Sales Clerk - Contract

Working at Walker 

At Walker, your contribution matters. Become part of a team you can count on and where your health and safety are our priority. Our team of more than 1200 people work in environmental waste management and recovery, renewable energy, paving and construction, aggregates, and emulsions chemistries. We are a fifth-generation, family-owned company founded in 1887, operating from our base in the Niagara Region with facilities across Canada and the United States. We care about the environment, each other, and our neighbours, and give back to our communities. Join us on our journey to build a sustainable future, together.

About the Job

As our new Sales Clerk you will be part of our team in Niagara Falls. Reporting directly to the Sales Manager, the Sales Clerk performs a variety of clerical duties, providing administrative and analytical support services to the Sales team and Business Development team. The Sales Clerk also prepares and dispatches invoices, enters data into the bulling information database, produces associated reports, prepares marketing proposals and helps close the loop on all aspects of the sales cycle.

This is a maternity leave contract for 12-18 months. The salary range for this position is between $50,000-$55,000/year based on qualifications and experience.

What You’ll Be Doing 

• Support day-to-day administration of our customized software including data management and analysis, user administration, and solution implementation.

• Collaborate with Sales Department to improve software systems effectiveness.

• Oversees the delivery of contract execution, logistics and sales orders.

• Follows established procedures to compile and process customer-specific, standard and non-standard invoices.

• Liaises with sales and operations staff to collect and reconcile billing information.

• Investigates and responds to customer account inquiries to resolve customer disputes and avoid delays in collection of revenue.

• Documents non-standard invoicing procedures by liaising with appropriate staff.

• Creates various reports to assist the Sales Department and other business units as required.

• Organizes and maintain filing systems to ensure accurate customer information and easy retrieval of account information.

• General administrative support to the Sales Manager.

Here’s What You Need

• Minimum post-secondary education - Business Administration or similar preferred.
• Previous Waste Management experience considered an asset.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Above average competence with MS Office Suite of products including Word, Excel and Outlook.

What’s in it for you 

• You become part of a team you can count on
• Leaders who support your growth and success
• A workplace that provides the best health & safety practices in industry
• Give back to your community with two paid volunteer days annually and opportunities to become involved in events

At Walker, your contribution matters. If you share our commitment to giving back to your community and caring about the environment we’d love to hear from you. Our workplaces strive to reflect the diversity of the communities in which we operate. We welcome applications from qualified candidates of all ethnicities, race, religions, gender identities and expression, Indigenous communities, and persons with disabilities.

Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please let us know when contacted and we will work with you to meet your needs. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.