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Office Manager

Pet Parents
Ankeny, Iowa, United States
Full-time

Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time.

Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time. - Pablo Picasso

You're passionate and quick on your toes the type of person who likes to jump into different situations and quickly become a problem solver through your awesome critical thinking and decision-making skills.

You're comfortable wrangling chaos, you tend to foresee and predict needs, you can spot potential pitfalls before they occur and you proactively take action to prevent bottlenecks from ever happening.

You are naturally organized, extremely comfortable with software, well versed in project management principles, and its easy for you to understand existing processes & craft new and / or improved ones.

If you're thinking, Well that's creepy, how do they already know that much about me? - Keep reading. You might be the person we're looking for.

About Pet Parents® :

We rethink everyday pet parenting to make life better for them and simpler for you, so you can provide the care & connection they deserve.

We are a pet CPG company, we design, market, & distribute pet products online & in pet stores across the country. We were born from a pain point with our own pets.

We leaped onto the scene at the beginning of 2016 with rapid growth ever since. In 2020, Inc. ranked Pet Parents® as the #1 fastest growing company in Iowa, #378 of the Inc.

5000 fastest growing companies in America, also gaining us #1 fastest growing pet products company in the US. We are now a 4x Inc. 5000 recipient.

We love, love, love what we do and what our company stands for and we get excited to show that through our hard work.

Your Role in Our Pack :

This is a full-time position i n our Ankeny office.

As an Office Manager, you will be an extremely important planner, organizer, executor, & the go-to person for our Leadership Pack and all other Packs on a variety of projects and programs that we have in place.

You will drive the company forward with an obsession around productivity, efficiency, communication, organization, & processes.

On top of handling general office management tasks, you'll dig into projects ranging from process improvements to helping with party planning logistics.

You'll manage the flow of the office, aid with policy and procedure implementation, aid in the onboarding of new pack members, lead customer success & lead & assist on various other projects.

You will become the go to person executing on your own or helping other Pack members execute everything thrown our way. Its also important to know what this role is not, this is not a "push papers", check boxes, or receptionist type Office Manager role.

We are blessed with the opportunity to help the one of the two most innocent groups, pets. We take this very seriously and strive to do great work everyday to help them and the parents that care for them.

You will need to be comfortable with structured chaos and flawlessly execute unplanned projects like you're simply taking your furbaby for a walk.

You will anticipate needs, proactively crush potential bottlenecks, be a clear and concise communicator, organize unstructured information, deploy project management principles, and help serve as a go-to resource and problem solver for our Packs.

At Pet Parents®, we are very collaborative, and our slogan is, Pet Parenting, Better™, this extends to our company as a whole, we are committed to constant improvement with ever-changing improvements and planning.

The Office Manager must be comfortable with feedback from The Pack and improving processes. This role requires an uber-precise focus on organization, comfortability with project management and project management software, strong in critical thinking, multi-tasking, time management, a sense of urgency, communication (written and verbal), comfortability with stress & organized chaos, and problem-solving skills to help us move the needle on different projects.

You will be a Jack or Jill of all trades ready to slay any problem thrown your way.

You will be the ultimate utility player .

You will be the slayer of bottlenecks.

You will spot trends, cause-effect dynamics, and bring ideas & plans to life

You will work in a fast-paced environment with constant hands-on projects

You will also be an organizer, researcher, problem-solver & planner

You will have the opportunity to learn and grow far beyond this initial role. In fact, it's our intention and goal to ensure that

Must have at least 1 of the following :

Minimum 5 years of experience in an office manager role

Minimum 5 years of experience in a project manager role

Minimum 5 years of experience in an event management role

Minimum 5 years of experience in a secretary role

Minimum 5 years of experience in an executive assistant role

Bachelor's degree required

You must also

Love dogs and / or cats

Have a go-getter mentality

Have the ability to focus, work efficiently, and effectively

Always be willing to learn

Always be willing to come up with creative ideas

Have a problem-solver mindset and willingness to tackle any problem thrown your way

Have a positive mentality & energy

Be obsessively detail-oriented and organized

Have comfortability in working with a long list of softwares, especially project management softwares (ClickUp, Asana, Trello, Basecamp, Jira, Monday.com)

Have effective project management skills and be able to prioritize and handle multiple tasks and projects

The "Treats" We Offer

Some of the pawesome opportunities available at Pet Parents®)

Health, vision, & dental insurance

401k with company match & profit share

Home Owner Bonus

Unlimited PTO

Membership to Legacy Fitness in Ankeny provided

Parental Leave

Pawrental Leave

High-performing, passionate, yet casual coworkers that care

Employee Discount

Company Events

Snack and beverage bar

New Furbaby Allowance

Unlimited growth potential for leaders of the pack

Leadership Development

Class A Office

Beach Getaway

If our core values vibe with you, your potential role excites you and you're down to join us in becoming the top dogs in the pet industry, let's do this thing!

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