Administrative Assistance Specialist I

Shift 1 (United States of America)

Essential/Key Functions:

• Supports various leadership as needed.
• Answers rollover phone calls and routes call inquiries to the appropriate person.
• Assists in planning and hosting customer visits and events. Welcomes customers/visitors.
• Processes and transmits various systems reports for management.
• Prepare conference or event materials, such as flyers or invitations.
• Shop uniform management.
• Create, maintain, and enter information into databases. 
• Set up and manage paper or electronic filing systems, recording information, updating paperwork, or maintaining documents, and/or other materials.
• Other duties and special projects as assigned.

Competencies:

• Proven ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure.
• Ability to prioritize workload and perform with minimal supervision.
• Ability to build working relationships with external customers and with all levels of the organization.

Minimum (Required) Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent is preferred.
• A minimum of 2 to 5 years of administrative experience is preferred.
• Experience/knowledge working with office equipment such as fax machines, copiers, or phone systems.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Excellent computer skills (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.).

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to handle and feel, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. The employee may occasionally be required to crouch. The employee may occasionally push/ pull or lift items as heavy as 50 lbs. Specific vision abilities may include the employee’s ability to see near and far distances.

Work Environment:

Employee may be regularly exposed to moving equipment, mechanical parts in motion, risk of shock and other hazards associated with a manufacturing environment such as overhead cranes, welding, machining, painting etc.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The ADA defines “reasonable accommodation” as a change or adjustment to a job or work environment that allows a qualified individual with a disability to satisfactorily perform the essential functions of a particular job and does not cause an undue hardship for the employer. Examples of reasonable accommodations may include:

• Additional modifying equipment or devices.
• Modified work schedules.
• Providing an interpreter; or
• Making the work environment readily accessible to individuals with disabilities.

Who we are: 

Milacron is a global leader in the manufacture, distribution and service of highly engineered and customized systems within the $27 billion plastic technology and processing industry. We are the only global company with a full-line product portfolio that includes hot runner systems, injection molding, extrusion equipment. We maintain strong market positions across these products, as well as leading positions in process control systems, mold bases and components, maintenance, repair and operating (“MRO”) supplies for plastic processing equipment. Our strategy is to deliver highly customized equipment, components and service to our customers throughout the lifecycle of their plastic processing technology systems. Milacron is an Operating Company of Hillenbrand.

Hillenbrand (NYSE: HI) is a global industrial company that provides highly-engineered, mission-critical processing equipment and solutions to customers in over 100 countries around the world. Our portfolio is composed of leading industrial brands that serve large, attractive end markets, including durable plastics, food, and recycling. Guided by our Purpose — Shape What Matters For Tomorrow™ — we pursue excellence, collaboration, and innovation to consistently shape solutions that best serve our associates, customers, communities, and other stakeholders. To learn more, visit: www.Hillenbrand.com.
EEO: The policy of Hillenbrand Inc. is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status. Additionally, Hillenbrand Inc. and our operating companies are committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us at [email protected] . In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying. At Hillenbrand, everyone is welcome to apply and "Shape What Matters for Tomorrow".