Executive Administrative Associate

About the Role

An Executive Administrative Associate at Cummins Inc. is sought to optimize executive effectiveness, enable efficient decision-making, strengthen leadership alignment, and facilitate seamless communication. This role is based in Indianapolis, Indiana, with an expectation of 60% onsite, including up to one day per week in Columbus, Indiana. This is a high-visibility position supporting a Vice President leading a profitable and growing global business unit.

Key Responsibilities

• Optimize executive effectiveness by managing complex priorities, schedules, and business commitments across global teams.
• Enable efficient decision-making through the preparation, organization, and coordination of critical business information and communications.
• Strengthen leadership alignment by coordinating meetings, events, and strategic discussions that drive business outcomes.
• Facilitate seamless communication between executive leadership, internal stakeholders, customers, and external partners.
• Enhance operational efficiency by proactively anticipating needs, resolving scheduling conflicts, and driving follow-through on key actions.
• Support organizational engagement through planning and execution of leadership meetings, recognition programs, and business events.
• Maintain the highest standards of confidentiality, professionalism, and discretion when handling sensitive information and executive matters.
• Contribute to business success by ensuring effective coordination, continuity, and execution across global teams and leadership priorities.
• Strategically manage a complex, multi-time zone calendar, effectively anticipating, balancing, and aligning competing priorities.
• Coordinate detailed domestic and international travel arrangements, including comprehensive itineraries and expense reporting.
• Manage corporate shuttle schedule for North America manufacturing locations in collaboration with Corporate Aviation.
• Plan and execute monthly Leadership Team meetings, events, and offsite sessions, shaping agendas around key priorities, decisions, and outcomes, and driving follow-through on commitments.
• Manage quarterly Business Impact Awards with support from the global leadership team.
• Act as a central point of coordination across global stakeholders, Executive Assistants, and business teams to drive communication, continuity, alignment, and execution of leadership priorities.
• Support the development of executive communications, leadership presentations, business updates, and key organizational messages to ensure clarity and consistency.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Proven ability to support senior executives in a complex, global organization while managing highly dynamic priorities, schedules, and stakeholder relationships.
• Exceptional organizational, planning, and time management skills with the ability to anticipate needs, exercise sound judgment, and operate with a high degree of autonomy.
• Strong executive communication skills, including the ability to prepare presentations, business updates, and professional correspondence for diverse audiences.
• Experience coordinating complex domestic and international travel, leadership meetings, events, and cross-functional activities while maintaining attention to detail and confidentiality.
• Executive presence, adaptability, and relationship-building skills that enable effective collaboration with senior leaders, business partners, and global teams.
• Experience supporting senior executives (VP level or above) in a complex, global organization is preferred.
• Proven ability to manage highly dynamic calendars with competing priorities and stakeholders.
• Strong experience coordinating complex domestic travel; international travel experience preferred.
• Event planning and execution experience (small and large scale).
• Demonstrated ability to operate independently, exercise sound judgment, and anticipate needs with minimal direction.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with strong attention to detail.
• Clear, concise, and professional written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrate a collaborative mindset by building strong relationships across teams and senior leadership, fostering alignment, and contributing to a high-performing, cohesive environment.
• Communicate with clarity and professionalism through strong written skills, including effective use of PowerPoint and Excel to support presentations and basic data analysis.
• Maintain exceptional organization and attention to detail, effectively managing across multiple business dimensions to ensure accurate, consistent stakeholder communication and engagement.
• Exhibit leadership presence, resilience, and proactive coordination by managing complex global travel and events, collaborating with Executive Assistants, and navigating fast-paced dynamics with confidence, sound judgment, and confidentiality.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or certificate of completion of secondary education or equivalent experience to the extent such experience meets applicable regulations.
• Significant work experience and in-depth knowledge obtained through specialized training and relevant experience.