Office Administrator
Cicero, IL - USA
Job Summary
Position Overview:
The Office Administrator/ Customer Excellence Support- provides administrative support and customer service to both internal and external customers. The Customer Excellence Support; supports executing timely customer related requests and a continuous support of the Sales and Operations Team goals.
Summary of Responsibilities:
- Required to be in the officefive days a week 8am to 5pm
Is punctual and arrives at work on time (8am)
Answers and transfer calls on a multi-line phone system
- Accepts deliveries sorts mail and maintains phone lists
- Handles sensitive and/or confidential documents and information
- Communicates with the manager and customers on job or deadline issues
- Establishes a positive image to both internal and external customers while delivering superior customer service
- Provides administrative support to the Sales Team and Operations Department
- Supports ongoing continuous improvement while developing knowledge of our customer and supplier base
- Professionally handles and efficiently routes incoming calls and walk in customers
- Assists with customer requests and serves as a resource
- Provides internal support to sales team and operations teams
- Facilitates the execution of timely customer payables and monthly closes
- Prints other USM location breakdowns
- Demonstrates timely execution of accurate customer data input and reports
- Operates with integrity and confidentiality while upholding ethical standards of the organization
- Develops accounting-based solutions while implementing new systems procedures and internal programs
- Sends requested information to customers using established templates
- Organizes/Files monthly customer breakdowns and forwards them to the Recycling Consultant
- Organizes monthly payables and forwards them to the Accounting Department
- Handles customer inquiries
- Performs customer account setup / database maintenance
- Executes purchase contract creation / maintenance
- Expedites customer load breakdown to provide timely information or payment
- Executes material breakdown & customer pricing input
- Must demonstrate competency in all aspects of the job and company objectives
- Demonstrate understanding of company policies rules and training
- Other duties as assigned
Desired Characteristics:
- Bilingual (English and Spanish)
- High School Diploma and previous similar position and/or industry experience
- Standard MS Office software usage (Outlook Excel Word)
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment managing multiple priorities
- Ability to perform accurate data entry
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Highly organized
- Experience with industry software preferred especially knowledge of Shared Logic
- Candidate must pass a pre-employment physical background and credit check.
- Able to fulfill flexible scheduling requirements as determined by the manager and / or business needs of the operation
Minimum Safety Training Requirements:
- Basic on-the-job training that satisfies the Primary Objectives of the specific position (as noted above)
- US-SOP-01 United in Safety Manual
- US-F11 QEH&S Policy
- US-SOP-03 Team Member Handbook
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
About Company
United Scrap Metal (USM), founded in 1978, is an award-winning provider of innovative recycling solutions. We purchase, process and market recyclable commodities, enabling our customers to focus on their core business. Underlying every relationship and each transaction is a constant c ... View more