Executive Assistant to the President / COO

Canekast is rethinking and rebuilding manufacturing in the US by building a network of facilities and knowledge workers across the globe. Our facilities engineer, manufacture, and distribute to some of North America’s top manufacturers. We are looking for passionate and energetic people excited about manufacturing, supply chain, and the technologies we use, to remake these industries!

I am looking for an Executive Assistant to join our Shared Services Team, a global team of highly energetic and intelligent individuals supporting our manufacturing facilities in areas including quoting, engineering, accounting, customer service, and software development. Shared services is remote and async position allowing you to work from anywhere, on your own schedule. Working through Shared Services, you will have the opportunity to be part of multiple companies, interact with top customers, and have exposure to vast industries. This position is a special place within this team working only with the President and facilitating his day and tasks more efficiently. The President is also the COO and heads up Sales, so your duties will be helping him with activities related to his sales outreach, running the operations, as well as personal events in his life.

You’ll be a great fit if

• You love global supply chain and manufacturing
• Are organized, task-oriented, and good at project-type work
• Enjoy getting down into the details and making sure they are right

Day-to-day responsibilities will include

• Answering personal and work emails
• Calendar Scheduling for events
• Booking Travel
• Extracting data and names from emails
• Creating sales lists and targets
• Data entry into CRM platforms
• Setting up events for conferences and hosted parties
• Cleaning and reorganizing files
• Documenting preferences and processes

Skills you should have

• Excellent verbal and written English
• Ability to figure things out without a template
• Experience in event planning
• Ability to “think for me” as you get to know me
• Ability to do tough data projects
• Internet research on events, planning
• Professional demeanor, dependable, and punctual
• Extreme attention to detail
• Punctual in all matters
• Proficient in Excel

What this looks like for you

• This job is a remote job and a WFH opportunity
• This position is as an independent contractor to star
• You will need to have access to a computer and internet
• You will have an opportunity to directly influence the president of the company.

How we work at Canekast

Canekast is a like a startup, inside of a decades-old business, working in a centuries-old industry, using millennia-old technology. We work on a remote and async platform using various applications to share data, communicate, and collaborate. We focus more on outcomes than duties and results over hours. We have fun in and out of work and always keep top of mind that work should support life, not the other way around.

If this sounds like somewhere you’d like to dive into, and a team you’d love to be part of, then send a resume and a quick informal paragraph on why you’d love to join!

We look forward to hearing from you!