Title: Executive Leadership Associate
Location: Los Osos, California
Reports to: EVP
Rantec Power Systems Inc. is growing — and we’re looking for a strong Executive Leadership Associate to join our team!
Based along California’s scenic Central Coast, Rantec is an upper‑tier designer and manufacturer of power supplies for the military and aerospace markets. We are an engineering‑driven company with deep expertise in power electronics, design, manufacturing, and test.
Why You’ll Love Working at Rantec
• Competitive wages
• Excellent benefits: Medical (PPO, HSA), Dental, Vision, FSAs
• Vacation: 2 weeks to start + Holidays + 5 days Paid Sick Leave
• 401(k) with up to 6% company match
• Tuition Assistance
• Peer‑to‑Peer Recognition & Years of Service Awards
• 9/80 schedule — every other Friday off!
• Free catered lunch on worked Fridays/paydays
• Voluntary overtime available
• Beautiful location near the Pacific coast
Scope
Rantec is seeking a highly capable, proactive Executive Leadership Associate to support two Executive Vice Presidents (EVP) that all-in oversee Business Development, Engineering, Operations, and Quality. The role increases executive capacity by managing priorities, communications, meetings, travel, Board preparation, and day-to-day coordination.
A key objective is to act as a trusted first point of contact, anticipate executive needs, and filter routine requests and follow-up, allowing the EVPs to better focus on strategy, customers, business performance, and organizational leadership. The role also supports cross-functional priorities and special projects and offers significant opportunities for increasing responsibility based on capability and performance.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Duties include, but are not limited to, the following:
Key Responsibilities Proactively manage executive calendars, prioritize requests, resolve conflicts, and protect designated time set aside for project focus and direction-setting.
Monitor and triage executive email; identify priority items, route requests, draft routine responses, and ensure timely follow-up.
Act as a first point of contact for the EVPs; redirect or resolve routine requests and administrative matters while escalating issues requiring executive attention, decision, or intervention.
Coordinate effectively with the EVPs' teams, customers, suppliers, Board members, and other internal and external stakeholders.
Attend designated executive and staff meetings; prepare agendas, coordinate and collect pre-reads and supporting materials, capture decisions and actions, and drive follow-up through completion.
Proactively track executive priorities, commitments, risks, upcoming deadlines, owners, and required decisions; follow up and escalate as appropriate.
Coordinate recurring leadership and functional reviews across Business Development, Engineering, Operations, and Quality.
Support EVP Board preparation, including schedules, presentation materials, version control, rehearsals, and follow-up actions.
Arrange executive travel and external meeting logistics, including itineraries, transportation, accommodations, customer and supplier visits, and schedule changes.
Prepare, edit, and format executive presentations, correspondence, briefing materials, reports, and other communications.
Process executive expenses, coordinate approvals and signatures, and maintain organized and confidential records.
Support cross-functional executive priorities and special projects; proactively request and follow up on information, decisions, and deliverables.
Continuously improve executive administrative processes, communication flow, and meeting effectiveness.
Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
Exceptional organizational skills and ability to manage multiple competing priorities with strong attention to detail and follow-through.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, professional presence, emotional…