Office Manager

Waste Connections•Garden City, KS

1d•Onsite

About The Position

At Waste Connections, Inc. (NYSE: WCN), we’re more than just a top-tier waste services company—we’re a place where driven individuals thrive. We empower our people to make decisions, grow their careers, and contribute to a culture built on integrity, respect, and hard work. If you're a servant leader, a mentor, a top performer—or just someone who loves what they do—you’ll fit right in.

Requirements

Bachelors Degree preferred
3 years of customer service and management experience required
Management experience in a call center environment is preferred
Experience managing union employees
Solid understanding of accounting procedures and office operations
Knowledge of MS Word and Excel
Ability to supervise and train employees, to include organizing, prioritizing, and scheduling work assignments
Organizing and coordinating skills
Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
Knowledge of supplies, equipment, and/or services ordering and inventory control
Ability to analyze and solve problems
Ability to gather data, compile information, and prepare reports
Ability to foster a cooperative work environment

Responsibilities

Supervise personnel, which typically include hiring, firing and performance management through employee evaluations, training, work allocation, problem resolution and enforcing progressive discipline.
Approaching all encounters with employees, customers and vendors in a friendly, service-oriented manner.
Manage daily administrative operations of a department including establishing work priorities; assist in resolving problems related to the day-to-day operations of the unit
Manage Purchase Orders for the district, process invoices for payment, mail checks to vendors, answer vendor questions.
Review, reconcile, and evaluate monthly ledgers, budgets, and financial reporting system reports, assist with fiscal planning, development, and management of annual budgets
Oversee, coordinate, maintain, and/or process payroll time sheets, sick and annual leave documents, travel reimbursements, purchasing documents, and/or employment documents for faculty, staff, and students
Provide and/or oversee the provision of administrative assistance and support to the district manager, to include problem solving, project planning and management, fiscal management, day-to-day office coordination, and secretarial services
Assist with the development and implementation of reporting procedures; oversee maintenance of department records and/or inventories
Oversee and provide personal computer functions such as scheduled and special reports, correspondence, and database management
May coordinate office assignments for the administrative staff
Coordinate department programs, seminars, workshops, travel arrangements, special projects, and/or events; may coordinate program/project development and planning
Promote Waste Connections standard operating procedures, which assure efficient environmentally correct and safe workplace practices.
Demonstrate the ability to become proficient in the use of proprietary operational systems.
Other duties assigned as needed