Description :
For additional Employment Opportunities at John Deere visit: www.JohnDeereCareers.com
Starting Salary: $32,000 - $36,000/year commensurate with experience. In addition to salary, total compensation includes bonus and comprehensive benefits .
Financing can be one of the more challenging parts of a complex farming, construction, or commercial landscaping operation. John Deere Credit was founded to offer financing solutions to the industries we serve and the customers we know best. In addition to providing retail, wholesale, and lease financing to help customers buy John Deere equipment, we also serve the broader needs of the agricultural industry by offering revolving credit and operating loans to help farmers purchase needed supplies and services. John Deere Credit has also recently entered the renewable energy arena with a business unit that focuses on community-based wind projects.
John Deere Credit is looking for an Administrative Assistant to perform a full range of administrative support duties of a confidential and challenging nature for a management team at the worldwide headquarters for John Deere Credit. This position will facilitate work flow through multiple managers' offices using organizational knowledge to determine how to handle incoming requests and assignments, including work going to and from other managers. The regular hours for this position are 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday with occasional need for overtime.
Responsibilities include:
Schedule meetings on behalf of management team, coordinate travel arrangements, and maintain appointment calendars on behalf of department managers or supervisors; may coordinate meeting amenities (i.e. refreshments, etc.).
Facilitate and organize workflow through the management team's offices, ensuring that all items requiring follow-up action are addressed by the supervisor.
Produce complex reports, correspondence, and presentations utilizing sensitive or confidential company information.
Develop and maintain more complex web sites with the assistance of basic web publishing software applications.
Create and maintain sensitive department records; use data to prepare letters and memoranda for management team.
Respond to inquiries from internal and external customers that do not require the supervisor's attention. Refer complex or highly sensitive issues to the supervisor.
Convey supervisor's instructions and requirements to others, and exchange information with various business managers.
May be assigned special project work as needed.
Degree in Admin/Clerical discipline or equivalent experience.
Four to seven years Secretarial or Administrative Assistant experience. Prior experience supporting executives or managers preferred.
Ability to work independently with minimal direction and multi-task.
Must be professional in nature and have proven excellent communication skills and strong interpersonal skills.
Proven ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
Must be flexible and able to handle frequently changing priorities in a dynamic environment.
Skill in planning and organizing.
Ability to use standard desktop load applications such as Microsoft Office plus Internet and Intranet functions. Strong PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Project, and other web skills preferred.
Knowledge of how to operate standard office equipment (examples: photocopier, fax machine, telephone).
Clerical expertise (examples: typing, collating, filing, stenography, etc).
Data entry/keyboarding skills.