Human Resources Clerk

About Us: 

The Michigan Milk Producers Association is a dairy farmer owned cooperative and dairy processor. Founded in 1916, the MMPA serves dairy farmers in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin.

MMPA maintains a strong presence within the dairy industry with strategic business relationships through a variety of channels like processing shelf-stable, value added dairy products. MMPA has four member owned processing plants in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio, including Superior Dairy and the Middlebury Cheese Company. Products made at MMPA’s plants include fluid milk, sour cream, cheese, ultra-filtered milk, cottage cheese, ice cream, butter, nonfat dry milk, cream and condensed skim milk. 

Why you’ll love working here:

• Competitive salary
• Health and wellness benefits with medical coverage through Blue Cross Blue Shield, including mental health benefits
• Disability insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement including 401k with employer contributions
• Personal and professional growth opportunities
• Employee appreciation events and recognition awards
• Employee wellness initiatives
• Employee feedback and suggestion forums

The HR Clerk will be the on-site HR contact, while also providing general administrative support to the Constantine Plant Operations team by compiling, processing, and maintaining transactions of office activities. This position will perform a variety of administrative office activities and will require knowledge of systems and procedures including payroll processing, office administration, recruiting and onboarding, training, safety, benefits, leaves of absence, record maintenance and policy implementation. This role will work closely with the HR Director in the Headquarters office.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Encourage and foster a positive and collaborative labor relations environment
• Respond and resolve questions and concerns from employees and management
• Responsible for all hourly recruiting, selection and on-boarding; and associated tasks
• Lead employee training efforts within the facility
• Manage employee attendance records and issue disciplinary warnings, when necessary
• Assist in the administration of Worker’s Compensation, including filing and following up on claims, working with the insurance carrier and supporting the employee through the injury
• Assist in employees with leave requests, including providing and submitting leave paperwork and ensuring pay is administered correctly
• Supports and participates in company activities and functions
• Maintain all personnel, company and HR files and records
• Process weekly hourly payroll and ensure data accuracy in the system for wages, banking information, classifications, etc.
• Assists employees with benefit enrollment
• Develops and follows plans and procedures to keep the office in order.
• Maintain and monitor the plant lock software system and report unusual occurrences.
• Responsible for plant purchasing and payables.
• Balance and maintain petty cash
• Assists with project development and planning to ensure efficient service and organization of the office.
• Make administrative and procedural decisions and judgments on sensitive, confidential issues
• Perform other related duties, as assigned

Education and Work Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred; high school diploma or equivalent required
• The ideal candidate will be highly motivated, a self-starter and take great initiative. Proficient in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Excel, ERP software and HRIS systems.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, interpersonal, organizational, and planning/implementation skills.
• Up to date knowledge of HR, safety and worker’s compensation principles, regulations and laws.
• Previous experience with labor relations preferred
• Ability to research, analyze, and interpret varied data and information.
• Ability to establish, maintain and develop constructive and cooperative working relationships with employees, management and the union
• Shows value for different opinions, shows flexibility to different opinions

Physical Requirements and Essential Functions

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk to hear. The
• employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with
• hands and arms. Occasionally sitting, standing, walking, bending over, climbing, and kneeling.
• This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each responsibility satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the responsibilities.

This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive list of responsibilities that are required of the role. Responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice.

MMPA provides the opportunity for meaningful work that makes a difference in the dairy industry and in our communities. The diverse talents and perspectives of our employees help us to meet the needs of our member farms and the customers we serve.

We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. 

MMPA is committed to maintaining a safe, healthy, and productive environment for all employees as one of our top priorities. As part of our commitment to your well-being and workplace safety, all applicants are required to undergo a drug screening and background check as part of the hiring process. 

We are not accepting unsolicited candidate introductions, referrals, or résumés from third-party recruiters or staffing agencies for this position.

MMPA is an equal opportunity employer. 

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