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Helen now Head of Retail at Greggs SE

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    TissyTissy Posts: 45,748
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    toogoodfortv wrote: »
    She just announced on Twitter

    http://twitter.com/#!/helen_milligan

    Pleased for her :) 100 job offers <though not all serious ones> doesn`t surprise me one bit.
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    CressidaCressida Posts: 3,218
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    toogoodfortv wrote: »
    She just announced on Twitter

    http://twitter.com/#!/helen_milligan

    I'm pleased for her and much deserved too. :)
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    soulmate61soulmate61 Posts: 6,176
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    Cheers for Helen. Just desserts.
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    TakaeTakae Posts: 13,555
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    Massive congratulations to Helen! :cool:
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    Zoltan SmithZoltan Smith Posts: 1,868
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    Smart move by Greggs

    and a real job!
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    TouristaTourista Posts: 14,338
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    Well done to Helen.
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    ShrikeShrike Posts: 16,607
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    Might well work out better than winning - given the poor record of previous winners staying on with Lord Sid:)
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 7,588
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    I'll keep an eye out for her when I next visit Greggs in Leatherhead or Woking...

    Alan Carr will be made up!
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    dizzyrascaldizzyrascal Posts: 287
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    Very well done and congratulations to Helen. Very please for her, she deserves it. :)
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    Andy_GAndy_G Posts: 11,442
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    She already had a top job with Greggs anyway, (Executive Assistant to the CEO.)

    I presume this is a good promotion for her though.
    Congrats.
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    iCandy77iCandy77 Posts: 1,457
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    This will be a much better job. Exec Assistants is another term for PA. Heads of depts will have ALOT more responsibility.

    Well done to Helen :)
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    Mr PoeticMr Poetic Posts: 1,964
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    An excellent job it seems. Congratulations to her
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    Zoltan SmithZoltan Smith Posts: 1,868
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    She will be the real winner from this series
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    sensoriasensoria Posts: 4,682
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    A job in Greggs!

    Living the dream...........
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    Andy_GAndy_G Posts: 11,442
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    sensoria wrote: »
    A job in Greggs!

    Living the dream...........
    She's not just serving up rolls and cakes behind the counter, she'll be on a very good salary I suspect.
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    upnunderupnunder Posts: 2,379
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    iCandy77 wrote: »
    This will be a much better job. Exec Assistants is another term for PA. Heads of depts will have ALOT more responsibility.

    Well done to Helen :)

    In my experience of dealing with Executive assistants to CEOs, they carry a lot more weight than heads of departments.
    They are party to, and involved in massive decisions for the business, and also completely run the life of the CEO. They are often far more influential in operational decisions than the CEO they look after.
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    PaacePaace Posts: 14,679
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    Well done Helen. I wonder will she be incorporating MyPy's into Greggs range:)
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    StansfieldStansfield Posts: 6,097
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    sensoria wrote: »
    A job in Greggs!

    Living the dream...........
    Sausage Rolls all round then....:cool:

    Pay Rise....:)
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 83
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    Wasn't a fan at all but congratulations to Helen.

    I note that her twitter actually says 'head of south east retail'. Still sounds like a good job but nowhere near the overall 'head of retail' in the title of this thread!
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    tennismantennisman Posts: 4,484
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    bigmatt1234 wrote: »
    Wasn't a fan at all but congratulations to Helen.

    I note that her twitter actually says 'head of south east retail'. Still sounds like a good job but nowhere near the overall 'head of retail' in the title of this thread!

    I agree.

    Sounds like a Regional Manager job. If true, that's quite a bit different and lower than Head of Retail which I'd imagine is a Management Commitee job.

    In the companies I've worked in Regional Management are heavily operational. Head of Department jobs are more strategic and directional and usually report to the MD/Chief Exec.

    However, she would probably be very good at that sort of regional job. It sounds exactly like the type of job she might get from being an EA.
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    ShrikeShrike Posts: 16,607
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    bigmatt1234 wrote: »
    Wasn't a fan at all but congratulations to Helen.

    I note that her twitter actually says 'head of south east retail'. Still sounds like a good job but nowhere near the overall 'head of retail' in the title of this thread!

    I've taken the "SE" at the end of the thread title to mean "South East" all day:)
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 83
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    Shrike wrote: »
    I've taken the "SE" at the end of the thread title to mean "South East" all day:)

    I'm sure it didn't say the SE bit originally - or maybe I was just being stupid :o (which is likely!)

    I said on here before that I reckon she was really technically a PA even though she was called an EA.

    A dictionary definition EA could have a say at the top table about the direction of the company and moving to a regional retail manager from that would be a step down. I'm assuming this is a promotion, and therefore from what was essentially a PA to a regional manager. I think regional manager also fits her skillset. All organisational and operational but not much strategy or business direction.

    Well done again to Helen (from a non-Helen fan) - going on the show was clearly worth it.
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    brangdonbrangdon Posts: 14,109
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    bigmatt1234 wrote: »
    A dictionary definition EA could have a say at the top table about the direction of the company and moving to a regional retail manager from that would be a step down. I'm assuming this is a promotion, and therefore from what was essentially a PA to a regional manager.
    But she was a regional manager at Greggs in the Midlands before, and was promoted from that to executive assistant.
    tennisman wrote: »
    Sounds like a Regional Manager job. If true, that's quite a bit different and lower than Head of Retail which I'd imagine is a Management Commitee job.
    According to The Sun:
    Helen, 30, will be head of retail in the South East for bakery Greggs. She will run 200 shops and be in charge of 2,300 staff.
    Presumably that's a step up from the regional manager post she had before. In my view it's such a big step up from PA that it casts doubt on the theory that EA=PA.
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    tennismantennisman Posts: 4,484
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    Whatever it is and regardless of what she did or didn't do, that's quite a lot of responsibility.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 83
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    Taking facts about her new job from The Sun may not be the best idea - News International doesn't have the best reputation for accurate journalism at the moment!

    I can't be bothered with the EA/PA argument anymore mate - I've told you what I've seen in my firm (one of the big four) and dozens of our big clients, and I'll leave it at that. I'm happy that working personally with some well known CEO's of large corporations that I know fully what an EA is.

    There was also an EA that posted on here halfway through the series and she described her job as 'organisational and administrative'. Vital, complex, but not assisting the setting the direction of the company or making major company decisions.
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