Receptionist
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Manages the front desk at a beef and lamb processing company, greeting visitors, handling calls, coordinating meeting rooms, and providing administrative support.
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Overview
Job Title: Receptionist
Reports To: Operations Manager
Contract Type: Full time, Permanent
Location: Charleville, Co. Cork
Role Overview:
Dawn Meats is one of Europe's leading beef and lamb processing companies with locations across Ireland, UK, France and continental Europe employing over 7,000 employees.
We are recruiting a receptionist to work in our Dawn Charleville site in Co. Cork. The receptionist is the first Dawn Meats representative that our customers, clients & colleagues will engage with when entering our offices therefore they must be courteous and focused on providing a consistently high standard of customer service & interaction.
Responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Meeting and greeting visitors to the office.
- Issuing security badges and ensuring that all necessary visit paperwork is completed.
- Answering all incoming calls in a welcoming professional manner on a busy switchboard, taking messages if necessary and e-mail relevant individuals without delay.
- Providing back up telephone cover for all other sites when required
- Coordinate all reservations of meeting rooms using computerised booking system including catering/equipment requirements.
- Ordering of catering supplies, cleaning supplies, stationery etc
- Sort, distribute and coordinate all incoming & outgoing post and couriers.
- Receive, sort & distribute all emails.
- Assist with travel arrangements for group & site employees - including flights, trains, car hire etc.
- Provide administration support to various departments.
Qualifications
Skills/Experience:
- Advanced PC skills including Word.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Prioritising work using time management and organisational skills.
- Good administration skills with ability to work both as part of a team and unsupervised on day-to-day duties and tasks.
- Punctual / flexible
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