Administrative Assistant II Job at Blue Star Partners LLC in San Diego

Job Title: Administrative Assistant II
Location: San Diego, CA – 100% onsite – Local candidates only
Period: 11/04/2024 to 05/30/2025 – Strong potential for extension/direct hire
Hours/Week: 40 hours – Hours over 40 will be paid at Time and a Half
Rate: $20 – $22/hr
Contract Type: W-2 only

Scope of Services:

The Administrative Assistant II will support the sales contracting process, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely processing of contracts and amendments. This role involves a broad range of administrative tasks, including reviewing sales contracts, maintaining electronic records, generating reports, and coordinating with internal departments. The Administrative Assistant II is responsible for performing CRM maintenance, managing contract discrepancies, supporting audits, and facilitating communication across various departments. The position requires a proactive approach, attention to detail, and the ability to work effectively in a high-volume, dynamic team environment while upholding company policies and quality standards.

Role, Responsibilities, & Deliverables:

• Review and process sales contracts and amendments
• Responsible for checking and analyzing contracts are legible, clean, complete and are aligned with approvals
• Responsible for routing contracts for signature based on pre-determined signature authority tiers
• Responsible for reviewing, summarizing and logging contract information into company’s CRM system
• Save, organize and maintain accurate files, notes and data in electronic files and trackers
• Perform CRM and log maintenance on an ongoing basis to insure accurate reporting
• Utilize data from the company’s CRM system to generate reports, analyze data, and track contracting statuses
• Support internal auditing and monitoring efforts
• Analyze contract and pricing discrepancies and correct, resolve and document findings
• Research equipment shipments, price loads, contract renewals and perform appropriate tasks related to such research
• Respond to requests for end-user pricing eligibility and contract eligibility
• Interface and collaborate with contract administrators, pricing analysts, pricing coordinators, account executives, regional directors, fulfillment group and distributors to establish working relationships, assure proper end-user pricing and contract effective dates are loaded
• Participate in and prepare for contracting & pricing policy meetings
• Develop and continuously update departmental SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures)
• Demonstrate understanding of the business structure, processes and policies
• Perform closing activities as needed
• Meet deadlines and update clients with status
• Responsible for exhibiting professional behavior with both internal/external business associates that reflects positively on the company and is consistent with the company’s policies and practices.
• Perform other duties & projects as assigned.
• Understands and is aware of the quality consequences which may occur from the improper performance of their specific job.

Education & Experience:

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in a business-related discipline.
• Minimum intermediate Word and Excel experience a must.
• Minimum of 1 year relevant experience in commercial sales contracting and pricing.
• Two to four years’ experience directly related to contract administration, preferably within the bio-tech/ healthcare industry.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively and constructively communicate across departmental disciplines while pursuing contract department goals.
• Must have good communication & organizational skills
• Must have customer service attitude & good computer skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.)
• Self-starter and a multi-tasker
• Ability to work in a high volume, dynamic team environment
• Previous CRM or database experience preferred
• Previous healthcare, biotech or sales industry experience preferred

Skills:

• Self-motivated
• Out of the box thinker
• Positive attitude
• Passion for quality and delivery excellence
• Dependable & reliable