Executive Assistant / CT4212

Position Description:

Saint-Gobain is a leading worldwide producer of abrasives, building materials, high-performance plastics, insulation, flat glass, glass containers, piping, reinforcements and industrial ceramics. Worldwide, Saint-Gobain had sales of approximately $52.2 billion in 2006, and currently has more than 200,000 employees in 49 countries.In the U.S. and Canada, Saint-Gobain employs nearly 23,000 people, and has approximately 180 manufacturing locations. Its total U.S. and Canada sales in 2006 were $8.5 billion.CertainTeed is a subsidiary of Saint-Gobain. Through innovation and creative product design, CertainTeed has helped shape the building products industry for more than 100 years. Founded in 1904 as General Roofing Company, the firm made its slogan "Quality Made Certain, Satisfaction Guaranteed," which quickly inspired the name CertainTeed. Today, CertainTeed is North America’s leading brand of exterior and interior building products, including roofing, siding, windows, fence, decking, railing, trim, foundations, pipe, insulation, walls, ceilings and access covers.Headquartered in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, CertainTeed and its affiliates have approximately 9,000 employees and 70 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and Canada. In 2006 the group had consolidated sales approaching $4 billion.

Qualifications:

This position reports to the Chief Executive Office of CertainTeed Corporation and provides administrative and secretarial support. This position is highly involved in executive office operations and is critical to ensuring optimum organization and efficiency for the CEO. This position will serve as the primary contact for the CEO. Duties include complex scheduling and travel arrangements domestically and internationally, identifying and tracking action items and performing follow-up with CEO or appropriate party. This position will maintain and develop improved filing systems (electronic and paper). The Executive Assistant is responsible for screening correspondence and calls and responding or directing to appropriate parties for response. In addition the Executive Assistant will need to predict, anticipate and execute on the business needs of the CEO. KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE: The qualified candidate must be poised and polished professional with progressive experience supporting executive level management with a minimum of 5 years experience supporting a senior executive. A successful candidate will have a minimum High School Diploma with some college coursework preferred. Requirements:• Must be able to predict, anticipate and execute on the business needs of the CEO. • Must be able to effectively manage multiple tasks and deadlines, prepare and proof correspondence for content and grammatical correctness. • It is necessary that this individual possess attention to detail and strong follow through. • Most importantly, this individual must possess the competence, initiative and business savvy necessary to support the executive at the highest level.• This person must be able to handle information that may be highly sensitive or confidential in nature.• Because of regular interaction with parent company headquartered in Paris, fluency of French or renaissance language is a plus. • Must be highly proficient in Microsoft applications to include Power Point, Excel and Project or Task Management tools. Able to enhance visual presentations using PowerPoint TO APPLY:Saint-Gobain offers a competitive compensation and benefits package commensurate with experience. For immediate consideration, please apply below.WEBSITES:www.saint-gobain.com/us/ www.certainteed.com REF CODE:Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer M/F/D/V