The Senior Administrative Assistant performs administrative assignments of a confidential nature for senior level managers. This position requires continuous use of technical and business vocabulary and a detailed knowledge of organizational operations, procedures and staff. This position must interact with all levels of the organization in a professional and effective manner.

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Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world.

Innovation goes far beyond materials science; it’s powered by the passion, creativity, and diverse expertise of 9,000 professionals worldwide. Whether you’re a finance wizard, a tech enthusiast, an operational powerhouse, an HR changemaker, or a trailblazer in materials development, you’ll find your place at Avient.

Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough!

We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader of others, or a leader of the business.

By playing to win, acting customer centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient’s strategic goals, to meet our customer needs, and to accomplish your career goals.

At Avient, we believe a wide variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person’s qualifications, abilities, experience and performance.

Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran’s status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to complete an online application, please contact the Avient HR Team by emailing, ApplicationAccommodation@Avient.com.

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Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Regularly coordinates meetings and makes travel arrangements for senior management.
• Within guidelines, makes independent decisions regarding planning, organizing and scheduling work.
• Utilizes advanced computer skills to prepare complex correspondence, reports, presentations, charts, tables and forms.
• Uses discretion and judgment when screening visitors and telephone calls, scheduling appointments and organizing work load to meet established priorities.
• Works independently to complete routine correspondence, reports and forms for review.
• Provides coordination of scheduling/meetings for senior management.
• Purchases items using Ariba as needed.
• Makes travel arrangements as needed both domestically and internationally.
• Ability to coordinate activities with other functions as needed.
• Special projects as needed.