Operations Administrator

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 bet you'd like to meet us.

Ashland has an exciting opportunity for an Operations Administrator to join our Specialty Additives business at our Hopewell, VA location.

This is a very visible, significant role within the Company.

This position will report to Operations Leader.

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



* Administrative Workflow Leader
+ Improve workflows, create/standardize reporting, improve efficiency, coordinate initiatives


* Production Reporting Coordinator
+ Maintain/improve daily reports, SAP input, track metrics, own databases and dashboards


* Operations Communication Coordinator
+ Operations meetings/schedules, maintain agendas and actions, facilitate comms between ops, maintenance, engineering, and supply chain, distribute reports


* Documentation and Compliance Administrator
+ Maintain procedures, logs, records, and controlled documents.

Support audits and compliance reviews.

Assist with MOC docs and record retention.


* Outage Support
+ Assist with outage planning documentation and schedules, distribute needed comms/schedules as req'd.


* Unit Specific Training/Onboarding Support
+ Support onboarding of new personnel, tracking of training matrices and documents, qualifications/certifications


* Purchasing and Inventory Support
+ Input purchasing reqs and invoices, track supply inventories, support budget and spending tracking


* Operation General Support
+ Support projects, audits, and improvement initiatives.

Demonstrate and provide administrative leadership for department activities

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



* A minimum of a high school degree or equivalent


* 5+ years in a manufacturing setting


* Ability to move around the plant and lift 25lbs


* 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


* Consistent ability to connect with people and support their work


* Highly self-motivated, entrepreneurial, and organized

The following skill sets are preferred by the business unit:



* Bachelor's degree


* 10+ years in a manufacturing environment


* Financial accumen

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