{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"3738cca9700a154890929370","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/3738cca9700a154890929370","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/3738cca9700a154890929370","title":"Operations Coordinator","description":"At Bakelite, you’ll help us create a better tomorrow with sustainable and innovative chemistry today.\n\nWe’re Everywhere. Everywhere you look, you’ll find products enabled by Bakelite, from stronger homes to safer automobiles and everywhere in between. With more than 100 years of history and strong customer relationships, we boldly engineer sustainable products to tackle our world’s most challenging demands.\n\nJoin Our Team and Help Us Build a Stronger, Safer, Better World.\n\nIt’s Better with Bakelite.\n\nOperations Coordinator: The Impact You’ll Have On The Organization and World\n\nIn this role you will assist with accounting, office coordination, and other administrative duties as needed to support plant operations.\nYou’ll have a strong work ethic, sense of accountability, responsibility, and attention to detail.\nIt's Better with Bakelite: Our Commitment Back to You\n\nYou’ll Help Shape Our Future. As a Bakelite associate, you’re part of a diverse, global population creating the next generation of the company and we expect you to put your fingerprint on it.\nWe Champion Our Associates. At Bakelite, you don’t just climb the career ladder – you pave your personal path through continued learning and development.\nTogether, We Will Protect the Planet. From our processes to our products, we are focusing on the opportunities that both grow our profitability as a company, and improve and protect the planet.\nSafety is a Core Value. At Bakelite, safety is a 24/7 mindset. We are all safe today to ensure we are able to show up tomorrow – for our families and friends, for each other and for our communities.\nWe Care. Plain and simple, we care about our associates. From the top on down, we place a high value on our culture and the associate experience. We offer competitive compensation, robust benefits and support our associates every step of their career.\nLife in Beaver Creek: Located in northern central Michigan, Grayling is just a few hours from the state’s largest cities, including Detroit, Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo.\n\nGrayling is surrounded by scenic rivers, forests and state parks, with lots of opportunities for outdoor recreation, including fishing, hiking, biking, kayaking, snow sports and more. Grayling is noted as the \"Canoe Capital of the World” and is the starting point for the Au Sable River Canoe Marathon, one of three races that constitute canoe racing's Triple Crown.\nGrayling is just a day trip away from picturesque Traverse City or the Great Lakes that surround the state.\nLocal educational institutions include Kirtland Community College, located just half a mile from the Bakelite plant, and Grayling High School, which is in the top five high schools in Michigan.\nLove to travel? You’ll be close to the Gerald R. Ford International Airport, so you can hop a flight to anywhere in the world.\nLearn more about Grayling\nWhat Does a Typical Day Look Like? Here are your primary responsibilities:\n\nAssist the plant leadership team with administrative duties and maintain strict adherence to confidentiality.\nSupport operations with inventory counts, audits, and reconciliations.\nInterface directly with the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system daily for inventory transactions and invoice accuracy with the goal to become a subject matter expert (SME) for our ERP.\nIdentify and resolve accounts payable/receivable exceptions.\nBe the on-site point of contact for employees seeking assistance with HR related issues, assist with basic benefit questions, coordination of new hire orientation tasks, drug testing program administration, and other tasks as needed.\nProvide records management and storage according to company standards including the management of records stored off-site.\nManage ordering and storage of office supplies.\nCoordinate plant functions.\nOther miscellaneous office administration duties as assigned.\nWhat is Needed to be Successful in this Role (Required Skills/Abilities):\n\nHigh School Diploma or GED.\nDemonstrated administrative experience in a fast-paced environment.\nExperience using Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel, Microsoft Teams & Outlook.\nMust be flexible with working hours.\nPreferred:\n\nAssociate degree or higher in Business or related field.\nTeams and Excel (pivot tables, data analysis/manipulation).\nExperience working in a Manufacturing environment.\nExperience working with systems such as Infor ERP, FileNet, Microsoft Office Suite. Experience working with Accounts Payable.\nKnowledge of Department of Transportation (DOT) shipping regulations.\nAre you ready to help us build a better tomorrow and put your fingerprints on the world? Apply for this exciting opportunity, and learn more about our hiring process, insights from our global associates, our robust benefits and more at Bakelite.com/careers.\n\nWe are an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, minority status, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any characteristic protected by law.\n\nIn order to be considered for this position candidates are required to submit an application for employment through our career site, be at least 18 years or age, willing to take a drug test, submit to a background investigation as part of the selection process, as well as additional periodic background checks as required by the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) or regulations adopted by the Department of Homeland Security or other regulatory agencies. Candidates are required to have unrestricted authorization to work in the United States. This company participates in E-Verify. For additional details, click HERE.\n\nIf currently an employee of the Company, you must have satisfactory work performance. Disclaimer: We are not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms/employment agencies for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails to an employee about this position. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee of the Company via email, the Internet or in any other form and/or method without a valid written search firm agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of the Company; no fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by the Company as a result of the unsolicited referral or through other means.","company":"Bakelite","rawCompany":"bakelite","city":"Grayling","state":"MI","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-04-14T10:31:26.841Z","occupations":[{"code":"43-5061.00","title":"Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks","slug":"production-planning-and-expediting-clerks"},{"code":"43-6014.00","title":"Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive","slug":"secretaries-and-administrative-assistants-except-legal-medical-and-executive"},{"code":"13-1199.00","title":"Business Operations Specialists, All Other","slug":"business-operations-specialists-all-other"}],"industries":[{"code":"324122","title":"Asphalt Shingle and Coating Materials Manufacturing","slug":"asphalt-shingle-and-coating-materials-manufacturing"},{"code":"325510","title":"Paint and Coating Manufacturing","slug":"paint-and-coating-manufacturing"},{"code":"325199","title":"All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing","slug":"all-other-basic-organic-chemical-manufacturing"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Operations Coordinator","description":"At Bakelite, you’ll help us create a better tomorrow with sustainable and innovative chemistry today.\n\nWe’re Everywhere. Everywhere you look, you’ll find products enabled by Bakelite, from stronger homes to safer automobiles and everywhere in between. With more than 100 years of history and strong customer relationships, we boldly engineer sustainable products to tackle our world’s most challenging demands.\n\nJoin Our Team and Help Us Build a Stronger, Safer, Better World.\n\nIt’s Better with Bakelite.\n\nOperations Coordinator: The Impact You’ll Have On The Organization and World\n\nIn this role you will assist with accounting, office coordination, and other administrative duties as needed to support plant operations.\nYou’ll have a strong work ethic, sense of accountability, responsibility, and attention to detail.\nIt's Better with Bakelite: Our Commitment Back to You\n\nYou’ll Help Shape Our Future. As a Bakelite associate, you’re part of a diverse, global population creating the next generation of the company and we expect you to put your fingerprint on it.\nWe Champion Our Associates. 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We offer competitive compensation, robust benefits and support our associates every step of their career.\nLife in Beaver Creek: Located in northern central Michigan, Grayling is just a few hours from the state’s largest cities, including Detroit, Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo.\n\nGrayling is surrounded by scenic rivers, forests and state parks, with lots of opportunities for outdoor recreation, including fishing, hiking, biking, kayaking, snow sports and more. Grayling is noted as the \"Canoe Capital of the World” and is the starting point for the Au Sable River Canoe Marathon, one of three races that constitute canoe racing's Triple Crown.\nGrayling is just a day trip away from picturesque Traverse City or the Great Lakes that surround the state.\nLocal educational institutions include Kirtland Community College, located just half a mile from the Bakelite plant, and Grayling High School, which is in the top five high schools in Michigan.\nLove to travel? 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Experience working with Accounts Payable.\nKnowledge of Department of Transportation (DOT) shipping regulations.\nAre you ready to help us build a better tomorrow and put your fingerprints on the world? Apply for this exciting opportunity, and learn more about our hiring process, insights from our global associates, our robust benefits and more at Bakelite.com/careers.\n\nWe are an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, minority status, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any characteristic protected by law.\n\nIn order to be considered for this position candidates are required to submit an application for employment through our career site, be at least 18 years or age, willing to take a drug test, submit to a background investigation as part of the selection process, as well as additional periodic background checks as required by the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) or regulations adopted by the Department of Homeland Security or other regulatory agencies. Candidates are required to have unrestricted authorization to work in the United States. This company participates in E-Verify. For additional details, click HERE.\n\nIf currently an employee of the Company, you must have satisfactory work performance. 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