Administrative Assistant

JOB SUMMARY

The position is responsible for providing administrative/secretarial support to department officer or leader.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide administrative support to the department as required.
• Establish and maintain complete and accurate filing systems as needed. This will include, but not be limed to attendance records/ transfers, expense reports, customer complaints/ requests, vendor/ supplier contract information, purchase orders, projects, budgets, travel schedules, etc.
• Create and distribute correspondence (memos, letters, presentations, etc.).
• Arrange travel accommodations.
• Answer telephone calls and take messages.
• Open and distribute incoming mail.
• Copy and fax as needed.
• Prepare express mail as needed.
• Other administrative/ secretarial duties as required.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education

• High school diploma required.

Experience

• Minimum 3 years of professional secretarial experience is required.

Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations

• Certified Professional Secretary (CPS) certification preferred, but not required.

Professional Skills

• Ability to read and comprehend instructions, correspondence, and memos.
• Able to write correspondence.
• Effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients and other employees of the organization.
• Must have strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Can add, subtract, multiply and divide into all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.
• Compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form.
• Deal with problems involving several discrete variables in standardized situations.
• Proficient in Microsoft products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, and Project).
• Knowledge with tables, formatting, formulas, clipart/ graphics, presentations, macros, database development, project tracking, etc.
• Excellent word-processing skills (50 - 60 wpm) and business writing ability, plus accurate and precise proof reading skills.
• Strong organization, analytical, attention to detail and follow up skills.
• Must be able to work on multiple projects concurrently and capable of working with little direct supervision.
• Will communicate with all levels (Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents, Vice Presidents and Directors of all Sysco operating companies and staff levels).
• Profit plan preparation as required.
• Strong sense of urgency and work ethic.

Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel object, tools, or controls and talk or hear.
• Frequently is required to sit.
• Occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/ or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus for typing from copy, filing, pulling various files, delivering mail and correspondence.

Working Conditions
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job. An individual should contact his or her supervisor or the human resources department if he or she believes that an accommodation is needed.

• Able to work flexible hours as required.
• The job may require possible travel.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Organizational Relationships

• Corporate office staff, operating company staff, suppliers and customers.