Executive Administrative Assistant- Grand Haven, MI
Company Overview:
Bekins is a continuously growing family-owned company that first started in 1975 as Bekins Appliance Service. With three locations in West Michigan, we are now nationally known as a high-end retail and service company that sells, installs, and services appliances and electronics. We exist to be the best; challenging industry norms to do what’s right, and to make a positive difference in the lives of our employees, their families, our customers, and the community. Bekins' workforce has doubled in size over the last five years, and we continue to look to hire the best.
Position Summary:
The new member of the Bekins team will be experienced in handling a wide range of administrative and executive support-related tasks and should be able to work independently with little or no supervision. The Administrative Assistant will exercise good judgement in a variety of situations, with strong written and verbal communication, administrative, and organizational skills, and will maintain a realistic balance among multiple priorities. Starting at $20 an hour.
Responsibilities:
- Support Executive Administrative team members with projects
- Create documents and forms in Microsoft office products with a high level of attention to detail
- Create and maintain job descriptions
- Create and maintain companywide SOPs
- Clearly and concisely communicate with customers, vendors and co-workers on the status of projects
- Utilize different research to look for product information, come up with solutions to problems, and create new processes
- Assist with covering the front desk at the store as needed
Qualifications:
- Accuracy. Meticulous follow-through
- Advanced time management and able to stay organized, can adapt to fluid schedules and priorities
- Proven ability to achieve high performance goals and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Strong organizational skills that reflect consistent performance and prioritization of multiple tasks with excellent attention to detail
- Very strong interpersonal skills and the capability to build relationships with all clientele including contractors, manufacturing representatives, co-workers, and a sophisticated customer base
- Demonstrated take-charge approaches to problem-solving with strong decision-making capability
- Highly resourceful team-player, with the ability to also be extremely effective independently
- Positive, upbeat, self-starting, and can-do attitude
- Advanced PC skills in Adobe and Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
Benefits Include:
- Insurance (health, vision, dental, life)
- 401k with a company match
- Six paid holidays
- Paid time off
- Closed Sundays
- Short-term disability
- Employee discount
- Loyalty rewards
- Employee referral bonus
Bekins provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.
