Admin Assistant for Multiple E-commerce Brands

A family business owner of multiple rapidly scaling e-commerce brands in need of a long term VA for general assistance of everyday tasks. Ideal candidate will have a reasonable understanding of an e-commerce business and at least some experience in such a field. Good communication skills will be important for interacting with owner a few times per day in chat or over phone and also with our suppliers on various ---------- dividuals should be able to work through a list of items for the day/week in 15-30 minute conversations via phone/chat and then have you take it from ---------- dependent thinkers who can gather and understand the requirements then make decisions on their own are best. Must be able to work ~40 hours per week M-F. We are on Eastern Time (New York) and would require at least 1/2 of the time worked to be between the hours of 7AM and 6PM Eastern Standard Time. The rest of the time can be worked at your convenience.

Tasks Will Include:
-Communicating with Suppliers on Follow Ups (via email and/or phone)
-Scheduling of Meetings
-Data Entry as Needed
-Research (detailed instructions and requirements will always be provided)
-Updating Products (BigCommerce)
-Following up with other team members on certain action items to report back on
-Purchasing of shipping/office supplies
-Other general tasks

Please reply to posting with answers to the following:
1. What experience do you have as a Virtual Assistant?
2. What do you know about the e-commerce industry and what areas do you have experience in.
2. Tell us about yourself! (hobbies, goals, etc)