Administrative Assistant/Accounts Payable and Receivable Clerk - Gary, IN

With over $2B in revenue, 80+ manufacturing facilities across 6 continents and over 9,000 employees worldwide, Signode is a leading manufacturer of a broad spectrum of transit packaging consumables, tools, software, and equipment that optimize end-of-line packaging operations and protect products in transit. Signode brings this extensive product portfolio together under hundreds of trusted brands to offer complete transit packaging solutions to its customers.

We produce strap, stretch and protective packaging. We also manufacture packaging tools and equipment used to apply the bulk packaging materials. These commercial packaging products are used to pack, bundle, unitize, protect, and secure goods during warehousing and transit. Our company is a pioneer in the industrial packaging sector with a long history of customer-focused innovations in materials, processes and automation technology that have revolutionized the sector.

Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, we are proud to be the Transit Packaging Division of Crown Holdings, Inc. We are excited to go to market as Signode and to share the portfolio of products, services and capabilities that make us the world’s premier end-of-line packaging company.

Benefits:

Signode offers a comprehensive benefits package to full-time employees, which includes health, dental, vision, 401k, paid time off, life insurance, wellness perks, and more. Benefits begin the month following the hire date.

Salary:

$23.10 - $28.00/hourly

Summary:

This position plays a key role in the overall coordination of the front office and acts as a resource for other departments and personnel seeking appropriate information.  Performs a range of basic office support activities including customer service support.   

Essential Functions:

• Support department with general office duties and special projects
• Routine customer and vendor service support with receivables and payables
• Process all vendor invoices, checking for appropriate GL codes, approvals, receiving documentation & purchase orders
• Filing customer, vendor invoices
• Update paper logs (usage and purchases) and pricing
• Manage open PO Maintenance
• Create and prepare documents and spreadsheets for accruals
• Process incoming / outgoing mail
• Answer telephones in a courteous manner, routes calls, takes messages, answers routine inquiries and provides general information, greets and directs visitors
• Provides high level of customer service and assistance to clients
• Communicate in person and through correspondence with high professionalism to vendors,  customers and senior leadership
• Send out daily courier packages
• Maintain postage machine
• Review Temp Labor files, Utility files, and update PIIP file with labor hours
• Maintain sign in book and Confidentiality Waivers
• May order, stock, and distribute office supplies
• May run various errands, as required, for the office
• Perform any other duties as assigned in a timely fashion
• Follow office and company policy
• Cross train to act as back-up to CSR.
• Any other duties assigned by Plant Manager.

Education:

High School diploma or GED, with degree from accredited school preferred.

Experience:

•  Minimum 1 years of progressive administrative experience. 
• Demonstrated ability to exercise confidentiality. Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel.      

Functional Success Drivers: These competencies are what we require for an individual to be successful in this role.

• Approachability
• Communication (Oral & Written)
• Detail Oriented
• Interpersonal Savvy
• Integrity
• Problem Solving
• Listening
• Organization/Planning

Reasonable Accommodation Statement

To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities.

The Company has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee's ability to perform the position described. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate. This document does not represent a contract of employment, and the Company reserves the right to change this job description and/or assign tasks for the employee to perform, as the Company may deem appropriate.

Signode Industrial Group, LLC is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.