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About you and this role:
As an Executive Assistant to Country President/ Senior Administrative Specialist based in Mumbai you will play the role of Executive Assistant to the Country President provides high-level administrative and strategic support. You also lead special projects, ensure operational efficiency, and handle confidential information with discretion. You work with a limited degree of supervision, with full authority of the supported leader(s). strong analytical abilities, advanced technical proficiency, and the capacity to build and maintain professional relationships will be of great advantage. This role demands a proactive and strategic mindset to support the Country President in achieving business objectives.
Responsibilities:
- Calendar Management: Organizing and managing the country president's schedule, including Independently managing meetings, events, travel plans and visitor processes.
- Relationship Building: Building and maintaining relationships inside and outside the workgroup, driving a culture of trust and transparency, and targeting communications to different audiences.
- Communication and Liaison: Serve as the primary liaison between the country president and senior management, clients, and key stakeholders. Draft, review, and manage high-level correspondence, ensuring clear and effective communication on behalf of the country president.
- Technical Proficiency: Experienced with business software applications, staying up to date with technology, and quickly learning new internal systems. Demonstrated SME traits with MS Office platform, Dow Systems software and collaborations tools.
- Project Management: Lead and manage special projects, ensuring timely completion and alignment with organizational goals. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive project milestones and deliverables. Managing presentations, meeting minute, meeting facilitation, slide formatting, action tracking, etc
- Process Compliance: Manage TER reporting, review and approve TERs on behalf of leader. Informs individuals of discrepancies. Ensure employees adhere to company policy requirements including Dow's Code of Business Conduct.
Qualifications & Experience
- Minimum bachelor’s degree with 8-10 years of relevant experience as Executive Assistant to CEO/MD
- Proficiency in Microsoft applications, such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook. Know-how of Power BI will be added advantage
Key Skills:
- Communication Skills: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information clearly and concisely.
- Organizational Skills: Superior organizational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines with strong attention to detail.
- Interpersonal Skills: Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain relationships with diverse stakeholders.
- Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex data and provide actionable insights.
- Adaptability: Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
Additional Notes:
- Relocation is not available for this position.
- The ability to accommodate flexible schedule aligned with international time Zone is essential.
Benefits – What Dow offers you
We invest in you.
Dow invests in total rewards programs to help you manage all aspects of you: your pay, your health, your life, your future, and your career. You bring your background, talent, and perspective to work every day. Dow rewards that commitment by investing in your total wellbeing.
Here are just a few highlights of what you would be offered as a Dow employee:
- Equitable and market-competitive base pay and bonus opportunity across our global markets, along with locally relevant incentives.
- Benefits and programs to support your physical, mental, financial, and social well-being, to help you get the care you need...when you need it.
- Competitive retirement program that may include company-provided benefits, savings opportunities, financial planning, and educational resources to help you achieve your long term financial-goals.
- Employee stock purchase programs (availability varies depending on location).
- Student Debt Retirement Savings Match Program (U.S. only).
- Dow will take the value of monthly student debt payments and apply them as if they are contributions to the Employees’ Savings Plan (401(k)), helping employees reach the Company match.
- Robust medical and life insurance packages that offer a variety of coverage options to meet your individual needs. Travel insurance is also available in certain countries/locations.
- Opportunities to learn and grow through training and mentoring, work experiences, community involvement and team building.
- Workplace culture empowering role-based flexibility to maximize personal productivity and balance personal needs.
- Competitive yearly vacation allowance.
- Paid time off for new parents (birthing and non-birthing, including adoptive and foster parents).
- Paid time off to care for family members who are sick or injured.
- Paid time off to support volunteering and Employee Resource Group’s (ERG) participation.
- Wellbeing Portal for all Dow employees, our one-stop shop to promote wellbeing, empowering employees to take ownership of their entire wellbeing journey.
- On-site fitness facilities to help stay healthy and active (availability varies depending on location).
- Employee discounts for online shopping, cinema tickets, gym memberships and more.
- Additionally, some of our locations might offer:
- Transportation allowance (availability varies depending on location)
- Meal subsidiaries/vouchers (availability varies depending on location)
- Carbon-neutral transportation incentives e.g. bike to work (availability varies depending on location)
Join our team, we can make a difference together.
About Dow Chemical International Pvt Ltd
Dow Chemical International Private Limited (Dow India) aims to be the most innovative, sustainable, inclusive customer-centric materials science company. The company is committed to delivering the right solutions to its customers’ challenges. With broadest technology sets spanning performance materials, industrial intermediates, and plastics Dow India delivers differentiated science-based products and solutions in high-growth segments, such as packaging, infrastructure, automobile, and consumer care.
A Great Place to Work® Certified company with approximately over 1000 employees, its operations comprise of manufacturing sites, innovation center, established centers of excellence, and commercial office. As a responsible corporate, the company supports its Corporate Social Responsibility (program) with technology expertise and employee volunteerism. Dow India works with non-profit partners towards the empowerment of differently abled, women, and children in communities where it operates. The company aims to redefine the societal blueprint, by supporting holistic sustainability and circular economy initiatives.
As part of our dedication to the diversity of our workforce, Dow is committed to equal opportunities in employment. We encourage every employee to bring their whole self to work each day to not only deliver more value, but also have a more fulfilling career. Further information regarding Dow's equal opportunities is available on www.dow.com.
