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Position Title: Director of Manufacturing

Reports to: Head of Operations

Role Description

The Director of Manufacturing will play a pivotal role in overseeing and managing the daily operations of the manufacturing facility. This individual will be responsible for planning, directing, coordinating, and ensuring the smooth operation of all activities within the plant, with an emphasis on maintaining high productivity, efficiency, safety, and the highest quality standards. The Director of Manufacturing will collaborate with various departments, which include Product Development, Marketing and Accounting, in support of all commercial and financial objectives. Departments under Director of Manufacturing’s direct leadership include production, quality control, maintenance, and logistics.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Strategy

• Lead and mentor a cross-functional team of engineers, technicians, and production staff in eyewear frame manufacturing to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence.

• Develop and implement strategies to improve product quality, process capability, and manufacturing efficiency.

• Partner with design and product development team to transition new frame designs into scalable, stable production.

• Manage day-to-day operations of in-house frame manufacturing.

• Manage capital projects and equipment upgrades to enhance production capabilities and support scaling initiatives.

• Champion a culture of craftsmanship, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Product Engineering & Product Development Support

• Develop industry standards and provide DFM (Design for Manufacturability) feedback during early design phases, influencing materials, tolerances, and construction methods for new eyewear frames.

• Translate product design into production-ready engineering documentation, including drawings, BOMs, specifications, and process routings.

• Collaborate with manufacturing engineers and product designers to develop innovative solutions for frame construction, hinge integration, and surface finishing.

• Assist in the technical training of product development and production staff on new materials and processes.

• Document, standardize, and improve processes across machining, shaping, assembly, and finishing operations.

• Introduce and sustain lean manufacturing principles to reduce waste, improve quality, and shorten lead times.

• Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions for process and product issues.

• Maintain equipment capability and recommend capital investments in manufacturing technology. • Implement measurement and inspection methods for critical-to-quality features. Operational Excellence

• Develop metrics for yield, cycle time, and productivity to develop consistent, manual master planning for more predictable production throughput.

• Coordinate with supply chain and vendor partners on components and outsourced processes (e.g., plating, coatings, laser engraving).

• Team Leadership: Successfully manages the manufacturing, quality control, and industrial design teams, comprised of a skilled labor pool of exempt and non-exempt employees. Direct and lead the team with clear priorities and goals in support of broader business initiatives and to ensure quality, efficiency and collaboration at all times. Actively develops supervisors and leads to engage and motivate the workforce. Provides ongoing training/support for continuous skill development.
• Process Optimization & Continuous Improvement: Continuously evaluate existing processes to enhance output; leverage industry expertise as well as manufacturing background to implement the most efficient manufacturing solutions for eyewear production. Identify and implement new technologies, and systems to enhance resource use and streamline operations. Constantly strive to improve the operation in support of business goals and market needs (quality, cost, efficiency, timeliness etc.)
• Equipment & Machinery Oversight: Strong knowledge of specialized equipment and machinery, with the ability to diagnose, repair, and source parts, especially in collaboration with the Maintenance Manager.
• Cross-Department Collaboration: Work closely with executive leadership and other departments to achieve organizational goals and ensure operational efficiency. Key stakeholders include Product Development, Finance, Sales, Marketing, Purchasing
• Alignment with Business Plan: Work closely with key stakeholders to ensure manufacturing plans meet the expectations of the business (ie: COGS, timing, quality etc).
• Budget Mgt and Cost Control: Establish appropriate annual plans and budgets in support of production forecasts and actively manage labor and raw material costs to ensure targets are met. Sets the foundation for growth, scalability and profitability in the manufacturing center.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Logistics, Engineering, or other industry-related field required; MBA preferred  At least ten years of manufacturing experience
• Prior experience leading teams and managing complex initiatives

Position Details

• Full-time onsite position based at our Vernon Hills, IL Headquarters

A well-established luxury real estate company is seeking a detail-oriented Director of Operations to oversee and enhance daily operations for its dynamic team in Long Grove. The Director of Operations serves as a central part of the organization, overseeing day-to-day office functions, supporting brokers and leadership, streamlining workflows, and upholding a high standard of client service. This role calls for excellent organizational ability, operational awareness, strong attention to detail, and an understanding of the luxury real estate landscape. The position offers a salary range of $70,000 to $100,000.

Responsibilities of the Director of Operations:

• Support the day-to-day operations of a high-performing residential real estate office.
• Help maintain efficient workflows across transactions, listings, and internal processes.
• Provide operational and administrative support to brokers and internal teams as needed.
• Assist with onboarding, training, and ongoing support for brokers and staff.
• Coordinate with vendors and external partners to support marketing and client service needs.
• Help ensure materials, documentation, and systems remain accurate, organized, and compliant.
• Support bookkeeping, payroll and other financial reporting functions.
• Partner with leadership on operational improvements and growth initiatives.
• Assist in maintaining technology tools and systems used by the brokerage.

Qualifications of the Director of Operations:

• A minimum of five years of experience leading operations within a real estate environment.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and manage teams, with a proven history of fostering strong, results-driven performance.
• Advanced proficiency with CRM tools, MLS systems, and industry-specific real estate technology.
• Comprehensive understanding of real estate brokerage operations, transaction workflows, and regulatory compliance (brokerage background strongly preferred).
• Outstanding organizational and time-management skills, with a keen eye for detail and the ability to juggle competing priorities in a fast-paced setting.
• Solid financial expertise, including experience with budgeting, forecasting, and tracking key performance indicators.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, paired with a polished, professional presence and a commitment to exceptional client service.

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Pride Health is seeking a Chemist (Bilingual French-English) for one of the largest food and beverage companies in North America.

Job Title: Chemist (Bilingual French-English)

Location: Glenview, IL (Hybrid - onsite Tue-Thurs - these days may be flexible with prior approval)

Job Type: Contract (with potential to convert to perm)

Length: 12-Months

Hours: M-F / Flexible 7am-3pm or 8am-4pm

Pay Rate: $22.00 - $24.50 per hour

Responsibilities:

• Develop and improve analytical testing methods.
• Implement new equipment at QA/QC labs and plant floor stations.
• Document work practices and testing methods.
• Provide training to hourly and salaried team members.
• Lead project update calls.
• Roll out state-of-the-art technologies for measuring composition and structure of substances in a manufacturing food environment.
• Support project execution.
• Document Ways of Working and Training material.

Requirements:

• 3-5 years experience
• Language Proficiency: Proficient in English. Fluent in French.
• Ability to work independently while adhering to established guidelines and instructions.
• Proficiency in computer systems, particularly Microsoft applications; strong overall computer skills required.
• Comfort and adaptability in an analytical laboratory environment.
• Industry Familiarity: Consumer Packaged Goods (Client) industry.
• Troubleshoot analytical testing systems.
• Estimated Travel Frequency: 1-2 times per month, with trips lasting 2-3 days. Travel mainly between the USA and Canada.
• The candidate should be comfortable working with minimal supervisory guidance while striving for practical, proactive, and efficient ways of working with a result-oriented mentality.

Benefits that Pride Health offers:

Pride Health offers eligible employee’s comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), a 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, identity theft protection, legal support, auto and home insurance, pet insurance, and employee discounts with some preferred vendors.

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Role Summary

The Director/Sr Director, Enterprise Data, Analytics & Integrations owns the enterprise data and reporting strategy for a large, distributed retail footprint (~900 locations). This leader is accountable for modernizing and operating the end-to-end analytics ecosystem—from ingestion and integration through semantic modeling, governance, and executive reporting—while partnering deeply with business stakeholders to drive measurable outcomes (sales, margin, inventory productivity, labor efficiency, customer experience).

This role builds and scales a pragmatic operating model (often a BI/Analytics “Center of Excellence” approach) to ensure consistent metrics, trustworthy data, disciplined governance, and high adoption across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Data & Reporting Strategy

• Define and execute a multi-year enterprise data and reporting strategy aligned to corporate and retail operating priorities (store ops, merchandising, supply chain, finance, digital/eComm).
• Establish a single source of truth for KPIs and retail performance management (enterprise metric definitions, hierarchies, dimensional models, semantic layers).
• Build a roadmap for self-service analytics that balances empowerment with governance, standardization, and security (COE patterns, standards, training, adoption).

Retail Analytics Platform Ownership (Oracle Retail Insights + Power BI + Fabric)

• Lead the functional and technical ownership of Oracle Retail Insights as a core retail BI/warehouse capability, including data sourcing, transformations, and retail-ready reporting content.
• Own enterprise reporting and visualization strategy in Power BI, including dataset design, semantic models, performance tuning, governance, and release management.
• Drive the adoption and operationalization of Microsoft Fabric (OneLake/lakehouse patterns, ingestion, transformation, warehousing, real-time/stream needs where applicable) to modernize data workflows end-to-end.

Integrations & Data Movement (Oracle Katalist and broader ecosystem)

• Own integration strategy and execution to connect retail applications, legacy systems, and cloud platforms—ensuring scalable, supportable interfaces and high-quality data synchronization.
• Establish integration standards (API strategy, event vs. batch patterns, SLAs, monitoring/alerting, incident response) and ensure resilience for store-critical and enterprise-critical feeds.
• Partner with application owners and vendors to prioritize integration backlog and deliver at retail speed (testing discipline, cutover planning, rollout across 900 locations).

Data Governance, Quality, Security, and Compliance

• Stand up data governance practices: data ownership, stewardship, data quality rules, lineage, controlled metric definitions, and change control.
• Ensure appropriate security and privacy controls (role-based access, sensitivity labels where used, auditability), especially for customer/loyalty and employee-related data.

Business Partnership & Value Realization

• Serve as a strategic partner to senior business leaders—translating business goals into analytics products and integration capabilities.
• Build a cadence of value measurement (adoption, time-to-insight, KPI improvements, reduced manual effort) and communicate progress through executive-ready dashboards and narratives.
• Lead prioritization across competing demands with a clear “enterprise first” lens.

Vendor / MSP Management and Financial Stewardship

• Manage systems integrators/MSPs delivering data engineering, BI development, and integration services—ensuring quality, velocity, security, and cost control.
• Own budgets and vendor contracts; establish outcome-based SLAs, performance scorecards, and governance routines.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years in enterprise data/analytics and/or integration leadership, with 5+ years managing teams and/or MSP/SI delivery.
• Demonstrated success building enterprise reporting strategy, KPI governance, and scalable analytics operating models (COE-style governance, enablement, and standards).
• Hands-on leadership experience with modern analytics stacks, including:
• Power BI (semantic modeling, governance, tenant/workspace standards, enterprise rollout)
• Microsoft Fabric (end-to-end analytics workflows across ingestion, transformation, warehousing/lakehouse, and reporting)
• Oracle Retail Insights (retail analytics/BI, data sourcing, retail hierarchies/metrics, operational reporting)
• Strong integration leadership: API-based integrations, ETL/ELT patterns, orchestration, monitoring, and SLAs.
• Proven ability to influence and partner across business and technology (merchandising, store ops, supply chain, finance, digital).
• Experience operating in a multi-site retail environment (hundreds of stores/locations strongly preferred).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Oracle retail ecosystem components and retail data models (merchandise, inventory, pricing, promotions, loyalty/customer).
• Experience implementing or scaling a data governance program (catalog/lineage, DQ rules, stewardship).
• Familiarity with low-code or orchestration integration platforms (including Katalist capabilities where applicable).
• Background in product management for data/analytics (roadmaps, backlogs, adoption).

Leadership Attributes / Competencies

• Retail-first mindset: understands store operations realities, field adoption, and the need for reliable daily metrics.
• Operating model builder: establishes standards, governance, and enablement that scale across functions and geographies.
• Execution + strategy: can set a vision and deliver tangible value iteratively.
• Vendor leadership: drives outcomes with MSPs/SIs through disciplined governance and measurable performance.
• Data trust champion: relentlessly improves data quality, reliability, and clarity of definitions.

At First Student, we are a family of 60,000+ employees who take pride in safely transporting more than 5 million students and passengers to and from their destinations each day! Our family of brands include Transco, Total Transportation, Maggies Paratransit, and GVC II. Our employees are at the forefront of safety and innovation; they create and implement the most advanced training and technology the transportation industry has to offer.

First Student is hiring immediately for a Mechanic for our shop serving Wheeling!

As a Technician at First Student, you will play an integral role in ensuring the safety of the children who count on us for a ride to and from school in those classic yellow buses.

Why join First as a Mechanic?

In addition to a health benefits package, 401k with company matching, paid vacations, paid holidays, and tremendous growth opportunities, we are also proud to offer our technicians:

• $24-27 per hour, based on experience and qualifications (NOT flat-rate)
• ASE incentive of $0.25/hour for each relevant ASE obtained (we pay for the training materials and exams!)
• Monday-Friday 8:30am-5:00pm full-time shift
• Annual allowances for boots and prescription safety glasses
• State-of-the-art training programs
• Discounts on cell phone plans, cars, and more through the Perk Spot program!

About First Student's Mechanic Position

At First Student, our technicians perform maintenance to ensure our fleet of newer vehicles is safe for road travel. They also use their diagnostic skills to troubleshoot issues needing repair work. As a technician at First Student, your day will include the tasks mentioned above and the following:

• Performing maintenance on brakes, suspensions, drivetrains, & transmissions
• Completing work orders
• Assisting with mobile emergency services

Mechanics and technicians are subject to DOT drug testing as a safety-sensitive employee. DOT Regulation 49 CFR Part 40 does not authorize the use of Schedule I drugs, including marijuana, for any reason.

You might be a fit for our Mechanic role if:

• You want to work in a position that meaningfully impacts your community
• You have 1-5 years of experience working with automotive, diesel, electric, or CNG vehicles
• You have a valid driver's license and a willingness to obtain a CDL (don't worry, we will train you for this!)
• You have a mechanic's tool set
• You want to grow, learn, and develop your skillset through ASE testing

For our Mechanic roles, First Student encourages applications from candidates who:

• Do not have a college degree
• Have military experience
• Are returning to the workforce
• Are looking for hourly (not flat-rate) jobs

Get your career on the road with First Student!

Position Description:

The Quality Manager will lead and oversee the Quality function at the Morton Grove site, ensuring compliance with GMP regulations, global quality standards, and customer expectations. This role will manage a team of Quality professionals and work closely with cross-functional departments to support the delivery of high-quality clinical and commercial batches.

The ideal candidate brings strong leadership skills, a solid understanding of CDMO business dynamics, and hands-on experience with clinical GMP manufacturing environments.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the Quality Assurance and Quality Control teams at the site, as well as working with Global Regulatory Affairs for RA topics.
• Ensure compliance with GMP regulations, global quality standards, and customer requirements for API manufacturing.
• Oversee batch release activities, including review and approval of clinical and commercial GMP batches.
• Develop, implement, and maintain Quality Systems (deviations, CAPA, change control, investigations, audits, etc.) to ensure a state of continuous compliance and inspection readiness.
• Act as the primary quality contact for clients, regulatory authorities, and internal stakeholders for the site.
• Support regulatory inspections and client audits; ensure timely and effective closure of observations.
• Collaborate closely with Operations, Engineering, Regulatory Affairs, and Project Management to support manufacturing and technology transfer activities.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance quality performance and operational efficiency.
• Manage and develop the Quality team through effective leadership, training, and performance management.
• Contribute to the site’s strategic planning as part of the site leadership team.

Experience & Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in chemistry, Pharmacy, Chemical Engineering, or related field.
• Proven experience in a CDMO environment, working with multiple customers and projects.
• Strong experience with clinical GMP batch manufacturing and release.
• Previous experience managing and developing teams.
• In-depth knowledge of ICH guidelines, GMP regulations (e.g., EU GMP, US FDA), and regulatory expectations.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to interact effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Quality roles within the pharmaceutical or chemical API industry.

• This is a standalone position with no direct reports and no embedded EHS team
• Reports directly to Mike, Global Director of Quality
• Acts as the primary EHS point of contact for the site
• Leads daily morning safety meetings with Production Managers, Supervisors, and the Director of Operations
• Works cross-functionally with Operations, HR, and Leadership but operates with a high degree of autonomy
  
  

• Independent and self-directed role
• Minimal day-to-day oversight; success depends on ownership and initiative
• Expected to take the lead on investigations and decision-making
• Collaborative environment when proposing or implementing improvements
  
  

• Lead and manage incident and accident investigations independently
• Partner with HR on workers’ compensation claims and related documentation
• Facilitate and lead daily safety meetings
• Maintain and manage internal safety tracking tools and spreadsheets
• Ensure existing EHS processes and procedures are followed and sustained
• Serve as the on-call safety contact as needed (rare weekend involvement)
  
  

• Champion and promote a strong safety-first culture across the site
• Identify hazards and implement preventative measures
• Develop, update, or write new safety practices and procedures as needed
• Drive safety awareness through training, communication, and leadership presence
• Collaborate with operations and leadership on safety improvements and initiatives
  
  

• Combination of proactive and reactive work
• Fast-paced manufacturing/production environment
• Mix of plant floor presence and administrative work
• High visibility role with frequent interaction across departments
• Workload requires strong prioritization and comfort managing multiple processes
  
  

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Health & Safety, Industrial Safety, or related field preferred
• 5+ years of progressive EHS experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment
• Proven experience leading investigations independently
• Strong working knowledge of OSHA and applicable safety regulations
• Ability to influence without authority and work effectively in a standalone role
• Strong communication, organization, and leadership skills
  
  

• Comfortable working independently with minimal oversight
• Confident decision-maker who takes ownership of safety outcomes
• Able to balance immediate reactive needs with long-term proactive improvements
• Respected presence on the production floor
• Passionate about building and sustaining a strong safety culture in a food manufacturing setting
  
  

LaSalle Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer m/f/d/v.

All assignments are at-will and their duration is subject to change.

• Develop and maintain short- and long-term production schedules aligned with demand forecasts and customer requirements
• Coordinate with manufacturing, procurement, and inventory teams to ensure raw material and packaging availability
• Balance production capacity, labor, and equipment constraints while minimizing downtime and changeovers
• Monitor production performance and adjust schedules in real time to address disruptions or demand changes
• Collaborate with Quality and Food Safety teams to ensure compliance with regulatory and internal standards (FDA, USDA, SQF, HACCP, GMP)
• Maintain accurate production data within ERP/MRP systems
• Analyze KPIs such as schedule adherence, inventory turns, service levels, and waste
• Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on efficiency, cost reduction, and service reliability
• Participate in S&OP and demand planning meetings as needed
  
  

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Industrial Engineering, Business, or a related field
• 2–5+ years of production planning or scheduling experience in a food, beverage, or CPG manufacturing environment
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, capacity planning, and inventory management
• Experience working with ERP/MRP systems , Ideally D365
• Working knowledge of food safety and quality standards
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
  
  

LaSalle Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer m/f/d/v.

All assignments are at-will and their duration is subject to change.