Administrative Operations Manager
ARA.com
Office
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Full Time
What you’ll do as an Administrative Operations Manager
Operational and Administrative Management
- Oversee day-to-day operations across administrative and operational support groups, such as HR/Recruiting, Facilities, Reception, Admin, Safety and Accounting, to ensure effective coordination and customer service delivery.
- Oversee the implementation and maintenance of the administrative processes, systems, and workflows relevant to the operational support groups, to enhance efficiency and consistency.
- Manage office operations, budget tracking, procurement, and resource allocation to support business needs.
- Ensure administrative processes are compliant with applicable laws and regulations by partnering with individuals leading each group and Corporate Specialists.
- Partners with operational support leads to identify operational bottlenecks and opportunities to streamline processes that can enhance cross-functional coordination, while ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
- Develop operational staff by coaching, assigning workloads, set performance goals, and conduct evaluations.
- Foster a collaborative and customer-focused team culture that emphasizes accountability, communication, teamwork and customer service excellence.
- Coordinate with IMS leadership and HR Administrator regarding staffing plans, onboarding, and training for administrative and operational support personnel.
Leadership Support
- Provide high-level operational and administrative support to Sector Manager and Assistant Sector Manager.
- Maintain and track critical leadership action items (AIs), decisions, and deliverables to ensure timely completion and visibility across teams.
- Prepare and coordinate executive-level briefings, talking points, reports, and summaries for leadership engagements, reviews, and corporate meetings.
- Serve as a key liaison between leadership and functional support teams to align priorities and communicate expectations timely.
Administrative Operations Manager Requirements
Education:
- Bachelors or equivalent years of experience
Experience And Skills Required:
- Minimum 10-12 years of relevant experience
- Experience with building relationships with leaders throughout an organization
- Ability to multitask while maintaining high degree of attention to detail, accuracy and poise under pressure
- Experience supporting senior leadership and coordinating cross-functional activities
- Excellent interpersonal skills with pleasant and positive demeanor
- Must be able to work independently as well as within a team
- Strong project management, organizational and problem-solving skills
- Proficient with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
- Ability to exercise good judgment and decision making when necessary
- Proactively takes initiative
- Demonstrates assertiveness and confidence
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with experience developing executive-level deliverables
Preferred:
- Experience in a government contracting environment
