Sales Assistant

Overview

ABOUT THE COMPANY:

At Triple-S Steel we live and work by our core values. Since our inception over 50 years ago, we have followed three basic principles that are the foundation of our success:

Stability: All decisions made are measured in years, not quarters.

Flexibility: Employees are encouraged to seek creative steel solutions and services that help the company thrive.

Chemistry: We foster and nurture an entrepreneurial spirit throughout the Triple-S family. That spirit permeates our DNA.

From a small family retail operation in Houston, our business has expanded across the US and S. America to sell over 1 Million tons per year . We supply steel for bridges, stadiums, barges and large buildings but one thing will always remain the same: We treat our customers and employees like family.

ABOUT THE POSITION:

This role will handle a variety of clerical/administrative duties for sales manager, assistant manager, and sales reps in a very fast-paced environment. Will assist customers, interact with other departments to research/resolve problems, do some data entry, prepare reports, help with special projects, run errands, reports and generally help where needed.

WHAT WE OFFER:

Our company offers great benefits, from tuition reimbursement to training and development opportunities. We also offer medical, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, commuter, long-term disability and group life insurance programs. Come join our team!

Responsibilities

• Sales Entry.

• Prepare Reports.

• Update managers by consolidating, analyzing, and forwarding daily action summaries.

• Resolve order and inventory problems by investigating data and history.

• Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities.

• Accomplish department and organization mission by completing related results as needed.

• Assists manager with special projects as requested.

• Aids clients, vendors, and subcontractors as necessary.

• Scanning and daily Billing/recordkeeping.

• Must be able to interact with all levels of management.

• Must have working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Outlook

• Must be flexible and willing to work "off schedule" on occasion.

• Other duties as assigned by management

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

• HS. Diploma (some college. Business school preferred)

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies:

• Data Entry Skills.

• Reporting Skills.

• Administrative Writing Skills.

• Customer Focus.

• Detail Oriented.

• Prior customer-related office or sales experience

• Good organizational and communication skills (bilingual-Spanish a plus), and good PC/data entry skills.

• Must also have a high energy level, be able to remain calm handling multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.

• Microsoft Office knowledge.

Other:

• Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands/fingers to handle or feel and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.

• Working Conditions: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock when in the operations or laboratory areas. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, but due to open office environment noise level may occasionally be high.

Disclaimer: The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.