This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Receptionist / Office Administration Assistant to grow their career in providing office and administration support for a growing and vibrant importing company. We are seeking a motivated and energetic person with personal and professional ambition and a desire to succeed, as our firm grows.

The Position

We are seeking a friendly, customer focused people person to join our team as Receptionist/Office Administrator. The role is Monday to Friday at our office in Port Melbourne and reports to the Office Manager.

Key duties

The purpose of this role is to undertake the day to day running of the office administration functions whilst fielding client enquiries.

Key Responsibilities

Include but are not limited to:

• Manage a busy switchboard in a professional and timely manner
• Greeting and directing internal and external visitors;
• Liaise effectively with all staff and clients (development your product range knowledge);
• Handle client queries and provide excellent customer service via phone and email;
• Accurate data inputting in relation to purchase orders and invoicing;
• Managing a high volume of daily correspondence including emails;
• Ordering of stationery and consumables, and
• General administration tasks and housekeeping as required.

Skills Required

• PC skills required include efficient use of MS Excel, MS Word, Outlook and other MS Office products;
• Skills and experience with accounting packages (Attaché experience an advantage but not essential);
• Professional presentation and ability to “multi task” and work under pressure at times;
• Initiative, be proactive, work unsupervised, be punctual, and
• Excellent attention to detail, time management and the ability to prioritise are essential as well as adopting a "can-do" attitude.

The right candidate will play an integral part in the future growth of our company with greater opportunities opening up in the future.

Please email your resume to [email protected]. Please note, only successful and appropriate candidates will be contacted for this role.