Sales Jobs in Brookfield, WI

Quad is seeking  Skilled Gather Operators for the Sussex, WI plant. In this role, you will be responsible for gathering and assembling the individual pages or sections (signatures) of a book in the correct order before they are fed into the Perfect Binder machines. Experience with Goss Perfect Binders is highly desirable . We will consider all candidates who have Gather experience.   

Our compressed work schedule is geared toward balancing work and family life. You will work 3 to 4, 12-hour days a week with opportunities for overtime (OT paid after 40 hours per week). There are two shifts; 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. or 7 p.m. -7 a.m. which will include weekends and holidays, working 3-4 days per week. Overtime is always a possibility but not guaranteed. These shifts do not rotate days to nights (and vice versa), but do rotate front half to back half of the week. 

At Quad, we value your experience. The wage range for a skilled Gather Operator is between $19.00 - $24.25 / hr.  depending on prior print experience. Paid relocation programs are available for highly qualified candidates with print experience who live 100 miles or more from the plant.

Headquartered in Wisconsin, Quad is a $3 billion global marketing experience company, that is among the largest magazine and direct-mail printers in the U.S. With over 15,000 employees, our company leverages its strong print foundation through every facet of the marketing journey efficiently and at scale through its innovative, data-driven offerings. 

Qualifications  

• Must have previous print finishing operator experience to qualify for this role.
• Must have knowledge of perfect binder operation, knowledge of and experience with mailing operations and equipment. 
• Strong mechanical aptitude, ability to read, understand, and follow binder guides, ability to train and direct crew, self-motivated.
• An excellent attendance record, satisfactory job performance in current position, excellent safety record, and work habits.
• Positive attitude and team player (able to work with others).
• Able to work any shift and work overtime as needed.
• You will work a compressed 3- and 4-day work week geared toward balancing work and family life (12-hour shift (either 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. or 7 p.m. - 7 a.m.) including, weekends, and holidays.
• Essential functions of this job include the following: the ability to lift 10-15 pounds continuously, the ability to lift up to 50 pounds occasionally, stand for long hours, use hands and wrists continuously in controlled movement, receive and follow instructions, and use vision to identify defects.

We offer excellent benefits to eligible employees, including 401(k), holidays, vacations and more.

Quad is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating a place of belonging — a space where employees do not need to sacrifice who they are to exist and grow in our workplace. Quad does not discriminate on any unlawful basis including race, religion, color, national origin, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Quad also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories.

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Quad is seeking  Skilled Gather Operators for the Sussex, WI plant. In this role, you will be responsible for gathering and assembling the individual pages or sections (signatures) of a book in the correct order before they are fed into the Perfect Binder machines. Experience with Goss Perfect Binders is highly desirable . We will consider all candidates who have Gather experience.   

Our compressed work schedule is geared toward balancing work and family life. You will work 3 to 4, 12-hour days a week with opportunities for overtime (OT paid after 40 hours per week). There are two shifts; 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. or 7 p.m. -7 a.m. which will include weekends and holidays, working 3-4 days per week. Overtime is always a possibility but not guaranteed. These shifts do not rotate days to nights (and vice versa), but do rotate front half to back half of the week. 

At Quad, we value your experience. The wage range for a skilled Gather Operator is between $19.00 - $24.25 / hr.  depending on prior print experience. Paid relocation programs are available for highly qualified candidates with print experience who live 100 miles or more from the plant.

Headquartered in Wisconsin, Quad is a $3 billion global marketing experience company, that is among the largest magazine and direct-mail printers in the U.S. With over 15,000 employees, our company leverages its strong print foundation through every facet of the marketing journey efficiently and at scale through its innovative, data-driven offerings. 

Qualifications  

• Must have previous print finishing operator experience to qualify for this role.
• Must have knowledge of perfect binder operation, knowledge of and experience with mailing operations and equipment. 
• Strong mechanical aptitude, ability to read, understand, and follow binder guides, ability to train and direct crew, self-motivated.
• An excellent attendance record, satisfactory job performance in current position, excellent safety record, and work habits.
• Positive attitude and team player (able to work with others).
• Able to work any shift and work overtime as needed.
• You will work a compressed 3- and 4-day work week geared toward balancing work and family life (12-hour shift (either 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. or 7 p.m. - 7 a.m.) including, weekends, and holidays.
• Essential functions of this job include the following: the ability to lift 10-15 pounds continuously, the ability to lift up to 50 pounds occasionally, stand for long hours, use hands and wrists continuously in controlled movement, receive and follow instructions, and use vision to identify defects.

We offer excellent benefits to eligible employees, including 401(k), holidays, vacations and more.

Quad is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating a place of belonging — a space where employees do not need to sacrifice who they are to exist and grow in our workplace. Quad does not discriminate on any unlawful basis including race, religion, color, national origin, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Quad also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories.

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Quad is seeking Part-time, Summer seasonal employees in the facilities department at our Sussex, Wisconsin plant. The starting wage for this position is $17/hour.

• Grounds keeping – to include- raking, weed pulling, operating weed eater, rototiller, push mowing, picking up and trash and debris on grounds, emptying trash cans - 
• Painting
• Use of Boom and Scissor lifts to perform cleaning of dust off pipes and other elevated surfaces
• Assisting in Central Store when needed (inventory, locating products, etc.)
• Other duties as assigned
• Schedule: Monday-Thursday; 6:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday- Friday 0600 am – 2 pm. Hours may fluctuate due to weather.

Qualifications:

• This position requires the ability to lift, carry, and/or transport up to 15 pounds with or without reasonable accommodation. 
• Previous industrial painting and/or grounds maintenance experience is a plus
• Ability to work and operate lift equipment, preferred

Must have Valid Drivers License- operate vehicles and work equipment. 

We offer excellent benefits to eligible employees, including 401(k), holidays, vacations and more.

Quad is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating a place of belonging — a space where employees do not need to sacrifice who they are to exist and grow in our workplace. Quad does not discriminate on any unlawful basis including race, religion, color, national origin, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Quad also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories.

Drug-Free Workplace

Quad is seeking Part-time, Summer seasonal employees in the facilities department at our Sussex, Wisconsin plant. The starting wage for this position is $17/hour.

• Grounds keeping – to include- raking, weed pulling, operating weed eater, rototiller, push mowing, picking up and trash and debris on grounds, emptying trash cans - 
• Painting
• Use of Boom and Scissor lifts to perform cleaning of dust off pipes and other elevated surfaces
• Assisting in Central Store when needed (inventory, locating products, etc.)
• Other duties as assigned
• Schedule: Monday-Thursday; 6:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday- Friday 0600 am – 2 pm. Hours may fluctuate due to weather.

Qualifications:

• This position requires the ability to lift, carry, and/or transport up to 15 pounds with or without reasonable accommodation. 
• Previous industrial painting and/or grounds maintenance experience is a plus
• Ability to work and operate lift equipment, preferred

Must have Valid Drivers License- operate vehicles and work equipment. 

We offer excellent benefits to eligible employees, including 401(k), holidays, vacations and more.

Quad is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating a place of belonging — a space where employees do not need to sacrifice who they are to exist and grow in our workplace. Quad does not discriminate on any unlawful basis including race, religion, color, national origin, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Quad also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories.

Drug-Free Workplace

At UnitedHealthcare, we're simplifying the health care experience, creating healthier communities and removing barriers to quality care. The work you do here impacts the lives of millions of people for the better. Come build the health care system of tomorrow, making it more responsive, affordable and optimized. Ready to make a difference? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together

You don't get into sales unless you're motivated by competition and winning. Well, welcome to a Fortune 6 organization, that's all about both. UnitedHealthcare and the entire family of UnitedHealth Group set out to build success by building relationships with our business customers that provide us with opportunities to serve, learn and evolve as partners. Here's where you come in.

As a Third-Party Administrator (TPA) Strategic Account Executive, you'll create the strategic retention and growth plan for customers with the goal of serving and renewing accounts. You'll merge your business savvy and relationship skills to become an extension of the customer's business. It's as simple as that. If you're out to do more, this may be the opportunity for you.

This position follows a hybrid schedule with three in-office days per week.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Facilitate the lifecycle of the customer relationship from Request For Proposal (RFP) to contract renewal
• Demonstrate the value propositions for specialty and ancillary business to improve customer growth and retention
• Strategically plan and meet with customer quarterly, identifying trends and offering solutions per the Insight Driven Solutions (IDS) consultative process
• Prepare, host and follow-up an annual strategic planning session

You should know people in this role say the most challenging aspect of the role is understanding the ASO funding arrangements and Stop Loss, which are both needed to handle TPA business renewals.

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• State health insurance license required upon hire, and life insurance licenses required within 3 months from position start date
• 3+ years of sales and/or service experience in the insurance industry
• Driver's license and access to reliable transportation; ability to maintain an excellent driving record
• Ability to travel 10% of the time

Preferred Qualification:

• TPA experience

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $75,000 to $160,000 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable. #UHCPJ

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

About the role

As an Engineering Project Manager, you will oversee production and automation projects while leading a small team of project managers and engineers. You will serve as the key coordination point between Sales, Production, Quality, Engineering, and Field Service, ensuring projects are delivered on time and meet customer expectations.

This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll see the direct impact of your work on customer satisfaction, team performance, and operational excellence. Caljan combines cutting-edge engineering with a collaborative, international culture, offering career growth in a global company specializing in material handling and automation solutions.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and mentor a U.S.-based project team (2 project managers + 2 engineers)

• Manage multiple production and automation projects from sales handoff through production completion

• Coordinate cross-functionally to ensure smooth execution across Sales, Production, Quality, Engineering, and Field Service

• Ensure projects meet quality, schedule, and scope requirements

• Maintain strong customer relationships and manage expectations during execution

• Identify and proactively resolve project risks or issues

• Track schedules, resources, and team performance

• Support continuous improvement and adherence to established processes

This role is execution-focused: processes are in place, and your job is to make sure they run efficiently while your team delivers exceptional results.

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automation, or related field

• 5+ years of project management experience in manufacturing, industrial automation, material handling, or engineered product production

• Experience managing small teams (1–5 direct reports)

• Strong understanding of production systems, engineering projects, and technical execution

• Excellent leadership, communication, and organizational skills

• Comfortable managing customer interactions and cross-functional coordination

• Proficiency with Microsoft Project, spreadsheets, and project tracking tools

Why This Role Matters

This is a high-impact, operational leadership role where you will:

• Take full ownership of customer projects from handoff to production completion

• Lead a small team to deliver consistent, high-quality results

• Coordinate across departments to ensure smooth execution and satisfied customers

Compensation & Benefits:

• Salary: $110,00 – $120,000

• Benefits: Caljan offers medical, dental, vision, and 401K with a match.

About Caljan

Caljan is a mid-sized global engineering company specializing in automated material handling solutions. With operations across Europe, the UK, and the U.S., we combine global reach with an entrepreneurial mindset. Our teams work closely across regions to deliver technically advanced, customer-focused solutions.

Power Test®, LLC is an industry leader in the design, manufacture, and sale of dynamometers, heavy equipment testing systems and related data acquisition and control systems. For over 40 years, Power Test has provided specialized test equipment to manufacturers, rebuild facilities, and distributors in the mining, oil and gas, power generation, marine, trucking, construction, rail, and military markets in over 90 countries on six continents. Our headquarters and manufacturing operations are located in Sussex, Wisconsin with sales representatives worldwide.

Power Test Lifecycle Services is the aftermarket and services brand of Power Test, focused on maximizing customer uptime through genuine parts, remanufacturing, and lifecycle support. Specifically, Power Test PARTS focuses on serving the company’s customers by ensuring they have the right parts, at the right time, every time.

Position Summary

The Product Manager – Parts & Remanufacturing owns both the Parts and Remanufacturing product lines and is responsible for ensuring profit growth and achievement of revenue and margin targets. This role carries both commercial growth responsibility and operational fulfillment oversight, ensuring revenue expansion, margin performance, inventory discipline, customer responsiveness, and execution excellence. This leader operates at both strategic and tactical levels — defining pricing and growth strategy while ensuring quoting accuracy, order processing discipline, customer service performance, and fulfillment execution. The role ensures the fulfillment model (internal and external) supports customer uptime, availability, and growth initiatives. This position is essential to Power Test’s mission to serve its customers under the company’s dedication to “We Make it Better”.

Commercial Growth & Portfolio Ownership

• Own revenue, profit, and margin growth across Parts & Remanufacturing.
• Lead pricing strategy, margin optimization, and policy governance.
• Utilize sales and ERP data to identify incremental revenue opportunities

Sales Team Leadership & Capability Development

• Lead and manage the Aftermarket Parts Sales Team.
• Evaluate departmental capability gaps and implement structured development plans.
• Lead weekly department meetings focused on performance, backlog, and execution.

Operational Fulfillment Oversight

Deliver world-class performance in safety, quality, fulfillment, productivity, and cost.

• Own end-to-end order lifecycle execution
• Develop and execute the Parts Fulfillment Strategy, including:
• Lead parts stocking initiatives and inventory optimization efforts.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Operations, Engineering, or related field.
• Understanding of capital equipment manufacturing environments.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in aftermarket parts, remanufacturing, service operations, or customer-facing commercial roles.
• Demonstrated experience owning commercial growth and operational execution within a product or business line.
• Strong cross-functional communication skills (written and verbal).
• Self-motivated with the ability to adapt in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Strong analytical capability with advanced data analysis skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, dashboards, financial modeling) at a minimum.
• Proven ability to balance analytical thinking with hands-on problem solving.

Benefits

What Makes Power Test Different?

At Power Test We Make It Better for our Customers, our Community, and our Employees. We provide industry leading products, work vigorously in our community, and encourage a healthy, financially rewarding, work-life balance for our employees.

Notably, Power Test has a broad based employee ownership program: Powered by Ownership. Powered by Ownership provides every employee an equity interest in the company. Powered By Ownership is more than just a benefit, it reflects Power Test’s commitment to building an ownership mindset across the company. Together, the team is strengthening culture, rewarding innovation, and shaping a future where success is shared. This mindset is captured in Power Test’s ownership slogan: Together We Build, Together We Prosper.

Under the direction of the Engineering Manager, the Design Engineer is responsible for the support of new and existing products. This support may include, but is not limited to, product development, prototype generation, laboratory testing and problem solving, from concept to production.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

All employees work to satisfy the customer. Each department has expected core responsibilities, but these responsibilities do not define us. Rather, they simply provide a starting point where we work to satisfy the customer, and continuously improve ourselves, others, and the organization.

· Responsible for understanding the customer’s technical scope of work and delivering designs that meet or exceed expectations.

· Analyzes engineering sketches, specifications, data, drawings and models to determine design factors as well as tolerancing.

· Uses computer aided design tools for two- and three-dimensional magnetic analysis, computation fluid analysis, structural finite element analysis to develop and optimize designs.

· Designs for manufacturability

· Uses lab equipment such as force testers, multimeters, flow meters and environmental chambers to ensure products exceed customer requirements.

· Uses hand tool, soldering tools, and presses to build prototypes and customer evaluations

· Participates and/or leads design reviews and records meeting notes and lessons learned.

· Evaluates and approve design changes, specifications, and drawing releases to ensure compliance with both internal and external specifications and standards.

· Controls drawings, models, and other applicable documents.

· Shall utilize and improve engineering tools with the goal of creating and following consistent processes that ends with a predictable result. Examples of tools include Phase-Gate, FMEA, Control Plans, Engineering Change process, Tolerance Stack-up Calculations, Force Balances, Design for Manufacturing tools, Design Verification Plans, Process Validation, Capability Studies, Measurement System Evaluations, Quality Management and Production Part Approval Processes.

· Support sales staff by providing technical data to present to customers.

· Interface with other departments within and external customers and suppliers.

· Follows policies and procedures according to Quality Management System.

· All other duties as assigned.

Design Engineer

Behavioral

· Must have the potential to advance to Sr Design Engineer

· Proactive on tasks (Completes in a timely manner, uses tools to track task)

· Responsible (demonstrate that others can trust you)

· Demonstrates that he or she can be part of a solution (both technical and behavioral)

· Good verbal and written skills, in both a technical and non-technical environment

Demonstrated Competence:

· Good mechanical aptitude, and working knowledge of different materials (metals, plastics, etc.), coatings/finishes, and hardware.

· Good working knowledge of different manufacturing processes; CNC, injection molding, welding, turning, milling, etc.

· Good working knowledge of spring design

· Ability to support customer meetings and work directly with customers on design-related tasks.

· Ability to work with suppliers as it relates to prototype builds and associated changes and corrections.

· Able to design product(s) with input from others on lessons learned and best practices.

· Tends to work on projects, and not programs involving multiple designs and products.

· Participates in Root Cause analysis, DFMEAs, PFMEAs, Control Plans, Corrective Actions and other Quality activities.

· Understands the Cost of Goods (COGS) and how design impacts the material and manufacturing costs.

· Identifies design constraints and works with internal and external resources to resolve the constraints.

· Understands and utilizes all applicable processes and procedures.

Education and/or Experience:

· Bachelor's Degree (BS) from an accredited college or university in an Engineering related field or acceptable type and amount of work experience in a design role.

· 1-year design experience.

· Basic working knowledge of Microsoft Suite of products with a strong working knowledge of Excel.

· Demonstrated knowledge of SolidWorks or other 3D Modeling software.

· Experience with DFMEA, PFMEA, DOE, and other AIAG procedures preferred.

· Experience with magnetic analyses, computation fluid dynamics and finite element analysis preferred.

Why join AVIRE?

Do you have an entrepreneurial mindset? Do you like being part of high growth, high impact environments? Are you looking for an opportunity to lead a world class team intent on providing an unrivalled customer experience? If you have answered yes to these questions, we should connect!

The Avire Sussex, WI team is looking for a highly driven, highly motivated individual to take us to new heights. In this role, you will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and deploying the resources necessary to ensure our manufacturing capabilities grow with the organization focusing on continuous improvement--ensuring that our team is supported to effectively build high-quality products for our customers. Our assembly team is critical to our success as an organization as we produce high quality products that surpass customer expectations. You will be a part of a team of dedicated Production, Shipping and Receiving personnel, Supply Chain professionals, Technical Support Specialists, and Operations experts with the collective goal of supplying high quality products with a best-in-class lead-time exceeding our customer’s highest expectations. Further, you will be a part of a team that has a track record of delivering double digit compound growth while supporting each other. This position reports to the Operations Manager.

What you will do:

1. Sets clear, attainable production-level and cell-level production targets and direct the team to meet these objectives.
2. Manage daily production activities for the assembly cells including scheduling, production quality, material shortages and nonconformance reporting.
3. Manage the production employees, including performance management, health and safety, and individual training & development.
4. Work cross-functionally to ensure effective production processes and align resources to meet both customer & business demands.
5. Work directly with product management to ensure sustainable production for critical products while providing guidance to drive design for manufacturing/design for automation improvements. Facilitates new product integration and manages related engineering changes.
6. Build a culture of continuous improvement to ensure effective labor and materials management are engrained in everyday activities. Support continuous improvement initiatives and implement and evaluate outcomes.
7. Work directly with operational leadership to manage production requirements in alignment with business objectives & strategies and prepare monthly production reports.
8. Maintain production standards to ensure accurate labor reporting and costing.
9. Ensure compliance with local standards and maintains a safe working environment.
10. Perform other duties as assigned.

We want someone who displays:

Action-Oriented Curiosity: You readily take on challenges, and you identify and seize new opportunities. You have an outstanding history of delivering on your projects. You work on the problems that truly need solving, and you effectively challenge the organization to be better. You can cut through the clutter and focus on the priorities that align with organizational objectives.

Collaboration: You embrace the unique experiences, viewpoints, and abilities of your teammates and proactively engage those differences to come to the best possible outcome.

Empowerment: You thrive in an environment where you can make decisions. You do not shy away from taking a stand, and you recognize the importance of challenging the team to ensure that we strive for more. You take responsibility to solve customer problems the first time.

Accountability: You take responsibility for your actions, and you deliver on your commitments.

Inclusion: In all aspects of your work, you treat everyone with respect.

Performance Objectives

1. Cells are functioning effectively and team members are deployed in alignment with the needs of the business.
2. Lean principles are implemented and driven throughout the organization.
3. Performance management, including training & development, is process-driven and implemented consistently throughout the manufacturing team.
4. Plan production schedule and allocate resources to drive efficient, timely output, targeting improved productivity.

Job Skills

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Proven problem-solving proficiency
• Proven ability to lead hourly employees in a manufacturing environment
• Experience in electronics manufacturing a plus
• Experience with KPI metric management and deployment
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills to work effectively with diverse groups of people both within, and outside, of the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, engineering management, supply chain or a related field
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a production environment holding positions of progressive responsibility
• Alternative combinations of education and experience will be considered
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in a direct management position
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills at all organizational levels
• Strong decision-making skills and results-driven approach
• Proven analytical ability and familiarity with a KPI-driven operations environment
• Proficiency in Lean Principles a plus: Problem Solving, 5S, Flow, Standard Work, Kanban

Who is AVIRE?

Connecting and Protecting People. AVIRE combines 4 market-leading brands (Rath, Janus, Microkey, and Memco) within the elevator and emergency communications industries; currently offering light curtains, area of refuge, emergency telephones / GSMs, and life safety solutions. Each brand has a strong market presence, a unique identity, a distinct product range, and a long, successful history. The group has manufacturing locations in 2 countries, R&D in 2 countries and Sales & Marketing in 8 countries employing over 400 people globally.

AVIRE is part of the Halma group ( ). Halma bets on talent! We are looking for bright, ambitious people to join our team and stay for the long term. With over 50 businesses under its ownership, Halma is a great place to start, advance, or accelerate your career.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Organizational bonus plan
• Complete benefits package including health, dental & vision insurance, 401K, paid vacation, paid holidays, and generous parental leave
• Professional development training opportunities
• Company events (i.e. bbq’s, lunches, bowling and much more)!
• 4 x 10 hour schedule Monday – Thursday

Summary: American Tack & Hardware is a leading consumer goods designer and producer of home décor products sold through major retailers and ecommerce. We’re looking for an energetic problem solver to join our fun team that’s focused on better understanding our business and related data as well as leveraging technology to work more efficiently. The ideal candidate will have proven experience developing and implementing global sourcing strategies that deliver cost productivity while improving quality and service levels, managing supplier relationships, and implementing supplier scorecards to monitor supplier performance.

Responsibilities:

• Identify and deliver material cost productivity to the cost of goods sold leveraging continuous improvement methodologies.
• Optimize the supply chain of goods and services from our suppliers through to our customers by focusing on lead time reduction.
• Develop & own supplier scorecards evaluating on quality, pricing, delivery, adherence to corporate guidelines and other relevant metrics; work with underperforming suppliers to develop/complete required CAPA activities.
• Develop, negotiate, and execute agreement with suppliers that provides best in class services.
• Lead New Product Innovation projects from sourcing side.
• Identify new suppliers to support life cycle product strategy for new, existing, or end of life products.
• Develop comprehensive request for proposals, analysis and reporting of benchmarking information.
• Ensure that all procurement is in compliance with all applicable regulations and laws related to procurement practices and in accordance with standard practices and company policies.
• Evaluate current and new suppliers to develop and improve service levels in search of continuous improvement regarding total cost and efficiency.
• Negotiate Master Supply Agreements (including pricing, MOQ, terms, IP, and other relevant legal issues) to obtain the maximum value for each dollar of expenditure and focus on obtainment of high inventory turns.
• Participate and/or lead cross-functional teams related to quality, price, inventories and availability of materials.
• Participate in Supplier quality audits for conformance to corporate requirements.
• Collaborate with internal departments (e.g., Sales, Demand Planning, Finance, etc.) to forecast demand and manage inventory levels.
• Analyze market trends and identify opportunities for cost savings and process improvements.
• Lead, mentor, and manage one buyer/planner.
• Other tasks as required.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Relationship Management:
• Lead business reviews with key suppliers.
• Manage supplier relationships including communicating risks/opportunities with stake holders. Make recommendations for alternate suppliers, designs, and materials to reduce costs and supply risks. Will require periodic travel to supplier locations.
• Monitor the performance of suppliers to ensure they meet company standards. Develop and implement methods for improving supplier quality and service performance. Resolve claims (both internal and external) in a fair and ethical manner while protecting the long-term interests of the company.
• Build partnerships with internal stakeholders to gather and/or understand the requirements of their procurement needs; facilitate communication with internal stakeholders and suppliers.
• Procurement- Sourcing experience in the following commodities and processes from Southeastern Asia (non-China) or Mexico:
• Metal fabrication including high volume stamping and zinc die casting.
• Metal finishing including electroplating, powder coating and E-Coating.
• Turnkey or contract manufacturing of electronic CPG items such as high and low voltage LED lighting products and consumer electronics. Experience in decorative products preferred but not required.
• Demonstrated record of identifying, initiating, and delivering year over year cost savings.
• Experience with problem solving skills including the ability to analyze, think and communicate with well-supported data.
• Experience developing and implementing global sourcing strategies.
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of demand planning and manufacturing practices.
• Demonstrated success with negotiations and strategy execution.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally (up to 20%).
• Previous annual spend under management of $30MM preferred.
• Change management experience gained in a lean distribution, or six sigma environment is preferred.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Manage one buyer/planner.

Education and Experience:

•       Bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain, or Operations Management, or an equivalent combination of formal education and work experience.

•        Minimum of 8-10 years of experience in Supply Chain.

•        Experience working with NetSuite, Extensiv, or Anaplan is a plus.

•        Lean/Six-Sigma certification and/or experience is a plus.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to commute to our Brookfield, WI office
• Ability to lift 25 lbs.
• Must be able to traverse and access all areas of the warehouse.

About the Company:

American Tack & Hardware offers complete lines of distinctive decorative home accent products, including trend-forward Wallplates, cost-effective LED Nite Lites, innovative Under Cabinet Lighting, LED Battery Operated Lights, energy-saving Timers, Dimmers and Lighting Controls. We distribute to leading home centers, lighting showrooms, mass merchandisers, and drug & supermarket chains throughout North America.

American Tack & Hardware encourages innovative ideas and offers its associates a highly-interactive team atmosphere, a business casual work environment, team-building events, a full benefit package, and growth opportunities for professional development.