Jobs in Auburn Hills

The Sales Supervisor is responsible for assisting the Store Management staff in maximizing sales, providing an exceptional shopping experience for the customer and managing the store in accordance with the company visual and operational standards. The Sales Supervisor assumes responsibility for the operations of a store as “Manager-on-Duty” in the absence of the Store Manager and Assistant Manager. This opportunity is based in our Somerset Collection store.

Responsibilities:

SALES LEADERSHIP:

• Assumes Manager’s role in supervising staff in absence of Store Manager and Assistant Manager
• Strives for sales excellence and results
• Ensures selling standards are met
• Works with customers and models excellent customer service and clienteling skills
• Maximizes sales through strong floor supervision

ASSOCIATE DEVELOPMENT:

• Ensure associates are trained on product knowledge, selling skills and customer service and operations
• Provides information and feedback for Sales Associates
• Team sells with Sales Associates to contribute to the development of the selling team

OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE:

• Controls company’s assets, i.e. key control, loss prevention measures, inventory paperwork and company standards of conduct per the employee handbook
• Strives for 100% accuracy and compliance in cash, inventory, fixtures and property

STORE STANDARDS:

• Helps execute floor-set and promotional directives
• Works as a member of the team to insure all store standards are met
• Understands, supports and complies with all company policies and procedures

MERCHANDISING/VISUAL:

• Ensure the selling floor is neat, clean, organized and reflects the correct visual image at all times
• Ensure presentation of all displays, fixtures and all visual areas are reflective of current visual direction

FASHION/STYLING:

• Represents the fashion and style of Veronica Beard
• Knowledge of current fashion trends and styles
• Appreciation and demonstration of an overall finished fashion look

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Ability to operate computer/cash register
• Standing, walking, bending, squatting, twisting and climbing ladders 6-12 feet
• Simple grasping, pushing, lifting and or carrying things with right/left-hand which weigh 3-15 pounds

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Ability to create a quality working environment that will encourage others to develop and excel
• Foster a work climate that inspires mutual trust, respect, professionalism and teamwork to achieve goals

Requirements:

• 1- 2 years retail Store Management position/ experience in women’s apparel (or related field)
• Ability to work flexible schedule including nights and weekends
• Strong verbal and communication skills (Spanish speaking is a plus)
• Strong observation skills – identifying and assessing customer and employee behavior, reactions, and floor awareness
• Ability to retain and utilize data, i.e. names, merchandise, information, policies and procedures

At Veronica Beard, we are committed to creating and maintaining a workplace where every single employee can thrive and feel valued. As a company, we firmly believe that there is strength in diversity. We seek to recruit talent from a variety of perspectives and backgrounds and are actively seeking candidates with a dedication to advancing equity, inclusion, and racial and social justice in their work.

Veronica Beard is committed to an environment of mutual respect and is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer. No employee or applicant is discriminated against because of race, color, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protected class.

LOGISTICS FOR THE INDUSTRIOUS

At Venture, we help our clients deliver their products, their promises, and their potential every day. If you believe in delivering great customer service, value partnership, and are always looking for a challenge, we’d like to meet you.

POSITION SUMMARY

The role of our key account manager is to manage, retain and grow our client relationships. Act as the primary, long-term point of contact, develop a strategic partnership with all of our customers, negotiate contracts, identify upsell opportunities and ensure client satisfaction to maximize revenue and loyalty.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS FOR THIS POSITION

• Ownership for multiple customers
• Frequent interaction with customers via email, phone or in person (some overnight travel required)
• Coordinate cross-functional communication both internally and externally
• Play an active role in the new business launch process by driving flawless execution of customer expectations
• Monitor expected volume and revenue vs. actual volume and revenue
• Customer reporting of KPIs both internally and externally
• Address issues and escalations in a profession and courteous manner, both internal and external
• Identification of continuous improvement opportunities that drive efficiency, reduce cost and improve customer satisfaction
• Ensure accurate billing and revenue recognition
• Act as a point of escalation for unpaid account receivables

REQUIRED EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree (preferred)
• 7+ years customer facing experience, preferably in a 3PL environment

PREFERRED EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree (AND/OR) 2+ years experience

REQUIRED SKILLS (TECHNICAL, CLERICAL, LANGUAGE, ETC.)

• Microsoft office
• Proficient in excel and outlook
• 3PL experience is a plus
• Fluent reading and writing English required

PREFERRED SKILLS (TECHNICAL, CLERICAL, LANGUAGE, ETC.)

• Ability to Multi-task
• Team-oriented
• Strong customer service skills
• Communication, both verbal and electronic, in a professional manner
• Excellent Organizational Skills
• Excellent Problem-Solving Skills
• Continuous-improvement Mindset
• Lean Six Sigma methodology

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Mostly computer work with phone and email communication

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Office environment
• Occasional overnight travel
• 4 days onsite, 1 day remote

OTHER INFORMATION

• The essential job functions and major job functions are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the job functions that an individual will be required or expected to perform.
• Position Descriptions may be changed or revised by the Company from time to time at its sole discretion.

BENEFITS

• Competitive Pay
• Opportunity for career advancement
• Generous Vacation / Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• 401K with company match from day 1
• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance

This Position Description is not intended to guarantee, and does not guarantee, ongoing employment or employment for a definite term, either in this position or with the Company. Absent an enforceable written contract to the contrary, and to the fullest extent allowed by federal, state and local law, an employee’s employment relationship with the Company is at-will.

About the Company:

Northstar Painting has been proudly serving Michigan homeowners and businesses since 1999. What started as a small local operation has grown into a trusted name in both residential and commercial painting, with a reputation for quality, service, and community focus. As we expand our reach, we're building a team of competitive, motivated professionals who want to grow with us.

About the Role:

We’re looking for a self-motivated Business Development Representative with a passion for field sales and client relationships to join our team in Birmingham, MI. If you're confident speaking with people face-to-face, thrive on building connections, and want to be rewarded for your results, this could be a perfect fit. This role blends outside sales, estimating, and community networking, you'll be on the front lines of our business, helping businesses start their next big project.

Responsibilities:

Sales & Client Engagement:

• Prospect and generate new leads through local outreach, networking, referrals, and inbound inquiries
• Meet with business owners to understand their needs and explain our services
• Present estimates, proposals, and service plans in a professional and confident manner
• Follow up with leads, build relationships, and close deals
• Represent Northstar Painting at local events, community functions, and networking groups

Estimating & Project Prep:

• Conduct site visits to gather project details for estimating
• Request and evaluate subcontractor and vendor quotes
• Prepare accurate bids and proposals
• Work closely with the operations team to hand off signed projects smoothly

Qualifications:

Must-Haves:

• 3+ years of experience in field sales, outside sales, or home service-based business development
• Strong people skills and confidence in face-to-face meetings
• Self-starter who’s organized, coachable, and results-driven
• Basic knowledge of project scoping or estimating (or willingness to learn)
• Driver’s license and reliable transportation
• Familiarity with the Metro Detroit area

Nice-to-Haves:

• Experience in painting, roofing, landscaping, or construction industry
• Existing network within local homeowner or commercial markets
• CRM experience or comfort with sales tracking tools
• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Business, or a related field preferred; an equivalent combination of education and industry experience will also be considered.

Pay range and compensation package:

• Base salary + commission
• Health insurance
• Career growth and advancement opportunities

Equal Opportunity Statement:

Northstar Painting is committed to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace.

Akkodis is seeking a Design Release Engineer for a Contract 12+ Months job with a client in Auburn Hills, MI.

Rate Range: $40/hour to $42/hour; on W2. The rate may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.

Design Release Engineer

Interface with cross functional team to design and develop functional solutions that achieve design requirements & to ensure proper design interfaces with other components, and all requirements are met.

Work with other functions Design / Releasing teams to ensure consistency in requirements, standards, and practices across programs.

Translate Functional Objectives into technical requirements and solutions

Create and analyze alternative design concepts

Integrating system components

Support Benchmarking of competitive vehicles.

Desired Qualifications:

Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, and or MBA from an ABET accredited university (or equivalent).

Experience developing Performance Standards, Creating master sections and Surface feasibility proposal for PDO.

NX and Teamcenter knowledge.

Automotive Interior Product Design components/systems.

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Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, an EAP program, commuter benefits, and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable. Disclaimer: These benefit offerings do not apply to client-recruited jobs and jobs that are direct hires to a client.

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New global company establishing Americas HQ .

The VP of Global Procurement is responsible for managing the overall supplier risk, year over year supplier productivity, VAVE and driving aggressive cost reductions in partnership with the suppliers and the engineering departments. The role is also responsible for maintaining consistency in purchasing and sourcing methodology and procedures, development of sourcing & procurement strategies, vendor management, analysis & negotiation of client/supplier service level agreements and contracts, supplier relationship management and identifying and implementing process improvement. The position will lead and develop a global team of sourcing professionals responsible for building and maintaining relationships with strategic suppliers as well as managing relationships with senior internal stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Design, drive and execute the overall global sourcing strategy
• Oversee policies, checklists, and other materials that describe the organization's technical, quality, service, or reliability standards to help purchasing staff evaluate supplier proposals
• Drive overall supplier risk reduction
• Contribute to increased productivity by implementing sound negotiation strategies
• Partner with business leadership to develop and deploy world-class procurement by driving functional expertise and deep market and industry knowledge
• Lead global team, develop talent and expertise, build a strong succession plan for direct management team as well as global teams and build global procurement capability
• Develop long term strategies with robust execution plans to achieve annual operating plans to increase win rate, increase margins, improve cash-flow, reduce working capital and reduce risk
• Drive standardization across the global footprint
• Ensure contracts that allow for fluctuations with no liability for excess and obsolete inventory
• Implement vendor management system, ensuring suppliers on-time-delivery and zero-deffect quality
• Secure supplier capacity based on short term and long term plans while driving competitive cost and increasing spread to market
• Negotiate and secure global, single and multi-year supply agreements
• Collaborate with Supply Chain on medium and long range planning to improve supply of material
• Working in conjunction with site leadership, analyze business plans, production environments, and supply requirements to determine optimal sourcing strategies across geographies
• Identify and implement strategic processes and technology to drive efficiencies across team
• Determine and recommend alternate supply strategies to maintain agility while creating cost savings and/or supply support solutions
• Establish clear performance metrics for suppliers driving performance and financial responsibility
• Review major contracts for key areas of spend, and act as an expert resource for planning, procurement and complex negotiations
• Partner with other senior leadership to ensure organizational goals are met
• Oversees supplier selection process, including qualification and execution of supplier agreements
• Partner with Quality to ensure materials are qualified and meet appropriate regulatory standards

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, (Masters or MBA will be preferred)
• 15+ years of global procurement experience
• 10+ years of experience in large scale automotive and or industrial environment; global experience is a plus
• Ability to work in a very fast paced, demanding, and matrixed environment
• Skilled in influencing, negotiation, and problem resolution
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities in leading a global organization
• Demonstrated experience in developing and implementing sourcing strategies
• Business acumen to align sourcing initiatives to financial goals and customer needs and expectations
• Uncompromised Integrity, honesty and the drive to do what's best for the business
• Experience in leading global high-performing teams
• Strong communication skills: oral, written, and listening
• Expert problem-solver
• Travel required (20%-30%)

Summary

The Toyoda Gosei Group is a leading global manufacturer of rubber and plastic automotive components, safety systems and LEDs. Globally Headquartered in Japan with a network of 67 group companies in 17 countries and regions, the Group brings its extensive range of products to customers all over the world.

Toyoda Gosei North America (headquartered in Troy, MI) has an opening for a Buyer in the Purchasing department. The Buyer functions with a high degree of autonomy, and is responsible for responsible for providing professional level production related procurement for Toyoda Gosei (TG) North America Corporation (TGNA) and TGNA Manufacturing Companies (AMCs).

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Drive cost savings initiatives such as annual price review, VA/VE, and others as assigned
• Lead Annual Price Review negotiations with existing suppliers for cost reductions
• Support VA/VE activities with suppliers and TG cross functional groups to drive cost savings
• Negotiate price increases and tariffs with suppliers
• Implement sourcing & new program launch activities with new/existing materials
• Participate in new program launch activities with manufacturing plants, cross functional departments, and suppliers
• Issue, collect, negotiate and analyze RFQ’s and cost breakdowns with new and existing suppliers
• Analyze and forecast Petrochemical/Metals market data for price negotiations and budget preparation
• Maintain purchase order data and ensure approvals for upcoming purchases
• Contribute to commodity strategy development
• Communicate with TG Japan (HQ) regarding global material strategies
• Participate in Purchasing’s annual cost saving target setting and strategy development
• Partner with TG cross functional groups and locations in new material development, commercial agreement strategies, commodity sourcing strategies, and cost reduction initiatives
• Function in a highly collaborative environment where flexibility and teamwork is critical to success
• Drive optimization by being actively engaged in continuous improvement efforts
• Manage and resolve supplier issues as needed
• Travel to TG manufacturing plants and supplier as needed
• Drive optimization by being actively engaged in continuous improvement efforts (kaizen)
• This role requires the completion of other duties as assigned

Required Education, Experience, and Skills

Certifications and Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business or related field is required, or equivalent years of relevant experience is required

Experience

• 1 to 4 years of experience in Purchasing function is preferred
• Strong desire to learn all aspects of Purchasing and a willingness to expand to other commodities is preferred
• Exposure to the development of short and long-term global purchasing strategy is preferred

Physical Requirements

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Technology Competencies

• Proficiency using Microsoft Office Suites is required

Work Environment

• Office Environment

Additional Competencies

• Ability to consistently meet deadlines is required
• Effective verbal, non-verbal, negotiation and written communication skills are required
• Ability to sustain a high degree of professionalism in interacting with internal and external customers is required
• Effective attention to detail, problem solving, analytical and organizational skills are required

Benefits (subject to eligibility):

• Hybrid Work Style (if eligible)
• Insurance (Health, Dental, Vision, Prescription Drug Program)
• Company Paid STD, LTD, Life, and AD&D
• Generous Employer Contribution to HSA
• Short and Long Term Disability
• 401K Company Match
• Paid Time Off/Holidays
• Free Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)
• Reimbursement Programs (Cellphone, Tuition, Vehicle, etc.)
• Multiple Free Wellness Programs Offered