CertaPro Painters is a leader in the residential and commercial painting industry throughout North America. We are an organization of professional painting contractors specializing in beautifying homes and buildings; interiors, exteriors, commercial, offices, and condominiums. Our success has been built on the foundation of delivering certainty to our customers – certainty of a job well done. We focus on the details of every project and most importantly, we focus on our clients.
Position Overview:
- Provide support to the following functions: Marketing, Sales, Production, Financial, Administrative, Human Resource and Business Development.
Office Associate Job Description
I. POSITION OVERVIEW
· Flexible office hours for the right candidate.
· Represent CertaPro Painters to all suppliers, customers, applicants, employees, etc. so as to differentiate ourselves from our competition and to further enhance our ‘Brand of Certainty’.
· Service all prospective customers and customers with the objective of meeting/exceeding their painting needs and building customers for life.
· Service all employees with the objective of meeting/exceeding their needs and building an employee for life.
· Ensure that all tasks are completed in a timely and professional manner.
· Develop a close working relationship with the General Manager (GM), Sales Associate(s) and the Production Associate(s) to ensure that all expectations set with the employees and customers are met.
· Live the Values of CertaPro Painters:
Deliver What You Promise
Respect the Individual
Have Pride in What You Do
Practice Continuous Improvement
· Fulfill the obligations of the essential functions; Marketing, Sales, Production, Financial, Administrative, Human Resource and Personal Development as outlined below.
II. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
MARKETING:
· Manage and process all Datamining mailings.
· Maintain franchise website to be compliant with CertaPro Standard Operating Procedures
· Ensure all Marketing Tactics are executed as per the Company’s Annual Marketing Plan.
· Ensure all customer mailing lists are up to date.
· Perform commercial telemarketing.
· Attend trade shows as required.
· Order direct mail with direction from Franchisee or General Manager.
SALES:
· Create sales packages.
· Enter leads into system.
· Update customer reference lists on a regular basis.
· Maintain inventory and update all point of sale material.
· Schedule estimates for the Sales Associate(s).
· Send estimate follow up letters to customers with Sales Associate’s direction.
· Print directions to estimates for Sales Associate(s).
PRODUCTION:
· Collect and track actual hours worked on job sites daily.
· Update Production Scheduler.
· Create employee MIS (productivity and referral rating) and distribute.
· Create Job Jackets and hand off to Production Associate by Wednesday for following week's production.
· Update “white board” with Production Associate’s direction.
· Keep track of warehouse inventory and equipment.
· Order paint and materials with Production Associate’s direction.
· Act as point of contact for customers.
FINANCIAL:
· Keep QuickBooks up to date and accurate. To include: recording deposits, journal entries, etc...
· Issue Purchase Orders (PO’s).
· Cost all completed jobs (from the previous week) in CertaOne by Tuesday.
· Pay all bills.
· Invoice customers.
· Prepare reports. To include: Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, Accounts Receivable, Account, etc...
· Reconcile paint and material supplier invoices.
· Manage the office supply budget.
· Reconcile expense reports submitted by Line Staff and Job Site Staff.
· Make all deposits.
· Prepare monthly trend for General Manager
ADMINISTRATIVE:
· Replicate Certa Notes daily.
· Update and keep CertaOne accurate daily. To include but not limited to: changing the job status, updating customer contact information, etc.
· Reconcile Certa Notes to completed job jackets. All hand written notes and change forms are to be entered into CertaOne.
· File job jacket when job is complete.
· Maintain all files.
· Process all incoming and outgoing mail.
· Maintain professional presentation of the office.
· Order supplies for the office and others as required.
· Maintain vendor relations and files as required. To include: insurance, phone companies, subcontractors, etc.
· Manage facilities.
· Enter data as required.
· Answer the phones and coordinate messages and tasks.
· Prepare weekly analysis of results in preparation for Goal Setting and Review (GS&R) with supervisor.
· Create and maintain any reports requested by direct supervisor.
· Organizes company functions.
HUMAN RESOURCES:
· Maintain employee applications.
· Obtain all background checks as required.
· Make sure all employee files (paper and electronic) are up to date and accurate.
· Manage paperwork for employee termination.
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT:
· Certified in the operation of QuickBooks.
· Certified in the operation of CertaOne.
· Participation leading to certification in the Franchise Company’s Leadership Development Program. Specifically: Conflict Resolution, Problem Solving, Coaching, Priority Management and Goal Set and Review.
· Participation in Regional or National On-Going Training Conferences/ Meetings.
· Participation in other personal development sessions as required.
III. STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE
· Payroll complete & accurate on a weekly basis.
· First run of General Ledger (GL) complete by 8th of every month.
· Second run of General Ledger complete by 10th of every month.
· Previous weeks Completed Jobs costed accurately by Tuesday of every week.
IV. JOB COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
· Office hours and can be flexible for the right candidate.
· Work at home part time option following demonstration of proficiency with job duties.
· Paid vacation.
· Paid holidays.
· Great opportunity for professional growth.
V. JOB QUALIFICATIONS
· High school diploma or GED.
· Ability to effectively communicate with customers.
· Experienced with social media and digital marketing a plus.
· Organized and detailed oriented.
· Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
· Excellent organizational and time management skills.
· Knowledge of Microsoft office packages.
Flexible work from home options available.