JOB FUNCTION:
This position is responsible for assisting in planning, organizing, coordinating and controlling all administrative aspects of branch/plant operations in support and conjunction with the Office Manager.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Review and filing of quotes, purchase orders, contracts and invoices (some previous experience preferred)
- The review would primarily be to ensure that work orders and invoices are billed in accordance with quotes, PO’s and contracts.
- Copy, scanning and other various administrative tasks included.
Communication with internal and external customers
- Salespeople, logistics/dispatch, regional / plant managers and external customers.
- Data entry and receiving into customer-specific invoicing portals (Ariba, Taulia, etc.); Data entry with MPW-specific programs (Customer Rates, WMC, etc.)
Process credit adjustments, invoice corrections and resubmit invoices, as needed.
Handle ad hoc requests from salespeople, customers and other MPW personnel.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS:
- Attention to detail, accuracy, self-motivated, deadline driven, multi-task ability
- Intermediate computer skills and the ability to learn new, custom programs (WMC, Customer Rates, Mobile DI App, etc.).
Required Skills
- Safety Awareness: Employee must be aware of conditions that affect employee safety and engineer solutions to correct unsafe conditions.
- Adaptability/Flexibility: Maintaining effectiveness in varying environments and with different tasks, responsibilities and people.
- Communication through Planning and Organization Management: The ability to establish a course of action for self and/or others to accomplish a specific goal. Planning proper assignments of personnel and appropriate allocation of resources in a fast pace changing environment. While expressing ideas effectively in individual and group situations. Adjusting language, non-verbal expressions, and terminology to fit the needs of the audience.
- Innovation: Generating creative solutions to work situations and equipment design.
- Developing Organizational Talent: Developing direct reports’ skills and competencies by planning effective development activities related to current and future department needs.
- Customer Service Orientation: Proactively developing customer relationships by making efforts to listen and understand the customer (both internal and external); anticipating and providing solutions to customer needs; giving high priority to customer satisfaction.
Required Experience
- High School Diploma acceptable.
- Experience in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access) a must.
- Professional oral and written interpersonal communication.
- Experience in HR, Procurement, and Customer Billing/Collection.
- Ability to perform and understand written and verbal instruction.
- Demonstrates a considerate, friendly, and constructive attitude towards fellow employees and customers.
- 1-3 years’ experience in office administration.