Position Title : Administrative Assistant
Work Location : Lake County, IL (Mettawa) (60045)
Assignment Duration : 1 Year (Possible Extension)
Work Arrangement : Hybrid Tues-Thursday Onsite, M / F WFH. May need to be onsite more than 3 days away based on business needs
Position Summary : Provides administrative support to the Marketing business, supporting the US Brand Lead, Senior Director of Marketing, two Directors, and back-up for the other executive assistant.
Key Responsibilities :
- Responsible for all administrative functions of the department : calendar management, scheduling travel, managing correspondence and scheduling couriers, processing expense reports, meeting / event planning, creating, or modifying business documents, preparing presentations from source materials, handling Teams, Zoom and Telepresence setups, acting as a liaison for remote access issues and work collaboratively with other admins in the department.
- Provides general administrative support. May provide back up support to higher-level management as needed.
- Effectively monitors manager and team calendars, proactively solves conflicts
- Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures. Follows purchasing and requisition procedures, Corporate Security and Privacy Rules, Corporate Branding Guidelines, and Copy Center procedures (if applicable).
- Interacts with high-level executives and handles confidential or business-sensitive information.
- May include some support for tracking budget expenditures.
- Coordinates and maintains departmental files, as assigned, in compliance with corporate and government regulations.
- Uses and understands Microsoft Office Suite, and other business-specific software, including the Corporate Travel Web site
- Coordinates new employee office set-ups and onboarding.
- May train / coordinate work for new administrative assistants.
- Operates with general instruction and some supervision
- Safeguard's our organization confidential information
- Fully understand assigned tasks and any associated expectations
- Ask for clarification as needed
- Understand the deadlines and deliverables
- Communicate any obstacles that prevent completion of any deadline
- Provide status updates prior to any deadline
- Be a good listener
- Demonstrate strong Problem-Solving Skills
- Be Accountable and Responsible for actions / mistakes
- Challenges the team to always do better
- Develops an understanding of business partner needs, offers collaboration, and follows through on commitments
- Prioritizes own work, balancing multiple requests for assistance. Establishes good working relationships with client areas; builds rapport and trust with others
- Some project management
- Meeting planning; some tradeshow or exhibit coordination desirable
- Be competent and fully knowledgeable about common processes and applications such as :
- Outlook : Calendaring, Emails
- Microsoft Office : Word, PowerPoint, Excel
- SharePoint, Microsoft Teams
- Telepresence including Teams and Zoom
- Ordering and maintaining Office Supplies
- Support catering requests
- Space planning and moves
- Onboarding including equipment (computer, phone, docking station, etc.)
- Event planning for appropriate staff and team meetings including SOWs, POs, MSAs, ACRs, P-Card use
- New productivity technologies as released (i.e., Teams)
- Travel Tool- Concur-Travel & Expense
- Conference Room Reservation Site
- Utilize our organization Internal Training & Resources. Training outside of our organization will be at the managers discretion.
Qualification & Experience :
Some college preferred.Some leadership or supervisory experience desiredExperience working in pharmaceutical company or CRO strongly preferred.5+ years previous admin experience supporting executivesMust have Intermediate to advance knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, Concur, SharePoint, Visio or OrgPlus, and understanding of business processes and requirements"Make it happen" spirit & attitude as well as persistence.Learns fast, grasps the "essence" and can change course quickly where neededWhat is a nice to have (but not required) regarding skills, requirements, experience,Experience with Marketing trade showsHealth industry / Medical DevicePharma / biotechDoes this position offer the ability to work remotely on a regular basis or is it an on-site role? Onsite 3 days a weekIs the worker onshore or offshore? onshoreWill there be Domestic and / or International Travel? If yes, list proposed countries and % of time travelling : NoReason for opening : backfill