Executive Assistant

Freudenberg Group•Plymouth, MI

19h•Onsite

About The Position

Freudenberg is a global technology group with 51,000 employees, dedicated to making the world cleaner, healthier, and more comfortable through thousands of applications. The Executive Assistant acts as a strategic partner to the executive, anticipating needs and enabling focus on key priorities. This role involves comprehensive coordination of complex topics, timelines, and stakeholders across various functions and regions. The assistant will support leadership meetings, workshops, and key events from end to end, including location, agenda, budget, content, and follow-up, and will drive structured preparation and follow-up for critical meetings. Key responsibilities also include managing complex calendars, meetings, and travel logistics, preparing and submitting expense reports, organizing various events, and maintaining essential systems, distribution lists, and documentation. The role also requires coordination of office, facility, and site-related topics in Plymouth. The ideal candidate is expected to exercise judgment, enable leadership effectiveness, work collaboratively, proactively, and solution-oriented, and handle both strategic and routine tasks with professionalism, trustworthiness, and emotional intelligence.

Requirements

Associate degree or 5+ years comparable experience
3–5+ years of experience supporting senior or C-suite executives
Strong communication skills in English
Advanced Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint skills
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
Ability to travel up to 10%
You distinguish between what needs judgment vs. execution
You act as an enabler of leadership effectiveness, not a task administrator
You work collaboratively, proactively, structured, and solution‑oriented
You are comfortable handling both strategic topics and routine tasks
You act with professionalism, trustworthiness, emotional intelligence

Nice To Haves

German language skills a plus

Responsibilities

Act as strategic partner to the executive; anticipate needs and enable focus on key priorities
Prepare high quality presentations, reports, and executive summaries for leadership and board audiences
Coordinate complex topics, timelines, and stakeholders across functions and regions
Support leadership meetings, workshops, and key events end to end (location, agenda, budget, content, follow-up)
Drive structured preparation and follow up of critical meetings
Manage complex calendars, meetings, and travel logistics
Prepare and submit expense reports
Organize meetings, events, and leadership workshops
Maintain systems, distribution lists, and documentation
Coordinate office, facility, and site related topics in Plymouth