Administrative Assistant at Medline Industries - Transportation & Operations

Job Summary

Medline Industries has an immediate opening for an Administrative Assistant position supporting a General Manager for one of Medline's Product Divisions. This position will be based our office located at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, Illinois. Under direct supervision, the Administrative Assistant will provide administrative and clerical support including data entry, filing, calendar management, document change control and assistance in daily office activities. 

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Collect, compile and analyze data and information. Compose straightforward written descriptions and summaries of results.

• Perform assigned administrative activities in support of individual and team objectives.

• Schedule meetings and make travel arrangements as requested. -

• Exercise discretion and independent judgment in analyzing information requests and determining trends.

• Organize, maintain and distribute files, reports and mail.

• Write/transcribe SOP's and other documents. Draft procedures, presentations and reports as directed (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, etc.).

• Distribute weekly and monthly reports. Track and trend information as directed.

• Establish and maintain centralized locations for shared files.  Maintain and update databases (e.g. complaints, discrepancies, etc.)

• Ensure food/beverages and other logistics for meetings have been arranged.

Required Experience:

Education

• High school diploma or equivalent.

• At least two years of previous experience in similar role or customer service.

• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Access (for example: designing and creating simple queries, modifying data types, adding dates, working with required fields and/or creating labels).

• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, setting borders, setting column width, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers and footers and/or print scaling).

• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft PowerPoint (for example: applying a theme, formatting character spacing, inserting a picture, changing slide layout and theme colors, adding transitions, customizing slide numbers, changing chart style and/or formatting font).

• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: inserting headers, page breaks, page numbers and tables and/or adjusting table columns).

• Intermediate skill level in Project, and Adobe Writer.

• Type 40+ wpm.

Benefits - Medline is committed to offering competitive benefits and a variety of choices to best meet the needs of you and your family. For employees scheduled to work at least 30 hours per week, this includes health and well-being, financial fitness, career development, paid time off and more. Employees scheduled to work less than 30 hours per week can participate in the 401(k) plan, access the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Employee Resource Groups (ERG) and Medline Service Corps. For a more comprehensive list of our benefits, please click

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Medline Industries, LP is an equal opportunity employer. Medline evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.