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Are you an administrative professional that is passionate about office management? Take advantage of this career with an established, essential manufacturer that supports the food industry. Feel good knowing that you won’t need to be concerned about job stability or miss a paycheck.

Darling Ingredients is looking for a Front Office Administrative Assistant to join our team in Ward, SC.

As a member of the team, you can expect:

• Competitive pay based upon your experience
• Great Benefits – medical, dental, vision, profit sharing, paid time off
• No weekends! Enjoy a Monday – Friday schedule.
• $500-$1000 annual contribution towards your healthcare savings account
• Guaranteed contributions to your 401(k) account
• Training and growth – You will receive training to be successful in your role and will have the opportunity to build a career within our organization.
• Advancement Opportunities– We are always looking for key players motivated to move up to higher level roles.

Job Summary:

This is a key role that is responsible managing the daily operations of the front office answering telephones, redirecting calls, taking messages, greeting visitors, sending, and receiving faxes and completing reports; responsible for processing payroll; assisting managers with record keeping, professional memo and letter writing, etc.

Minimum qualifications:

• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to perform basic math functions
• Excellent computer skills, Excel, Word, Power Point, Outlook etc.
• SAP experience, a plus
• Respond to stressful situations and formulate a proper course of action
• Excellent customer service skills
• Maintain proper record keeping, filing of all items, materials, and information.

Essential functions:

• Communication with the Office Manager at all times with information regarding the operations of the facility that may come to your attention and other duties as assigned.
• Answer phone calls, direct calls to proper personnel, take messages where appropriate.
• Assist management team with professional correspondence.
• Send and receive faxes.
• Assist management team on ensuring employee’s time and pay are correct on a daily basis and assist all personnel with their appropriate absence as it pertains to them.
• Correspond, communicate, and maintain to and from other facilities, companies, business, agencies, etc. all that is required or needed to produce, sell, and deliver our products and assure that we maintain the highest standards of quality as expected.
• Maintain proper record keeping.
• Expected to perform other duties as assigned.

Physical demands:

• Climb stairs occasionally
• Lift up to approximately 30 pounds

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