Admin Assistant
About The Position
Our team is looking for a full-time Administrative Assistant to join our dynamic team at our Rochester, MN location. Do you meet and great everyone with a smile? Is organization and attention to detail your personal mantra? Would you like to join a stable and growing family-owned local company? If so, get ready to do your best work with Acme Tools. For over 75 years, Acme Tools has continued to be a premier retailer of tools and equipment at our locations throughout North Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa and online by serving contractors, woodworkers, and DIY enthusiasts. As a family-owned business, we are employee-centric and growth-minded, offer a family-friendly work environment, and actively engage in our community. Your Day-to-Day: As an Admin Assistant, you are the friendly face welcoming people into our store and providing the support they may need.
Requirements
- An associate degree or equivalent experience
- Excellent customer service, organization, teamwork, and communication skills
- Strong computer skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Outlook, Word, etc.)
- The ability to multi-task and analyze information
- The ability to work on weekends if needed
- Ability to lift up to 25 lbs.
- Look at a computer screen for extended periods of time
- Sit for extended periods of time
Responsibilities
- Assisting the sales team in greeting, welcoming, directing, assisting, engaging, and qualifying customers in-store
- Answering and facilitating incoming calls
- Entering and updating sales orders
- Requesting service work to be performed and ordering service parts
- Processing dealer financing and titles for new and used equipment
- Providing support to the sales team and ensuring a smooth sales process by responding to customer and product queries
- Assisting with showroom setup, organization, and preparing for shows and other events (merchandising, catering, decorating, etc.)
- Routinely filing, faxing, and organizing sales paperwork
- Accurately calculating and handling register balances, bank deposits, and petty cash
- Following up with vendors on missed shipments and coordinating solutions
- Assisting with new hire onboarding processes (paperwork, setting up training, coordinating pre- and post-employment testing, etc.)
- Maintaining existing employee paperwork
- Various administrative duties (organizing payments, preparing spreadsheets, assisting in filing over/short reports, following up with vendors, distributing mail, maintaining office supply levels, etc.)
- Maintaining a safe and secure work environment by adhering to and striving to improve safety standards and reporting any suspicious activity
- Assisting other departments with duties when needed
- Completing related tasks as assigned
Benefits
- Competitive pay based on your experience
- Generous PTO starting on your 1st day
- Work-Life Balance - Evenings, most weekends, and holidays off
- 6 paid holidays
- Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance options
- Employee Discounts
- Medical and Dependent Care flexible spending accounts
- Traditional and Roth 401K plans with company matching
- 100% company-paid Group Life Insurance
- Accident, Cancer, and Critical Illness supplemental insurance options
- Voluntary Life Insurance
- 100% company-paid short and long-term disability coverage
- A work environment where everyone takes pride in their work and can see their impact on the company
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
