Executive Assistant

Job Summary

Are you a highly organized, proactive professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment? Grande is looking for an Executive Assistant to support senior leaders on our Operations & Engineering Business Team. In this dynamic role, you'll serve as a trusted partner to executives, managing schedules, coordinating communications, and helping drive key business priorities forward. You'll play a vital role in connecting leaders, facilities, and Home Office teams by coordinating meetings, facility visits, and special events, while also supporting associate engagement, recognition, and culture-building initiatives across the organization. If you're a resourceful problem-solver who enjoys building relationships, creating exceptional experiences, and making things happen behind the scenes, we'd love to meet you!

About the Role

Join a company that values its associates and community. Grande is committed to fostering a positive work/life balance and supporting the communities in which we live and work. Our unique benefits include low-cost onsite health clinics, free onsite fitness centers, healthy snacks throughout the facility, a health and wellness reimbursement program, an associate cheese purchasing program, a two-year mentorship program, relaxation rooms (based on location), coffee and gelato bars (based on location), paid paternal leave, and a state-of-the-art corporate building.

Why Fond du Lac?

In Fond du Lac (FDL), you get the full four-season experience. Warm summers with highs reaching into the 80s and plenty of sunshine for golf, biking, camping, and live music under the open sky, and brisk winters with average temps in the 20s and ample snow for snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, ice fishing, and winter festivals. The greater FDL area (population 43,000) is easily accessible and roughly an hour drive to major metros like Milwaukee, Madison, and Green Bay. Fond du Lac has been rated one of the top 100 areas for job growth among small U.S. metro areas. Additionally, the cost of living is 4% below the national average, and you'll pay 21% less for housing, rent, and property taxes compared to the rest of the country. The area offers wonderful educational partners, a variety of activities, and a vibrant business and commerce community.

Responsibilities

• Manage schedules and coordinate communications for senior leadership team
• Coordinate meetings, facility visits, and special events
• Support associate engagement, recognition, and culture-building initiatives
• Write routine reports and correspondence
• Prioritize meeting requests based on direction from executives
• Speak effectively before groups of associates
• Calculate figures and amounts such as percentages
• Solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables
• Interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form

Requirements

• 2 Year / Associate's Degree in Administrative, Business or other related field required
• Minimum of five (5) years related experience supporting executive or senior management required
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
• Ability to prioritize meeting requests based on direction from Executive(s)
• Strong communication skills with ability to speak effectively before groups of Associates of organization
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as percentages
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
• Advanced software skills (Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint), and internet research abilities

Qualifications

• Preferred: 4 Year / Bachelors Degree in Administrative, Business or other related field preferred