Operations Administrator

Ashland; Hopewell (VA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Ashland is seeking an Operations Administrator to join our Hopewell, VA site. You will lead administrative workflows, coordinate production reporting, and support cross-functional communication across operations, maintenance, engineering, and supply chain.

Ideal candidates have a high school diploma, 5+ years in manufacturing, and a proven ability to drive efficiency, manage records, and support audits while staying organized and results-driven in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• 5+ years in a manufacturing setting.
• Ability to move around the plant and lift 25lbs.
• Demonstrated responsible and ethical behavior at all times.
• Ability to understand the business and support informed decisions.
• Capacity to connect with people and support their work.
• Highly self-motivated, entrepreneurial, and organized.
• Bachelor's degree is preferred.
• 10+ years in a manufacturing environment is preferred.
• Financial acumen is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Administrative Workflow Leader: Improve workflows, create reporting, improve efficiency, coordinate initiatives.
• Production Reporting Coordinator: Maintain daily reports, SAP input, track metrics, manage databases and dashboards.
• Operations Communication Coordinator: Schedule meetings, maintain agendas, attrition actions, facilitate cross-team communication.
• Documentation and Compliance Administrator: Maintain procedures, logs, records, and controlled documents; assist audits and reviews.
• Outage Support: Assist with outage planning and distribution of schedules.
• Unit Training/Onboarding Support: Support onboarding, track training matrices and certifications.
• Purchasing and Inventory Support: Input purchasing requests and invoices, track inventories, assist with budget tracking.
• Operation General Support: Support projects, audits and improvement initiatives; provide administrative leadership.

Skills

People skills

Self-motivated

Organizational skills

Safety awareness

Education

High school diploma

Bachelor's degree

Job description

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

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.