Job Details

Administrative/Secretarial Support

The position is responsible for providing administrative/secretarial support to department officer or leader.

Responsibilities include:

• Providing administrative support to the department as required.
• Establishing and maintaining complete and accurate filing systems as needed.
• Creating and distributing correspondence (memos, letters, presentations, etc.).
• Arranging travel accommodations.
• Answering telephone calls and taking messages.
• Opening and distributing incoming mail.
• Copying and faxing as needed.
• Preparing express mail as needed.
• Other administrative/secretarial duties as required.

Qualifications include:

• High school diploma required.
• Minimum 3 years of professional secretarial experience is required.
• Certified Professional Secretary (CPS) certification preferred, but not required.

Professional skills include:

• Ability to read and comprehend instructions, correspondence, and memos.
• Able to write correspondence.
• Effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
• Must have strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Can add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Deal with problems involving several discrete variables in standardized situations.
• Proficient in Microsoft products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, and Project).
• Knowledge with tables, formatting, formulas, clipart/graphics, presentations, macros, database development, project tracking, etc.
• Excellent word-processing skills (50 - 60 wpm) and business writing ability, plus accurate and precise proofreading skills.
• Strong organization, analytical, attention to detail, and follow-up skills.
• Must be able to work on multiple projects concurrently and capable of working with little direct supervision.
• Will communicate with all levels (Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Directors of all Sysco operating companies and staff levels).
• Profit plan preparation as required.
• Strong sense of urgency and work ethic.

Physical demands include:

• Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and talk or hear.
• Frequently is required to sit.
• Occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus for typing from copy, filing, pulling various files, delivering mail and correspondence.

Working conditions include:

• Able to work flexible hours as required.
• The job may require possible travel.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Organizational relationships include:

• Corporate office staff, operating company staff, suppliers, and customers.

Benefits information:

For information on Sysco's benefits, please visit SyscoBenefits.com.

Overview:

Sysco is the global leader in foodservice distribution. With over 71,000 colleagues and a fleet of over 13,000 vehicles, Sysco operates approximately 333 distribution facilities worldwide and serves more than 700,000 customer locations.

We offer our colleagues the opportunity to grow personally and professionally, to contribute to the success of a dynamic organization, and to serve others in a manner that exceeds their expectations. We're looking for talented, hard-working individuals to join our team. Come grow with us and let us show you why Sysco is at the heart of food and service.

Affirmative Action Statement:

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer, and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor under federal, state, or local law.

This opportunity is available through Sysco Corporation, its subsidiaries, and affiliates.