Administrative Clerk

The North America team is currently looking for an Administrative Clerk to join our Taylorville, IL facility.

The Administrative Clerk plays a vital role in providing exceptional customer service and support to visitors, employees, and leaders at the Taylorville, IL facility. This role provides general office and receptionist support through a variety of clerical activities and related tasks. As the first-person visitors and customers meet, this position is responsible for creating a professional and welcoming experience while representing Grain & Protein Technologies

Your Impact

• Answer the phone in a professional manner and direct calls to the correct offices
• Greet and assist visitors and connect them with the appropriate employee
• Help maintain workplace security by issuing, checking, and collecting badges and maintaining the visitor log
• Handle incoming and outgoing mail
• Complete data entry for Purchase Requisitions
• Scan credits, bills of landing, delivery tickets, and related documentation
• Book travel arrangements
• Maintain inventory of supplies and order as needed
• Maintaining a filing system
• Maintain the attendance line and log
• Assist in planning and preparation of company events
• Support the team with assigned project work
• Minimal local travel or travel to other facilities as needed

Your Experience and Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED
• 2 years of experience as an Administrative Clerk or in a related field
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience with administrative and clerical procedures
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Office skills

Major accountabilities (including, but are not limited to):

• Ability to build customer loyalty with both internal and external customers while cultivating relationships that secure commitment and trust
• Ability to build partnerships and leverage relationships within and across work groups to achieve results
• Strong communication skills with the ability to convey information and ideas clearly and concisely in a way that helps others understand and retain the message while listening actively
• A continuous improvement mindset with the ability to identify opportunities, generate ideas, and implement solutions
• Decision-making skills with the ability to gather, analyze, and interpret information, evaluate alternatives, and make timely decisions
• Ability to earn trust by acting with integrity, following through on commitments, disclosing positions appropriately, and treating others and their ideas with respect
• Strong planning and organizing skills with the ability to establish priorities, timelines, and leverage resources effectively
• A positive approach in difficult or challenging situations while maintaining an encouraging and realistic outlook
• Strong quality orientation and attention to detail across all aspects of the role
• Ability to value differences and work effectively with individuals of diverse cultures, interpersonal styles, abilities, motivations, and backgrounds

Your Compensation and Benefits

• ​​ Expected total compensation for this role will be $17.86-$23.81 per hour depending upon job related knowledge, experience, and skills
• ​Eligible for annual bonus
• ​Benefits include the ability to select health care and wellness plans, dental and vision plans, 401(k) Savings Plan with company match, paid holidays, paid time off, health savings and flexible spending accounts, reimbursement for continuing education, life insurance, and other supplemental insurance plans​

Your Workplace

You will be working onsite role based in Taylorville, IL.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee works with or near to moving trucks, trailers and fork trucks and near large machinery and equipment daily. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. The employee is exposed to a variety of extreme conditions including temperatures ranging from 40°F to 105°F.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and use hands and fingers to handle or feel; and reach with hands or arms. The employee must be able to stand for up to twelve hours per day. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

The employee must wear personal protective equipment (i.e. eye protection, hearing protection, safety shoes, gloves, sleeves, etc.)

Join us as we bring agriculture into the future and apply now!

Grain & Protein Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.Grain & Protein Technologies is a leading global designer, manufacturer, and marketer of reliable, durable, and innovative equipment solutions for grain, seed, poultry, egg, and swine production. Generating $1.1 billion in annual revenue, the Company serves farmers and agribusiness managers in over 100 countries and currently operates 19 manufacturing facilities across 5 continents, employing more than 3600 people.

The Company goes to market with its strong portfolio of industry leading brands - GSI, Cumberland, AP, Tecno, Cimbria, Aerotech, Reventa, and Euroemme. With its Company Purpose of "Feeding the World Better", Grain & Protein Technologies emphasizes advancing smart technologies and offering innovative technical solutions to make farmers and agribusiness managers more productive and profitable in a sustainable way.