Product Assistant

Product Assistant

Portland, OR, US

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The Product Assistant provides broad project support to the Product department and team members. The role combines clerical, organizational and coordination tasks, to achieve support in specific projects as assigned.

• Support the Product team on assigned project-based work.
• Advise Process and Integration Manager status of assigned projects on a regular basis or as requested.
• Prioritize and meet project deadlines.
• Maintain customer-focused mindset.

• Excellent presentation, communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise effective judgment, sensitivity, creativity to solve business challenges.
• Ability to exercise tact and good interpersonal skills.
• Excellent team player with a positive can-do attitude and flexible approach.
• Must be prepared to work with initiative and under deadline.
• Ability to prioritize and organize own work and deliver on multiple priorities in a timely manner.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Demonstrate exceptional habits of dependability and attendance.
• Be a self-starter, a highly motivated person able to work in a fast-paced environment that is continually changing.
• Expertise in Microsoft Office skills using Word, Outlook, and Excel. Basic knowledge of CMS and photo editing tools a plus.

• High School diploma or GED equivalent
• Prior travel to Europe, Asia and Latin America a plus.

• FINGER DEXTERITY: Using primarily just the fingers to make small movements such as typing, picking up small objects, or pinching fingers together.
• TALKING: Especially where one must frequently convey detailed or important instructions or ideas accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• AVERAGE HEARING: Able to hear average or normal conversations and receive ordinary information.
• AVERAGE VISUAL ABILITIES: Average, ordinary, visual acuity necessary to prepare or inspect documents or products or operate machinery (copy machine, keyboard, etc.).
• PHYSICAL STRENGTH: Sedentary work; sitting most of the time. Exerts up to 10 lbs. of force occasionally.

• REASONING ABILITY: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved instructions and to deal with problems involving a few variables.
• MATHEMATICS ABILITY: Ability to perform very basic math skills including adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing two-digit numbers; the four basic arithmetic operations with money; and operations with units such as inch, foot, yard; ounce, and pound (or their metric counterparts).
• LANGUAGE ABILITY: Ability to use passive vocabulary of 5,000-6,000 words; read at a slow rate; and define unfamiliar words in dictionaries for meaning, spelling, and pronunciation. Ability to write complex sentences, using proper punctuation, and using adjectives and adverbs. Ability to communicate in complex sentences, using normal word order with present and past tense and good vocabulary.

• Accurate and complete information about Company products and services is provided to internal and external customers.
• Good working relationships and coordination exist with area personnel and with management. Appropriate assistance is provided as needed. Supervisor is informed of activities.
• The Company's professional reputation is conveyed and maintained.

Avanti’s Product Assistant will exceed Company objectives by working closely with their manager, and the Product department to achieve quality customer service and business goals and ensure standards are met.

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