Project Administrator
Summary
Supports project managers and teams at a manufacturer by entering and maintaining job data in an ERP system, tracking job costs, budgets, and invoices, managing customer orders, and preparing sales and invoicing reports. Core tools are Excel and the company's ERP system.
- You naturally notice when something doesn’t look right and want to understand why.
- You enjoy digging into data, researching discrepancies, and finding the root cause of an issue rather than simply passing it along.
- You’re proactive about identifying potential problems before they become bigger issues.
- You’re highly organized and can manage multiple projects, deadlines, and competing priorities without losing sight of accuracy.
- You enjoy working with different teams and connecting the dots between information, people, and processes.
- You take pride in providing accurate, timely information that helps others make good decisions and keep projects moving.
- Enter and maintain job information including job numbers, sub-jobs, purchase orders, revenue, payment terms, and ECNs
- Create and update job sheets: calculate and track job costs
- Enter task codes, labor hours, and material budgets
- Maintain accurate sales reporting for awarded jobs including production, die services, ECNs, and ITS
- Maintain organized job documentation including quotes, purchase orders, budgets, and project files
- Track milestone payments and enter invoices into ERP system
- Upload and distribute invoices to customer portals
- Maintain invoice projection spreadsheets and assist with A/R communication
- Enter and adjust customer orders and releases in the system
- Set up new customers and part information
- Coordinate delivery updates and order changes between customers and internal teams
- Maintain shipment tracking and support weekly reporting
- Prepare monthly reports including sales, ECNs, invoicing summaries, booked orders, and projections
- Run job close reports and maintain documentation
- Maintain sales quote folders and job files
- Provide general administrative and organizational support for the team
- Some experience with project coordination, operations support, or manufacturing administration
- Strong Excel skills and experience working in an ERP system
- Experience supporting budget tracking, invoicing, or financial reporting
- Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills
- Ability to manage your time for multiple priorities with sometimes conflicting schedules and respond to requests from multiple teams in a professional manner.
- Experience in tooling, die, stamping, or manufacturing environments is helpful but not required
- Primarily requiring prolonged periods of working on a computer.
- Occasional walking, standing, bending, and reaching to access files or office equipment
- Visual and auditory ability to work with computers, phone, and printed documents.