraged, and the work you do each day helps support our mission of serving our guests, our communities, and one another.
If you're energized by variety, take pride in staying one step ahead, and enjoy creating order in a dynamic environment, you'll find this role both rewarding and fulfilling.
What's In It For Me?
Our remarkable employees are at the heart of everything we do. At Coborn’s, we’re committed to creating a supportive and rewarding workplace—one that offers a vibrant, team-oriented environment, ongoing career growth, and meaningful benefits. As an employee-owned company, we believe in investing in our people and their futures.
Compensation:
Compensation for candidates with significant C-suite executive support experience – Mid- $90,000 and above.
Please find a list of many of our exciting benefits below:
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Medical & Dental insurance with Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options
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Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP) – yes, we’re employee-owned! Our team members benefit from the success of the company through this company-sponsored benefit!
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401(k) plan options – we also match up to 20% of the first 5% contributed
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Competitive Paid Time Off (PTO/Vacation)
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10% employee discount on grocery items, with additional franchise-specific discounts available at company-owned Ace Hardware, Caribou Coffee, Erbert and Gerbert’s, and Pet Supplies Plus locations.
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Additional Voluntary Benefits – such as vision, accident and critical illness insurances
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Adoption Reimbursement, Paid Family Caregiver Leave, as well as company-sponsored Term Life Insurance,
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Get Paid Daily with DailyPay – for employees who would like access to their pay before payday, we offer this great benefit!
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Paid Military Leave
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Employee recognition programs with monetary rewards, including in-store vouchers, years of service, and employee of the month
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Employee Health & Wellness Programs, Challenges and Resources – to assist our team members in living a life of wellbeing!
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Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – unlimited phone access to legal, financial, and work-life services and up to five free in-person counseling sessions, per situation/issue, per year
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Access to a national discount marketplace for travel, electronics, auto/home insurance, entertainment and more!
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Tools, resources and opportunities for career growth and development
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Education benefits including tuition discount and scholarship programs
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
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Degree in Business Administration, Business Management, Communications, or related field preferred.
- Three to five years’ related experience in an Executive Assistant role or in a similar role, supporting senior-level executives.
Computer Skills
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Strong working knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite and email systems.
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Ability to operate various office equipment.
Certificates and Registrations
Possess a current state driver’s license and valid insurance with the ability to travel to business locations as needed.
We believe that building a team of people with different backgrounds, beliefs, experiences, and perspectives inspires fresh thinking and opens us up to new possibilities. We are an EEO/AA Employer - All qualified individuals, including minorities, females, veterans, and individuals with disabilities, are encouraged to apply.
