Business Operations Assistant

The Business Operations Assistant provides operational, administrative, and project coordination support to the organization and leadership team. This role helps ensure efficient business operations, effective stakeholder collaboration, and successful execution of organizational priorities. The position also supports the ERP implementation program through coordination, communication, reporting, and documentation activities.

In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:

• Provide operational, administrative, and coordination support to the organization and leadership team.
• Coordinate and facilitate leadership meetings, business reviews, workshops, governance sessions, and strategic planning activities, including agendas, minutes, action tracking, and follow-up communication.
• Act as a central point of contact between employees, leadership, global stakeholders, external partners, and project teams.
• Support business planning activities, including budgeting, headcount planning, cost center administration, reporting, and organizational initiatives.
• Coordinate travel arrangements, site visits, meetings, events, training sessions, and related logistics.
• Support onboarding activities and maintain organizational records, documentation, distribution lists, and stakeholder directories.
• Drive effective communication by supporting leadership announcements, presentations, engagement activities, and change management initiatives.
• Maintain project and organizational documentation, ensuring accurate filing, archiving, and information management within SharePoint and other collaboration platforms.
• Provide administrative and coordination support for the ERP implementation program, including meeting management, stakeholder coordination, training support, project documentation, and governance activities.
• Track project actions, participation, expenditures, purchase requisitions, invoices, and reporting activities while supporting continuous improvement and operational efficiency initiatives. 
  

Who You Are:
You build and deliver solutions that meet customer expectations. You identify and seize new opportunities. You provide timely and helpful information to individuals across the organization. 
For This Role, You Will Need:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, Project Management, or a related field.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in Executive Administration, Project Administration, Program Coordination, or similar roles.
• Strong organizational, planning, and coordination skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Office knowledge, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Strong Microsoft Teams and SharePoint skills.
• Experience with project management and collaboration tools such as Microsoft Project, Planner, Smartsheet, Jira, or similar platforms.
• Ability to prepare professional presentations, reports, and business documentation.
• Strong analytical, reporting, and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently when required.
• Strong stakeholder management and interpersonal skills. 
  

Preferred Qualifications That Set You Apart:

• Experience within a multinational manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Experience supporting cross-functional teams, projects, or organizational initiatives.
• Experience supporting ERP implementation projects such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Infor LN, or equivalent platforms.
• Familiarity with project governance, reporting, and change management activities.
• Knowledge of budgeting, cost-center administration, procurement, or financial tracking processes.
• German language skills.
• Experience supporting leadership teams or business operations functions. 

Our Culture & Commitment to You:
At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives, because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams, working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results.