Office assistant

Goodness Distributors is situated in Richmond, BC and is hiring a Office assistant to join the team. Ideally suited for a motivated individual ready to join the team immediately. We are offering a Permanent employment or Full time opportunity.

Job Description

• The candidate must type and proofread correspondence, forms, and other documents.
• The candidate must receive and forward telephone or electronic inquiries.
• The candidate must work on reports from manual or electronic files, inventories, and databases.
• The candidate must process incoming and outgoing mail manually or electronically.
• The candidate must send and receive messages.
• The candidate must provide general information to clients and the public.
• The candidate must order office supplies and maintain inventory.
• The candidate must perform data entry.
• The candidate must provide exceptional customer service.
• The candidate must file material in storage areas.
• The candidate must label, file, and retrieve documents.
• The candidate must prepare and maintain purchasing files, reports, and records.
• The candidate must maintain inventory of stored material.
• The candidate must perform order picking.

Job Requirements

• The candidate must be fluent in English.
• The candidate must have a certificate of Secondary (high) school graduation or equivalent experience.
• No experience required. The employer will provide training to the selected candidate.
• The candidate must be hardworking.
• The candidate must be a quick learner.
• The candidate must have strong time management skills.
• The candidate must be accurate.
• The candidate must be dependable.
• The candidate should have efficient interpersonal skills.
• The candidate must have excellent oral communication skills.
• The candidate must be reliable.

Work Setting

• The candidate must work in an office.
• The candidate should work in a warehouse, which can be a noisy, busy place to work, with hundreds of warehouse operatives, pickers, and packers, working alongside many forklift truck drivers who are moving pallets between shelves.

Additional Information

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities

• The candidate should be willing to work under pressure.
• The candidate must be able to meet tight deadlines.
• The candidate must be willing to work long hours in various positions, including those that require sitting, standing, and walking, as well as those that involve physical activity.
• The candidate should be willing to work for long hours in sitting positions.
• The candidate should have an eye for detail.

Transportation/travel information

• There is no access to public transportation.

Benefits

• The candidate will receive a dental plan covering expenses for dental treatments and procedures.
• The candidate will receive a health care plan, providing coverage for medical and surgical expenses.
• The candidate will receive vision care benefits, covering or reducing the cost of eye exams and medical eye care.
• The selected candidate will receive life insurance to provide financial support to their loved ones in the event of their passing.
• The candidate will receive free parking; there is no additional charge for parking on the property.

How to apply

Use the provided options and submit your application if you are interested.

By email

Apply with the button on this page: your resume is emailed to the employer.

• Answers to the following screening questions:
• Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?