Tree and shrub nursery seeking a detail-oriented, organized, and proactive Office Assistant to join our team. Successful candidate must be able to work under pressure and manage multiple tasks.
Responsibilities
- Receive and forward telephone or electronic inquiries
- Provide customer service, greet customers
- Process incoming order confirmations from suppliers ensuring order accuracy
- Data entry
- Perform reception and clerical duties
- Accounts receivable
- Invoice clients
- Inventory control of plant material
- Maintain records on inventory control system
- Work on reports from manual or electronic files inventories and databases
Essential Skills & Abilities
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent memory
- Continuous and independent learning
- Detail oriented and works with a high degree of accuracy
- Able to multitask, manage interruptions, and meet changing deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Must be self-directed and able to complete projects with limited supervision
- Computer literate
- Work independently and/or with others
- Job task prioritizing, planning, and organizing to produce high quality results in a timely fashion
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Highly systematic, organized, and flexible
- Keyboarding; minimum of 40 wpm
- Maintain staff confidentiality
- Robust, mature, and responsible work ethic
- Professional phone etiquette
- Adaptable
- Punctual
Business Equipment & Computer Applications
- Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, Outlook
- Internet Browser
- Windows 11 operating system
- Database softwarePhotocopier/scanner
- Electronic mail
Experience in horticulture is an asset.
Work is in person Monday-Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.