Executive Assistant

Ashland Specialty Ingredients, GP

Are you the kind of person that is always thinking, sketching, seeking, and adjusting? Who needs to understand how things work and then figure out how they can work better? Are you a passionate, tenacious solver who loves to work with others who share your drive? Are you positive, constructive, and ingenious?

Are you always solving?

Then we’d like to meet you — and we bet you’d like to meet us.

Ashland has an exciting opportunity for an Executive Assistant to join our Ashland Specialty Ingredients, G.P. business at our Wilmington, Delaware location. This is a very visible, significant role within the Company and the senior leadership team environment. This position will report to the Senior Vice President & General Manager, Life Sciences & Intermediates and will provide direct support to the SVP & General Manager, Life Sciences & Intermediates and the SVP & General Manager, Specialty Additives.

You will work closely with two senior executive leaders and their leadership teams across Life Sciences & Intermediates and Specialty Additives, partnering with Commercial, R&D, Finance, HR, Supply Chain, and Executive Leadership colleagues globally.

We love new ideas and innovation – bring yours to the table. This role is encouraged to proactively identify better ways of working, streamline processes, and enhance how senior leaders operate and engage across the organization.

Travel, including globally, is expected on a limited basis to support in-person leadership meetings and events.

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Provide high-level administrative support to two SVP & General Managers, including complex calendar management, meeting prioritization, and scheduling across global time zones.
• Coordinate and manage executive meetings, leadership team forums, town halls, and offsite events, including agendas, materials, logistics, and follow-up actions.
• Prepare, edit, and format executive-level presentations, correspondence, and meeting materials using Microsoft 365 tools.
• Manage complex domestic and international travel arrangements and associated expense reporting.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, exercising sound judgment, discretion, and professionalism.
• Partner closely with senior leaders to anticipate needs, manage priorities, and enable effective execution of business and leadership objectives.
• Maintain organized records, files, and documentation in alignment with company standards and confidentiality expectations.
• Identify opportunities to improve administrative processes, meeting effectiveness, and executive productivity through continuous improvement.
• Actively contribute to the organizational goals by taking initiative, executing on goals and focusing on performance and safety.
• Improve the organization capacity and capabilities through building collaborative relationships, optimizing diverse talent, and utilizing positive communications and influence with others.

In order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:

• Demonstrated experience supporting senior-level leaders (SVP, GM, or equivalent) in a complex, matrixed organization.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.
• Experience managing complex calendars, travel, and logistics for senior executives.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Proven ability to handle highly confidential information with discretion and professionalism.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered in lieu of a formal degree.
• Demonstrated responsible and ethical behavior at all times.
• The ability to help the company drive greater value through understanding the business, making complex decisions, and creating the new and different.

The following skill sets are preferred by the business unit:

• Experience supporting multiple senior leaders simultaneously.
• Prior experience in a global, industrial, Life Sciences, specialty chemicals, or related environment.
• Strong anticipation skills and the ability to operate effectively with minimal direction.
• Experience supporting senior leadership meetings, town halls, or executive communications.
• Physical Requirements
  Standard office environment; ability to sit, stand, and work at a computer for extended periods.

In more than 100 countries, the people of Ashland LLC. (NYSE: ASH) provide the specialty chemicals, technologies and insights to help customers create new and improved products for today and sustainable solutions for tomorrow. Our chemistry is at work every day in a wide variety of markets and applications, including architectural coatings, automotive, construction, energy, personal care and pharmaceutical. Visit www.ashland.com to see the innovations we offer.

At Ashland our vision is to be a leading, global specialty chemicals company whose inspired and engaged employees add value to all we touch. In fact our people, employees, customers and vendors define who we are. They are the driving force behind everything we do.

Not only do we value our customers but we value our employees, and we work to offer them a dynamic and challenging environment. We hold ourselves to high standards at Ashland, and we value integrity and honesty.

Ashland has a history of attracting the best people and keeping them. The reasons are simple: industry competitive salary and benefits, pay-for-performance incentive plans and a diverse work environment where employees feel challenged and valued. People come to Ashland and stay. As a growing Fortune 500 specialty chemicals company, we offer opportunities for development and advancement throughout our global organization. Our values define who we are and what we care about as a company. If you are looking for a relationship with a company instead of simply a job, this may be a great fit.

Ashland is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. NOTE: We do not accept resumes from external staffing agencies or independent recruiters for any of our openings unless we have a signed recruiting agreement in place to fill a specific position.