Job Description

Administrative Assistant

Electrozad is the leading electrical distributor in Southwestern Ontario. Founded in 1955 in the City of Windsor, we offer a full range of electrical products, services, and solutions from world-class suppliers. As your trusted electrical and automation solutions partner, we offer extensive experience and technical expertise while providing the highest standard of quality products, service, and support.

Our full line stocking facilities are in Chatham, Sarnia, Windsor and London, Ontario. We cater to the Automotive, Construction, Food & Beverage, Machine Tool, OEM markets, Petrochemical, as well as many other industries. Electrozad is now a Sonepar company. Sonepar is a world leader in business-to-business distribution of electrical equipment and related services.

About Sonepar
Sonepar is an independent family-owned company standing as the world leader in B-to-B distribution of electrical equipment, solutions, and services. In 2023, Sonepar achieved sales of €33.3 billion. Present in 40 countries with a dense network of brands, the Group is leading an ambitious transformation to make its customers’ lives easier providing them an omnichannel experience and sustainable solutions in the building, industry, and energy markets. Sonepar’s 45 000 associates are committed to accelerating the world’s electrification and driven by a shared Purpose: Powering Progress for Future Generations.

What’s In It For You?

• You will be joining a market leader with over 40 years of experience to help you elevate your potential.
• You will be working for the world's #1 privately held business to business distributor of electrical products and related solutions.
• A chance to get involved in the forever growing electrical industry.
• We house the largest inventory to better service our customers and deliver on sales commitments.
• An opportunity for career development across many business departments within our organization.

Scope of the Position

The Administrative Assistant is responsible for overseeing administrative operations, ensuring accuracy and efficiency in daily financial transactions, and maintaining effective coordination across departments. They support branch operations through record-keeping, staff oversight, and adherence to company policies while also managing customer interactions and returns processing. Additionally, they contribute to the team environment by participating in training, handling communications, and providing back-up support as needed.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Daily invoicing of packing slips in our Eclipse system, following for manifests from shipping department
• Balancing cash and posting accounts receivables daily, bank deposits as necessary
• Coordination of and working with customer service, purchasing and accounts payable with respect to handling inventory, purchase order and payable discrepancies
• Rotating switchboard duties and vacation back-up for receptionist
• Attending product meetings and training seminars as deemed necessary by management
• May assist with attendance and sick day records for all branch staff while ensuring local employee files are current and ensuring all information communicated appropriately to head office
• Prepare letters, documents and mailers when requested
• Leading and providing direction for the process and flow of returns
• Coordinating and leading with the assisting of purchasing and warehouse regarding defective and damaged goods.
• Providing oversite and ensuring staff are following company procedures and policy.
• Process and handle various form of payment at customer service window
• Strong work ethic and positive team attitude
• Able to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing

Requirements

• University degree or college diploma, an asset.
• 2+ years of experience in an administrative capacity and in an office environment, a requirement.
• Has the willingness to learn and adapt.

 

Sonepar places the planet and diversity and inclusion at the core of its vision driving our business ethos.

Today, Sonepar is the leading distributor of energy-efficient products, pioneering the energy transition and making sustainability a priority. At Sonepar, we firmly believe that every action is crucial in safeguarding the environment, driving our commitment to a more sustainable future. We have accelerated our own transition to efficient generation and use of electrical energy across our business and champion the innovation of sustainable solutions in the market.

This commitment is tangible in our detailed Global CSR report, to learn more please visit

Sonepar has been recognized as a Diversity Leader by the Financial Times’ 2024 Diversity Leaders ranking and was awarded GEEIS Certification in 2022. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, welcoming submissions from all candidates. We believe in creating a work environment where everyone can feel safe, use their voice, and know that they belong. Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) is a central focus of our global, strategic impact plan. We value diversity and inclusion in the workplace because it allows us to better meet the needs of the communities we serve. It helps us foster greater creativity, breadth of experience, and it’s essential to our success as an organization. All qualified individuals, regardless of race, ethnic or national origin, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, neurodiversity, disability status, gender identity, veteran status or any other aspect which makes them unique are encouraged to apply.

For more information about our Inclusion and Diversity initiatives, please visit

Sonepar is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes submissions from all candidates. Accommodation is available to all applicants upon request. If selected for an interview, please advise the Sonepar representative of your accommodation needs at that time. We will work with all applicants to accommodate their accessibility needs.

Next steps:

We are interested in knowing more about you. Start an exciting new career and enjoy a number of benefits by applying online. While we are very grateful for your interest in joining the team, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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