BILLING SPECIALIST

AMPI • New Ulm, MN

29d

About The Position

AMPI owns six Midwest-based manufacturing plants where 10 percent of the
nation’s American-type cheese and processed cheese is produced. The
cooperative’s award-winning cheese and powdered dairy products are marketed to
foodservice, retail and food ingredient customers. In 2019, the co-op launched
its Dinner Bell Creamery brand and accompanying Co-op Crafted promise,
highlighting more than 50 years of dairy farm families partnering with skilled
cheesemakers.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

This list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be
expanded to include other duties and responsibilities as management may deem
necessary from time to time:

An individual in this position must be able to successfully perform the
essential duties and responsibilities listed above. Reasonable accommodations
may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
functions of this position. The above list reflects the general details
necessary to describe the principle and essential functions of the position and
shall not be construed as the only duties that may be assigned for the position.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) required.

Nice To Haves

• Associate’s degree in Accounting or related field or a combination of education and relevant work experience preferred.
• 1-3 years of relevant work experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain sales invoice pricing module in JDE (ERP) system.
• Obtain customer prices from the sales department and setup their pricing in JDE.
• Calculate and maintain commodity markets in the JDE system.
• Generate daily sales invoices for customers and verify data for processing.
• Review the daily sales invoice register to verify accurate pricing.
• Invoice customers using EDI software and other communication methods.
• Create and sustain price information sheets for each customer and provide to sales department as needed.
• Receive approved short or over payments from sales staff and process credit/debit memos, applying correctly to AMPI’s plant locations and products. Verify the information is accurately processed in Accounts Receivable.
• Generate sales reports.
• Enter sales invoices and statistics into A/R sub ledger.
• Perform a variety of administrative duties including answering phones, filing, scanning, photocopying and mailings.
• Obtain credit and bank references, D & B reports, NACM and other pertinent information on new accounts while updating current accounts and requesting financial statements as needed.
• Regularly communicate with internal and external customers, assisting manufacturing plant personnel or outside customers with invoicing questions and satisfactorily resolve such matters.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• AMPI offers competitive starting pay, PTO, 401k, short-term disability, health, dental, vision, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, employee assistance programs and more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED