Office Admin - GROWMARK FS, LLC - Towanda, PA

Growmark Fs, Llc.; Towanda (Bradford County); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

GROWMARK FS is seeking an administrative support specialist to provide clerical assistance at our Towanda area location. You will greet clients and visitors, answer phones, take messages and customer orders, and assist with preparing shipping documents and invoices.

This role requires a high school diploma or equivalent and 1–3 years of clerical experience, with proficiency in Microsoft Office and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Requires high school diploma or equivalent.
• 1–3 years clerical experience to demonstrate professional communication skills, typing, and Microsoft Office.
• Ability to greet clients, answer phones and process orders with accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Greet clients and visitors and direct them as needed.
• Answer telephones, direct calls, take messages and customer orders.
• Answer customer questions, place orders, pull shipping documents and invoices.
• Compile, copy, sort, and file records of office activities and transactions.
• Perform general clerical duties including photocopying, faxing, mailing, and filing.
• Ensure purchase orders and bills are transmitted to main office and process payments.
• Reconcile petty cash and credit card expenses and maintain orderly information flow.

Skills

Typing proficiency

Microsoft Office

Professional communication skills

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

GROWMARK FS isheadquartered in Milford, Delaware with branches in New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. GROWMARK FS has about 500 employees (including seasonal workers) and approximately 13,000 customers. The cooperative does business in seed, agronomy, energy, crop protection, precision agriculture, and custom application. GROWMARK FS is part of the GROWMARK System, an agricultural cooperative serving more than 400,000 customers across North America and Ontario, Canada.

PURPOSE AND SUMMARY STATEMENT

Provides administrative support and general clerical duties in accordance with office procedures of assigned location.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Meets and greets clients and visitors.
• Answers telephones, directs calls, takes messages and takes customer orders.
• Answers customer questions, places orders, pulls shipping documents and invoices customers.
• Compiles, copies, sorts, and files records of office activities, business transactions, and other activities.
• Performs general clerical duties to include but not limited to photocopying, faxing, mailing, and filing.
• Ensures purchase orders and bills are transmitted to main office.
• Processes credit card payments.
• Reconciles petty cash and credit cards.
• Maintains orderly system for receiving and transferring information.

OTHER JOB FUNCTIONS

• Follows GROWMARK's Code of Conduct and Corporate Compliance Program, Environmental Health and Safety, OSHA and DOT policies and procedures, as they apply.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS

• Normally requires a high school diploma or the equivalent thereof, and 1 - 3 years or more of clerical related work experience to demonstrate knowledge of professional communication skills, typing proficiency and Microsoft Office programs.
• Must have and maintain valid driver's license and satisfactory driving record.
• Ability and willingness to participate in required training that may include education on GROWMARK's policies and procedures and additional training as it relates to the requirements of the position.

We are an equal opportunity/Disabled/Protected Veteran Employer. All individuals, regardless of demographic or other background, are encouraged to apply. Further, as a federal, state, and local contractor, we comply with government regulations and executive orders as applicable, including affirmative action responsibilities for qualified individuals with disability and protected veterans.

Employment is contingent on, among other things, receipt of an acceptable and job-related background check, drug test, motor vehicle report, and/or reference check, as applicable and permissible by law.