Administrative Assistant

**Who we are**:
Fortified Nutrition is under the GVF Group of Companies umbrella and operates in close affiliation with Grand Valley Fortifiers who is a progressive and innovative leader in animal livestock nutrition. Founded in 2006, Fortified Nutrition Limited manufactures and sells high-quality, leading-edge vitamin and mineral premixes and supplements for swine, poultry, dairy, and beef producers and supports producers with a sales team across Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana. As a customer-centric business, Fortified Nutrition has a culture of partnering with livestock operators on all aspects of their operations and has deep, long-standing relationships with a loyal client base.

We’re hiring Fortified Nutrition is looking for an **Administrative Assistant** to be first impressions in the office and provide helpful administrative support to our production and operations teams. We are looking for a positive customer service-oriented person who has a keen eye for detail and can play a key role in assisting our teams with getting stuff done, staying organized and helping to keep operations running smoothly. If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you

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What you’ll do: *
- Answer and direct phone calls to the appropriate people and relay messages
- Greet visitors that come into the office in a positive and friendly manner and provide support
- Act as a point of contact for internal staff and external clients
- Maintain manual and electronic filing systems
- Provide support with a variety of data entry activities using our accounting system including assisting with month end counts and reconciliations and formula entry
- Assist with invoicing, tracking packing slips and calling customers for order pickups
- Help with various tasks which require diligent organization, reporting, documentation and tracking to be maintained
- Assist with Fortified Nutrition’s FeedAssure and QA and QC requirements which include internal and external auditing, completing forms and documentation, overseeing sample submissions, and managing different databases
- Help with regularly updating and maintaining the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) binder as per regulations

**E**xperience we like: *
- Post secondary diploma in Office Administration, Accounting, Bookkeeping or a related field
- 1-2 years experience in an office administration, reception, accounting and/or bookkeeping role
- Experience in agriculture, food or a similar industry is an asset
- FeedAssure and/or HACCP experience is an asset but not required
- Great phone presence and superior customer service skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Good time management and organizational skills
- Experience using Microsoft Office software - Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Ability to quickly learn Sage Accounting System

**Working with us**:
This is a permanent, full-time in-person position that will be based out of our manufacturing facility in Morden, Manitoba. Typical work hours for this position are Monday to Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm. There may be times where you will be required to work outside of these standard hours. In addition to a competitive starting wage and vacation, you’ll also be eligible for generous benefits and RSP matching.

Ours is a family business that cares about its employees and its community. We make sure that all our staff get what the best in class team members deserve: benefits, good wages, and respect. Whether through our charitable work, or our dedication to staff, GVF is committed to living out our principles and values.

**How we behave**:

- **Passion. **Serving customers innovatively and well.
- **Humble Confidence.** Confidently choosing to forgo our status, deploy our resources and use of influence for the good of others before ourselves.
- **Integrity. **Consistently honest while honouring commitments with our customers, co-workers, and suppliers.
- **Professional.** Committed to excellence in the way we lead, serve, and relate.
- **Caring.** With a servant heart, truly caring for customers and co-workers. Find satisfaction in assisting with others’ challenges and joy in witnessing their success.

**About the GVF Group of Companies**:
Founded in 1960, the GVF Group of Companies continues to expand its products, services and geographic reach through Grand Valley Fortifiers, Fortified Nutrition, Direct Source Commodities, Farmers Depot, True Foods & Kindred Farmers and Valley Feeds. The GVF Group continues to produce high-quality, cutting-edge macro premixes and services across Canada, the U.S and Internationally. Headquartered in Cambridge Ontario, we are a proud Canadian and family owned and operated company with an amazing team across the country. With over 170 employees in our offices, manufacturing plants, and on hundreds of family farms daily, meeting with customers or delivering product, everyone is a key and integral part of our team.