Teams at Ascend Performance Materials

Provide high-level administrative support to Vice Presidents: manage complex calendars, travel, executive and board meetings, prepare presentations and reports, handle expenses and SAP procurement, maintain confidential records, and support the administrative team.

Serve as strategic HR leader for a large manufacturing site (~400 employees, 200 contractors). Partner with site leadership to drive workforce planning, talent management, organizational design, change management, employee engagement, and HR operations. Lead and develop the site HR team, conduct employee relations, investigations, and implement workforce stabilization strategies.

Develops detailed maintenance work packages (corrective, preventive, predictive, turnaround), maintains SAP CMMS data and BOMs, coordinates materials and contractors, supports reliability and RCFA efforts, and ensures safety and regulatory compliance to reduce downtime and improve equipment reliability.