Executive Administrator
2 days ago
Caldwell
Job DescriptionDescription: The Executive Administrator provides high-level administrative, project, and communications support to Truvant’s four-member executive leadership team. This is a senior role designed for an experienced professional who operates with independent judgment, executive presence, and complete discretion. Beyond calendar, travel, and event ownership, the role is a force multiplier for the executive team: building and coordinating major presentations (including Board and investor materials) and stepping into significant business initiatives such as acquisitions, post-close integrations, greenfield expansion, and new facility openings. The successful candidate anticipates needs, removes friction, drives deadlines across senior stakeholders, Requirements: Executive Support — Four Executives -Manage complex, frequently shifting calendars for four executives, resolving competing priorities and making judgment calls on access, sequencing, and trade-offs without day-to-day direction. -Serve as a trusted gatekeeper and first point of contact for the executive office with internal leaders, customers, Board members, lenders, private equity sponsors, and external partners. -Prepare executives for meetings: agendas, pre-reads, briefing notes, background research, and follow-up tracking to closure. -Draft, edit, and proof correspondence, organizational announcements, and internal communications on behalf of executives. -Manage expense reporting, invoice coding and approval routing, and vendor coordination for the executive team. -Maintain confidential files and records, including personnel, legal, transaction, and Board materials. -Balance and prioritize competing requests across all four executives, escalating conflicts with a recommended resolution. Board & Executive Presentation Development -Build, format, and quality-control major presentations including Board decks, quarterly business reviews, lender and sponsor updates, town halls, and customer-facing materials with the support of the marketing team. -Coordinate content collection across Finance, Operations, Commercial, HR, and IT owning the timeline, chasing inputs, consolidating versions, and enforcing deadlines with senior contributors. -Apply and steward brand and template standards to ensure a consistent, polished, executive-grade look across all materials. -Manage the full Board meeting cycle: scheduling, logistics, agenda preparation, materials assembly and distribution, and action-item tracking. -Maintain the master calendar of recurring reporting deliverables and reminders so nothing reaches an executive late. Strategic Project & Initiative Support -Serve as project coordinator on major company initiatives that occur from time to time including but not limited to acquisitions, post-close integrations, greenfield expansion, new site build-outs and relocations, and other enterprise projects. -Maintain project plans, milestone trackers, workstream action logs, and status reporting; follow up with owners and flag slippage early. -Support M&A activity: manage data room organization and permissions, coordinate diligence request lists and responses, schedule management presentations and diligence sessions -Coordinate integration and new-site workstreams: kickoff and cadence meetings, cross-functional communication, onboarding logistics, facility and office set-up, vendor and service coordination, and signage/branding. -Prepare steering committee and workstream lead materials, capture decisions and owners, and drive follow-ups to completion. -Handle highly sensitive and confidential pre-announcement information with absolute discretion. Travel, Events & Meeting Logistics -Plan and book complex domestic and international travel including flights, hotels, ground transportation, and detailed itineraries with proactive rebooking when plans change. -Own end-to-end planning for leadership meetings, off-sites, customer visits and plant tours, employee events, holiday functions, and recognition programs. -Negotiate and manage venue, catering, and vendor arrangements; track event budgets and reconcile actuals to plan. -Coordinate multi-site, multi-time-zone meetings, including virtual and hybrid logistics and technology set-up. Change Management & Organizational Communication -Partner with executives and HR to plan and coordinate communication around executive strategies, growth and changes within the business. -Think critically about how change lands: recommend the right message, audience, sequence, channel, and timing for each announcement, and raise gaps or risks in the approach before communications go out. -Draft and prepare change communications and supporting materials such as leadership talking points, FAQs, town hall content, employee announcements, and rollout timelines. -Coordinate the cascade of messaging so leaders, managers, and employees hear the right information in the right order across sites and shifts. -Track questions, feedback, and themes surfacing from the organization during periods of change and summarize them for executives to inform follow-up communication. -Help build and maintain repeatable change-communication practices and templates as the organization continues to evolve. Operational & Office Coordination -Support the executive team on organizational rhythms: leadership meeting cadence, annual planning cycles, and the company-wide communications calendar. -Partner with HR on executive-level onboarding, interview scheduling for senior candidates, and candidate travel and hospitality. -Coordinate with IT, Facilities, and external vendors on executive office needs and new space requirements. -Identify and implement process improvements that increase executive team capacity and reduce administrative friction. -Perform other duties as assigned in support of business needs. EDUCATION, TRAINING & EXPERIENCE -Bachelor's degree preferred; equivalent experience will be considered. -8+ years of administrative experience, including 5+ years directly supporting C-suite executives. -Demonstrated experience supporting multiple executives simultaneously. -Direct experience preparing Board of Directors materials and supporting Board meeting logistics. -Experience in a private equity-backed, multi-site, or manufacturing/supply chain environment strongly preferred. -Exposure to M&A, integration, or facility start-up/expansion projects strongly preferred. SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & ABILITIES -Advanced PowerPoint skills with demonstrated ability to build and refine executive and Board-quality decks independently, not simply format existing slides. -Advanced Outlook and Word; strong Excel (tables, charts, basic formulas); comfortable with Teams, SharePoint, and virtual meeting platforms. -Exceptional written and verbal communication; strong editing and proofreading judgment. -Strong project coordination skills: able to run a tracker, hold senior people to deadlines, and report status crisply. -Change-management orientation: understands how people experience organizational change and can think critically about communication approach, timing, audience, and tone; experience supporting change or internal communications preferred. -Outstanding organizational skills and attention to detail; consistently accurate under time pressure. -Executive presence and maturity; credible with Board members, sponsors, customers, and senior leaders. -Absolute discretion with confidential and market-sensitive information. -Anticipatory mindset with demonstrated ability to identify needs and act before being asked; comfortable with ambiguity and shifting priorities. -Sound independent judgment on prioritization, access, and escalation. -Resourceful problem solver who owns outcomes end to end. -Collaborative, service-oriented, and composed; works effectively across all levels of the organization. -Flexibility to support urgent executive needs outside standard business hours, including occasional evenings and weekends around Board meetings, transactions, and events. COMPLIANCE & CONFIDENTIALITY -Maintain the confidentiality of company, employee, Board, transaction, and customer information encountered during employment. -Adhere to all regulatory and company policies, procedures, and work instructions, including Truvant policies, customer-specific policies, ISO, GMP, USDA, and applicable food safety and food defense requirements. TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS -Up to 15% travel to support Board meetings, leadership off-sites, events, and project or new-site activity; primarily domestic with occasional international travel. Truvant is an Equal Opportunity Employer.