Chief of Staff

CMC Electronics is a company recognized worldwide for its innovative spirit and excellence in the design and manufacture of advanced avionics solutions for the civil and military aviation markets.

This is a unique opportunity to be part of the CMC Electronics family. Use your knowledge and expertise to contribute to an experienced and motivated team mastering the latest design technologies.

**Why join our team?**:
**As a Chief of staff, your day-to-day responsibilities include**:

- Act as advisor to the Senior Staff and the management team;
- Assist the Senior Staff in facilitating effective decision-making and in cascading the outcome;
- Master the Senior Staff environment to make his.her own priority management of the projects and actions within the job scope;
- Coordinate the execution of strategic initiatives;
- Serve as liaison with executives, senior leaders and staff regarding company climate, project updates, proposals, and planning. In general, the incumbent will harmonize bottom-up information. Through his.her actions, the incumbent continuously engages with management and staff;
- Assess inquiries to the Senior Staff, determine course of action and delegate to the appropriate person to manage;
- Participate in the coordination of crisis management and security of assets and people;
- Work in close relationship with Site Management, Marketing and Communications;
- Keep the Senior Staff informed of relevant and sensitive issues. Provide advice on how to approach these situations after analyzing the options and their possible repercussions;
- Coordinate important meetings and events on behalf of the Senior Staff;
- Research relevant facts and information by engaging various internal and external stakeholders, analyze information determining options and priorities and provide verbal and/or written briefing notes to the Senior Staff;
- Plan, coordinate and participate in senior Staff meetings. Plan dates and agendas, define priorities based on organizational information, prepare information documents and ensure follow-up on decisions or action plans resulting from these meetings.

**To join our team, you must hold**:

- Bachelor’s degree in business administration or similar field;
- Minimum of ten (10) years of relevant experience in a similar business role;
- Strong judgment and good business sense in a variety of situations;
- Experience in organizing and directing multiple teams and departments;
- Experience in planning and leading strategic initiatives;
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
- Versatile abilities and extreme dedication to efficient productivity;
- Proven track record of effective interaction with senior management;
- Nimble business mind, focused on developing creative solutions;
- Strong project coordination and reporting skills, with a focus on interdepartmental communications;
- Customer oriented, business driven, entrepreneurial mindset;
- Committed, thorough, hard-worker;
- Ability to work under pressure at times and to handle confidential matters with discretion;
- Results and action oriented, confident and excellent interpersonal skills;
- Proactive, problem solver, creative, meticulous and resourceful;
- Enthusiastic team player and able to work independently with minimum supervision;
- Negotiation/influencing skills;
- Fluent in French and English (verbal and written);
- Solid skills with the MS Office Suite of tools.

**What does a career at CMC Electronics involve?**
- An opportunity to work in the aeronautics industry with avionics enthusiasts;
- Organization of international caliber on a human scale;
- Stimulating multi-disciplined environment;
- Career advancement opportunitie;
- Management team engaged in your success;
- Competitive global compensation (group insurances paid at 100% by CMC Electronics and a group pension plan with employer match);
- Financial education assistance program;
- Free parking and electric car charging stations available;
- On-site cafeteria at low cost;
- Closed between Christmas and New Year's Day;
- Social activities.