We are looking for an Administrative Assistant who can:
- Answer incoming calls and route to appropriate sales personnel.
- Assist sales personnel by enhancing communication with customer base and outside sales staff.
- Contact customers in response to inquiries or other customer service issues.
- Refer unresolved customer grievances to designated sales personnel or other departments as necessary.
- Help coordinate travel as necessary for sales staff and manager.
- Maintain current information and pricing on all active vendor lines.
- Provide a weekly update of all quotes by sales staff and generate report for management.
- Review monthly bills, process, and submit for payment.
- Other administrative duties as assigned.
- Bilingual - English/Spanish is a must.
If you are professional, courteous, detail-oriented, reliable, and teachable then you may be the candidate we are looking for. If you have a high school diploma (or equivalency), one year of administrative assistance experience, and are proficient in Microsoft Office applications, we encourage you to apply.
The candidate will be compensated based on their work experiences and skills, with the minimum starting salary for this position being $18.00 per hour.
Qualifications Behaviors Required Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well Equal Opportunity Employer
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What We Do
BWI Companies, Inc., founded by Bob and Betty Bunch, celebrated sixty years of business in 2018. The company began its wholesale operations and has since expanded to a total of 19 locations, including 9 full line distribution centers across the Mid-south and Southeastern United States.
BWI has a field sales staff over 125 strong and makes timely deliveries with its company-owned fleet. With over 600 employees company-wide, BWI remains a strong and viable supplier in the marketplace. With second generation leadership provided by Co-Presidents and CEO’s, Robert and Jim Bunch, BWI will continue to provide its customers with TopNotch service and quality products at competitive values by professional people.
Our core customers include the following market types:
• Independent garden centers
• Independent farm and feed stores
• Cooperatives and farm/fleet outlets
• Greenhouse growers
• Nursery growers
• Regional chain stores
• Hardware stores
• Landscape professionals
• Golf courses
• Municipalities
• Pest Control Operators
Our industry leading inventory includes small pack chemicals and fertilizers; vegetable, lawn and pasture seed; decorative containers; grower supplies; water gardening; decorative lawn products; applicators; flower bulbs; landscape supplies; tools; soils; livestock supplies; pet supplies; wild bird products; wildlife management products; apparel; rodenticides and repellents. These products are delivered weekly on our 100 unit truck fleet.
