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NOCTI serves as the largest provider of industry-based credentials and partner industry certifications for career and technical education (CTE) and workforce preparation programs across the nation. Credentials are delivered to a variety of customers including secondary and post-secondary students, adults, teachers, states, and universities. 

Nocti Business Solutions (NBS) is a subsidiary of NOCTI and provides standardized and customized assessment services to business and industry. NBS also provides development, delivery, and management services to industry certification partners as well as Prior Learning Assessments (PLA) to individuals.

Position Summary

This position engages in activities related to all phases of the assessment development and revision process. The Product Development Coordinator assists the Division Manager in fulfilling his/her mission, vision, and priorities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop, manage, organize, and facilitate on-site and web-based assessment development/revision workshops to include job and task analyses, item and job development activities and post-development tasks.
• Engage in the development of assessment support materials including technical manuals, O*NET linkages, test administration materials, and study guides.
• Engage in the proofreading of test booklets, assessment support materials including technical manuals, O*NET linkages, item bank questions, study guides, blueprints, instructor prep packs and other documents and products to ensure correctness and consistency among multiple documents, correct spelling, good language usage, etc.
• Assist with processing and following-up on field comments submitted by clients in a timely manner.
• Assist in recruiting and managing Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) for new test development, test revisions, and other product needs.
• Communicate with SMEs regarding timelines, required work products, their comments, and concerns, and to obtain study guide content.
• Assist with recruiting sites to participate in the assessment piloting phase.
• Draft alignment crosswalks between external content providers and internal assessment blueprints and standards.
• Collaborate with both internal and external individuals on projects.
• Evaluate processes and procedures for continuous improvement.
• Represent division on various committees/teams as needed.

Education/Experience Requirements

Master’s degree in a business or education-related, workforce or organizational development field and facilitation experience with both small and large groups preferred. Consideration may be given to candidates with a bachelor’s degree and three years of experience in a related field that ensures successful performance of the job duties.  

Core Competencies

• Demonstrate strong small and large group facilitation skills.
• Demonstrate strong proofreading skills (e.g., ensuring information is accurate and consistent across multiple documents).
• Ensure all materials produced are error-free (e.g., grammar, spelling, formatting, punctuation).
• Demonstrate proficiency in using word processing, spreadsheet, email, presentation, database, web-based meeting and other collaboration programs, and be willing to learn other programs/software as needed.
• Maintain an overall understanding of the organizations’ scope of work and the client base served.
• Assure understanding of terminology related to the current credentialing marketplace.
• Monitor and evaluate processes and procedures for quality and continuous improvement and make recommendations as appropriate.
• Develop and maintain a broad understanding of work processes, operational flow of each division, and overall organizational procedures.
• Ensure strong customer service skills.
• Utilize project management-related skills.
• Exhibit effective organizational skills.
• Ensure published findings (both internal and external) have been researched and verified.

Skills and Abilities

To perform this job, an individual must be able to successfully demonstrate the following key employability skills:

• Communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Utilize time management techniques and prioritize as appropriate.
• Maintain a positive attitude and a willingness to be flexible.
• Collaborate as an effective member of a team.
• Problem solve and identify potential solutions.
• Work well under pressure and adhere to deadlines.
• Exhibit professionalism and confidentiality at all times.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Physical Demands/Work Environment

• While performing the duties of the job, the employee is normally required to sit, stand, and communicate verbally in an office setting.
• The physical location of the setting is an office at corporate headquarters in Big Rapids, Michigan.
• Frequent small group and telephone communication is required.
• Employee may be exposed to loud noise produced by office machines (e.g., printer, copier, scanner).
• Travel and evening hours will be required.

NOCTI

Acara Solutions is looking for a Product Line Manager for an establish and growing Client in the medical device/ electronics industry.

• Direct Placement
• Remote or onsite in either Boston, MA or Long Island, NY
• $150k (flexible based on experience)
• Excellent benefits package and bonus structure
• Travel, both domestic and international, up to 25% of work time

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manages lifecycles of multiple Client product lines from concept through launch, to end of life and obsolescence. These products lines will likely be at different stages of their respective lifecycles.
• Reports to Senior Management on the P&L performance of assigned Product Lines.
• Monitors global market trends for new opportunities, and refines understanding of user needs in Client target markets through research and customer visits.
• Assesses viability of product concepts & customization requests to meet worldwide market, financial, and technology goals.
• Defines product plans, including critical features, price targets, profit, return on investment (ROI), competitive strength, and value delivery.
• Guides development and manages tradeoffs of specifications & schedules for new products and/or services.
• Manages engineering priorities for assigned product lines assuring alignment of engineering efforts with business goals and customer requirements.
• Interfaces with Global Sales, Research and Development, Engineering, Worldwide Customer Support, Operations, Corporate Marketing, Quality, and other partners to ensure new offerings meet technical specifications, cost targets, delivery commitments, and achieve customer adoption.
• As needed, coordinates with external partners, Business Development, alternative channels, and third-party integrators.
• With Corporate Marketing, drives naming, positioning, literature, collateral, web content, and launch activities.
• Coordinates regular forecasting and demand analysis with Sales.
• May be responsible for managing Product Managers and other Marketing staff members directly reporting to this position, including personnel issues, budgets, and activities.
• Uses market research and competitive analysis as needed in these activities to maximize Client global market advantage.
• Defines and implements sustaining & end-of-life strategies for mature or declining product lines.
• Assists with annual business planning, marketing tools, and infrastructure as needed.

EXPERIENCE:

Required

• B.S. in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or Science, or equivalent.
• 7 years’ experience with High Voltage power products (AC/DC or DC/DC) or High Voltage applications in a product management / product marketing or related position.

Preferred

• Advanced degree, including M.S., Ph.D., or MBA
• Experience of the Medical and Life Science Markets with knowledge of end-equipment design needs and lifecycles highly desirable..

Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct, and Aleron?s strategic partner, SDI) are Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, sex, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. The Aleron companies welcome and encourage applications from diverse candidates, including people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for applicants taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.

Acara Solutions, An Aleron Company

This is an on-site opportunity. *Only candidates residing in the Austin, TX area will be considered.

Job Title: Product Manager

Client Location: Austin, TX

Starting: ~3 weeks from offer

Salary/Pay Rate: $49.99/Hour W2 + Benefits & 401k match

Hours: Full-time

Duration: 11 months with potential to extend/convert

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

In this role, you will support the digital messaging channel and platform health strategy, including how we make data driven decisions. You will also contribute to the product roadmap with the digital messaging leadership team including our technical partners. You will work alongside the team of product managers who will implement tools, processes and reporting to ensure a performant, scalable, and reliable system.

The team is responsible for:

• Strategy – Envision the future and build the near-term and long-term outcome oriented roadmaps for the health of the digital messaging platform and channels
• Execution – Own and drive the definition, creation, development and implementation of solutions that gauge the health of our platform and channel
• Client service – Ensure reliability of systems to deliver digital messaging to our clients and provide scalable production support processes to resolve client issues
• Partnership – Collaborate with technology, design, marketing and others in delivering value to our clients

What you’re good at:

• You will be part of a hardworking team of digital product managers, who oversee the implementation and ongoing production support health of the channel.
• You will focus on outcomes and use OKRs to get results for our clients, firm and team.
• You will support the creation of capabilities which enhance our client’s digital messaging platform and channels.
• You will support the generation of new ideas based on data, analytics, insights, market trends, and interactions with partners, clients and prospects.
• You will own the product roadmap for the production support team
• You will participate in monthly and quarterly statement audits
• You will champion Agile methodologies, leading and participating in the product owner activities including daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning sessions, backlog prioritization, user story preparation and demos.
• You will execute brilliantly in a fast paced environment.
• You will work cross-functionally with technical, design, business, and compliance counterparts to define product release requirements and investigate production issues as they arise.
• You will balance functionality against complexity on a highly visible platform which will serve tens of millions of clients.
• You will be contribute to developing, monitoring and reporting on key metrics for performance, availability, security and scalability of the platform and channels.
• You will contribute to the awareness and engagement plan for channel health and provide relevant and concise updates to partners and leadership teams.
• You will serve as a channel subject matter authority and evangelist to partners.

What you’ll have:

• Enjoy being a leader with vision who naturally challenges the status quo
• Strategic problem solver with the ability to formulate compelling vision and strategy and translate that to substantial roadmaps and results.
• Strong knowledge base and experience developing or leading digital platforms, coupled with knowledge of the underlying technology, both current and emerging.
• Experienced in creating clarity in the performance, security and availability of our platform and channel as well as how to optimize the client experience in relation to performance, security and availability
• Ability to influence and build strong relationships across multiple levels of the organization
• Highly developed communication and presentations skills with a superior ability to effectively communicate and present complex concepts and issues to leadership teams.
• Skilled at working cross-functionally with technology, service, marketing and product teams to lead the entire lifecyle of a digital platform.
• Prior experience as an Agile Product Owner or leading scrum teams is preferred, with a deep understanding of agile.
• Prior experience with scaled agile and SAVE models preferred.
• Curiosity, a can-do attitude and the ability to learn quickly and thrive in a complex, dynamic environment
• Self-starter with outstanding organizational skills and ability to track multiple project deliverables with minimal direction
• Confidence communicating and tailoring messaging to a variety of audiences, including senior leadership
• Good understanding and/or experience with financial services regulations is a plus
• Bachelor’s degree required (MBA preferred)
• 4+ years digital product owner experience

Aquent

Role/Title: Digital Marketing Manager (CRM)

Location: Horsham, PA

Salary Range: 80,000 – 96,000

Hybrid – 3 days in office

Clutch Creative is a rapidly growing staffing agency. We support our clients by identifying unreachable talent that helps their businesses grow.

Our candidates work with us because they know we have the best opportunities available to them and will help them navigate their next career move.

We care, we’re honest, and we hustle—that’s what makes us Clutch.

Clutch is looking for a Digital Marketing Manager for a client of ours.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and manage a lead generation and nurturing strategy.
• Manage budgets and exceed campaign goals based on key metrics, with a focus on order volume.
• Provide timely reports and analysis on campaign and channel performance.
• Manage relationships with third-party vendors for CRM campaign execution.
• Lead strategy development and oversee a team implementing personalized email, SMS, and push notification campaigns.
• Monitor and advocate best practices for email, SMS, and push notification performance.
• Collaborate with internal teams to develop customer journeys and campaigns.
• Create and execute a testing framework to optimize growth, customer experience, and sales.
• Analyze email campaign metrics, including unsubscribe and bounce rates, ensuring compliance with regulations.
• Stay updated on competitive CRM landscape and trends, implementing test and learn approach for channel optimization.

Required skills:

• degree and minimum of 5 years experience in email marketing, lead generation, marketing automation, web analytics, and team management.
• Ability to multitask and meet deadlines.
• Collaborative team player with independent work capabilities.
• Up-to-date knowledge of email marketing trends and measurement.
• Experience with CRM and email marketing, with SMS marketing as a plus.
• Familiarity with Google Analytics preferred.
• Proven track record in audience segmentation, campaign development, and customer engagement.
• Strong project management skills, including timeframes, dependencies, and risk assessment.
• Analytical mindset with ability to handle and analyze large datasets.
• Attention to detail and results-oriented mindset.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

Must be able to work in the Horsham, PA area and have the required skills to be considered for this role.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply today.

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Clutch

Williams Lea is hiring for a Digital Marketing Coordinator for our Columbus, OH office to work Monday to Friday 9:00 am to 5:30 pm!

Pay: $25.00+/hour

Benefits:

• Various health insurance options & wellness plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Drug)
• 401k Retirement Savings Plan Including Employer Match
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Life Insurance
• Paid Parental Leave
• Short-term & Long-term Disability
• Healthcare & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Domestic Partner Coverage
• Commuter Benefits
• Legal Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Access to on-site Gym and Café
• Company Provided Parking
• Additional Employee Perks and Discounts

Job qualifications

■ Associate’s or bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications or business preferred. An equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be considered in lieu of the degree when the experience has been directly related to the functions of the role.

■ Two years’ experience in a professional service organization required. 2+ years’ experience preferred; law firm experience and pitch/proposal experience a plus.

■ Advanced MS Office skills with understanding of Word formatting

■ Excellent organizational skills, time management and ability to multitask

■ Excellent Attention to detail with emphasis on accuracy and quality.

■ Familiarity with Vuture, InterAction or other CRM applications, ,

■ HTML knowledge required

■ Strong verbal and written communications skills

■ Ability to build strong relationships with clients

Job duties

(* denotes an “essential function”)

■ Layout, test and circulate HTML email drafts with Business Development teams, partners and others, making changes as needed.

■ Assist in building distribution lists and segmenting contacts in the CRM database across multiple criteria for mailings.

■ Send emails using the email merge tools.

■ Help to enforce the firm’s data protection and anti-spam policies related to this work.

■ Make HTML email templates and change existing templates to support business needs.

■ Configure, test and set up email layout and web response forms to support global Business Development email campaign tracking, and event registration and management.

■ Create InterAction folders and fields to support events.

■ Produce follow-up reports and metrics for email campaigns and events.

■ Help to support global team on consistent email marketing system usage.

■ Suggest improvements to the business processes, and to reports generated by the system.

■ Perform data stewarding duties to assist in the maintenance and administration of client and contact data in the firm’s Client Relationship Management system.

■ Troubleshoot bugs, broken links and other problems.

■ Performs other responsibilities and ad hoc tasks as assigned

Who we are: In a rapidly changing world, the ability to innovate and break new ground drives progress. Williams Lea has harnessed this ability for more than 200 years.

Our 5,200+ talented employees worldwide are experts in delivering efficient business processes in complex and highly regulated environments.

We’re always progressing. Connecting technology with expertise and strong processes to transform support services. As we enter our third century, we continue helping businesses thrive in a future driven by digitization and virtualization.

It is the policy of Williams Lea to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity of expression, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law.

Williams Lea is a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing.

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Williams Lea

Role/Title: Director of Digital Marketing

Location: Nashville, TN

Salary Range: 85,000 – 100,000

Onsite

Clutch Creative is a rapidly growing staffing agency. We support our clients by identifying unreachable talent that helps their businesses grow.

Our candidates work with us because they know we have the best opportunities available to them and will help them navigate their next career move.

We care, we’re honest, and we hustle—that’s what makes us Clutch.

Clutch is looking for a Director of Digital Marketing for a client of ours.

• Responsibilities:Control campaign spending, optimize performance, and offer strategic recommendations.
• Review and edit content for SEO compliance and stay updated on industry trends.
• Conduct A/B tests, collaborate with designers, and troubleshoot website issues.
• Manage and optimize digital marketing campaigns, including budget monitoring, bid management, keyword research, on-site conversion, and strategies.
• Coordinate with clients, executives, and creative director for timely campaign launches.
• Develop and maintain microsites, advertising ecosystems, and track campaign components.
• Generate reports, provide updates, and create visually appealing PowerPoint presentations.

• Required skills:Familiarity with programmatic platforms and Google Tag Manager.
• Ability to build landing pages in WordPress, with knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript as a plus.
• 5-7 years of digital marketing experience, specializing in paid campaigns.
• 3-5 years of digital strategy and leadership experience.
• Proficiency in data-driven marketing strategies and organizational skills.
• Competence in Microsoft Office 365 and digital analytics tools like Google Analytics.
• Experience with data visualization tools like Google Data Studio.
• Self-motivated with a growth mindset, and agency experience is beneficial.

Must be able to work in the Nashville, TN area and have the required skills to be considered for this role.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply today.

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Clutch

This role has a hybrid work arrangement (1-2 days a week in our NYC office). That said, we value flexibility and if you have a different preference, please do not let that deter you from applying – let’s talk about it!

Energy storage is the key to unlocking a future where our world is powered by renewable resources. At Convergent Energy and Power, our mission is to make the electrical grid cleaner, more reliable, and less expensive by leveraging state-of-the-art energy storage and distributed generation technologies. We encourage people from minority or marginalized groups to apply. If you don’t meet 100% of the below qualifications, but see yourself contributing, please submit an application. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States or Canada. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment-based visa at this time.

Convergent’s Product Strategy Manager role is responsible for driving the growth of our energy storage products. The Product Manager uses strategic frameworks to identify the product strategy and tactics needed to drive long-term results. This person knows our buyers and our competitors and uses data to develop strategic insights about the future of our products and our go-to-market (GTM) strategy.

What You’ll Do

• Develop GTM strategy by estimating market size, identifying the best target segments, and positioning solutions in the most attractive way.
• Support the development of long-term organizational strategy and present findings, projections, and recommended actions.
• Manage and contribute to strategic projects utilizing problem solving frameworks.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative market research as necessary to inform GTM strategy.
• Assess market trends and competitors to identify threats and opportunities.
• Analyze historic sales metrics to help refine GTM strategy.
• Plan the launches of new products, and manage the cross-functional implementation of the plan
• Develop external collateral and train the sales team how to use it

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business or engineering
• 4+ years of experience in management consulting or strategic planning
• Ability to analyze data, synthesize insights, and communicate key takeaways
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of strategic problem solving and frameworks, and project management skills
• Must be a strong public speaker, comfortable in front of large, senior groups, and a solid writer
• Excellent people and management skills to interact with cross-functional teams and third parties
• Proficient in productivity applications such as Microsoft Office

Benefits

Our priority at Convergent Energy and Power is to ensure that every team member feels valued and supported to have a healthy balance between work life and personal life. We believe a full life outside of the office makes for a happier, healthier team. We support that by offering robust benefits such as but not limited to, the following:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Vacation, Sick, and Volunteer days
• 401K with an employer safe harbor match
• Special Vendor Discounts on programs for:
  • Fertility, Surrogacy, and Adoption
  • Global Travel Assistance
  • Pet Care
  • Fitness Programs
  • Alternative Medicine
  • Identity theft and fraud prevention

Base Salary Range: $130,000- $150,000; Salary Commensurate with Qualifications and Experience.
Convergent is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, height, weight, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements in the country where we operate. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected]

Convergent Energy and Power

The Manager, eCommerce, is responsible for overseeing the implementation and execution of SHRM’s eCommerce strategy. This role requires a seasoned professional with experience in Adobe Commerce or Magento, who will lead a team focused on optimizing the SHRMStore’s functionality and performance. The Manager, eCommerce will collaborate cross-functionally to drive all aspects of the eCommerce business, with a strong emphasis on enhancing the customer experience, increasing product visibility, and maximizing revenue. The ideal candidate should possess project management skills, a deep understanding of eCommerce and digital platforms, and a solid knowledge of data analytics.

Responsibilities

• Strategy Development: Collaborate with the senior leadership team to develop and implement SHRM’s eCommerce strategy, aligning it with the organization’s overall goals and objectives.
• Team Leadership: Lead and manage a team responsible for executing the eCommerce strategy, ensuring team members have clear goals, resources, and support to achieve objectives.
• SHRMStore Optimization: Continuously analyze and improve the functionality and performance of the SHRMStore, leveraging Adobe Commerce or Magento to enhance the online shopping experience and increase conversion rates.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with other teams, including Marketing, Product Management, IT, and Customer Service, to align eCommerce initiatives with broader organizational objectives and drive seamless integration.
• Customer Experience Enhancement: Implement strategies and initiatives to improve the customer journey, including website navigation, search functionality, product recommendations, and personalized content.
• Revenue Generation: Develop and execute revenue growth strategies, including pricing optimization, promotional campaigns, and cross-selling opportunities, to maximize sales and meet revenue targets.
• Data Analysis: Utilize data analytics tools and platforms to gather insights, monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), identify trends, and make data-driven decisions to improve eCommerce performance.
• Budgeting & Planning: Develop and manage the full profit and loss for SHRM’s eCommerce business, in partnership with the Director.
• Project Management: Manage eCommerce projects from initiation to completion, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and quality standards, while effectively coordinating resources and stakeholders.
• Training and Governance: Develop business processes ensuring high levels of quality, efficiency, and responsiveness; create and maintain eCommerce standard operating procedures (SOPs) and training resources and facilitate training for product owners across SHRM.
• Industry Knowledge: Stay updated on the latest eCommerce trends, best practices, and emerging technologies, and proactively apply this knowledge to enhance SHRM’s eCommerce capabilities.

Education & Work Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Marketing, or a related field (advanced degree preferred), or extensive experience with similar eCommerce responsibilities.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in eCommerce management or a similar role.
• Proven experience with any major eCommerce platform such as Demandware, ATG, WebSphere Commerce, Magento or similar tool required, including setup, configuration, and customization. Adobe/Magento Commerce cloud preferred.
• Experience with NetSuite preferred.
• Experience working with major team collaboration or equivalent project management tools such as Confluence, JIRA, or MS Project.
• Experience in business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) digital commerce.
• Experience driving decisions using web analytics, online consumer insights, and behavioral trends.
• Proven success in developing and managing project plans, managing ongoing risks and issues, driving, and managing project scope, and providing executive level status updates.
• Demonstrated success serving as liaison between business units and technology teams.

Certifications

• PMP certification preferred.
• SCRUM certification a plus.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Strong understanding of eCommerce and digital platforms, including website design, customer experience, and conversion rate optimization (CRO).
• Proficiency in project management methodologies and tools, with a track record of successfully managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills, including time management, attention to detail, multitasking, and prioritization.
• Data-driven mindset with a solid understanding of data analytics and reporting tools to measure performance, identify trends, and drive improvements.
• Excellent leadership and team management skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate a diverse team.
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities, with the capacity to work effectively across cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Strong business judgment and decision-making skills; ability to identify, prioritize, and articulate highest impact initiatives.
• Skill in developing and delivering organizational-level training.
• Strong understanding of development life cycles, testing, implementation, systems administration, and post-implementation support processes.
• Working knowledge of digital infrastructure and tracking methods including cookies, tag management, cross device measurement technologies.
• Working knowledge of industry standards such as responsive websites, search engine optimizations and web compliance guidelines preferred.
• Familiarity with the HR industry or membership-based organizations is a plus.

Work environment

• Work is regularly performed in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment. This job requires occasional travel 0-10%.

SHRM

company information

fairlife, LLC is a Chicago-based dairy company that creates great-tasting, nutrition-rich and value-added products to nourish consumers.

With more than $1B in annual retail sales, fairlife’s growing portfolio of delicious, lactose-free, real dairy products includes: fairlife® ultra-filtered milk; Core Power® High Protein Shakes, a sports nutrition drink to support post-workout recovery; fairlife® nutrition plan™, a nutrition shake to support the journey to better health.

A wholly owned subsidiary of The Coca-Cola company, fairlife, LLC has been recognized by both Fast Company and Nielsen for its industry leading innovation.

The company is driven by its values of caring for people, the animals that supply us with milk, and the planet. By providing nourishing products, implementing stringent care standards for animals, and stewarding efficient operations and responsible packaging, fairlife, LLC puts a focus each day on making a positive impact for all.

To learn more about fairlife and its complete line of products, please visit fairlife.com.

job purpose:

As fairlife continues to experience exponential growth as a company, we are looking for a Procurement Manager to help advance the strategic sourcing and procurement operations within our Supply Chain Team. This role is directly responsible for managing and overseeing all aspects of developing and implementing sourcing strategies that align with fairlife’s strategic objectives. The Senior Procurement Manager, Ingredients will be tasked with ensuring stable, long-term supply of ingredients with a focus on supplier selection, relationship management and price negotiation. This role delivers value by ensuring fairlife sources the highest quality, most cost-effective materials from a reliable, high performing supply base.

responsibilities:

• Plan, organize, direct, and control activities related to strategic sourcing for ingredients.
• Execute robust category strategies that optimize the supply base, reduce dependence on sole sourced suppliers and ensure consistent continuity of supply.
• Identify, support, and implement raw material cost reduction opportunities.
• Lead Request for Proposal (RFP) process to ensure consistent lowest total cost of ownership.
• Develop and execute vendor agreements in close collaboration with Legal Team.
• Manage vendor relationships, track performance, and communicate performance feedback.
• Identify risks and vulnerabilities within procurement and commodity management and develop risk mitigation strategies to build a more resilient supply base
• Collaborate with Planning Team on inventory flow & order optimization opportunities.
• Support R&D Team in innovation and sustainability projects involving supplier & material selection.
• Assist in the development and management of annual material cost budgets.
• Analyze and forecast market inflation trends and work to address any price variances to budget.
• Monitor, track and report on savings and key performance indicators for category
• Resolve any unforeseen problems with suppliers relating to operations, purchasing or quality/performance.
• Daily collaboration with cross-functional project teams, acting as a support function for any project needs related to strategic sourcing.

skills/qualifications required:

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, procurement, food science, engineering, or related fields required. Master’s degree in supply chain or related fields preferred.
• 5-7+ years of Procurement Category Management experience or equivalent.
• Strong knowledge base of ingredient markets, ingredient costing and ingredient suppliers.
• Master in negotiation, value generation.
• Strong project management background desired with experience in CPG environment.
• Proactive business results-focus, and proven ability to provide insights that generate value and drive savings in spend.
• Ability to influence senior leadership teams at Plant level and Corporate Function level.
• Experience working cross-functionally with R&D, Supply Chain, and Marketing in the development and commercialization of new products.
• Ability to handle ambiguity and work in a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment.

position location: Chicago, IL

reports to: VP, Procurement & Commodities

travel requirements: Up to 35%

fairlife, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. All qualified applicants and employees will be given equal opportunity. Selection decisions are based on job-related factors.

In addition to its nondiscrimination commitment, the Company will also provide reasonable accommodation of qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on the Company. If you have a disability and would like to request accommodation in order to apply for a position with us, please email [email protected].

fairlife, LLC

Part of News Corp, The Sun is a global publisher and one of the biggest news brands in the UK.

Our talented, and diverse team publishes the best coverage of news, sport, TV, showbiz, news, and lifestyle.

In early 2020 we launched a US edition, building the team from 20 to 130 staffers, surpassing all revenue and traffic targets to become one of the fastest-growing news sites in the US.

We are now looking for a Digital Video Producer to join a growing team of eight on the video desk.

This fast-paced role is based in New York and will require some evening and weekend work as you lead the quick and clickable distribution of the site’s digital content.

As well as editing, you will also be tasked with filming content for reporters (and your own ideas) and helping run the in-house studio for TV hits.

Along with a competitive salary and excellent benefits including healthcare, optical, dental, and 401K, the role also boasts a generous PTO of 26 days, plus 6 public holidays.

You will be:

• An outstanding video editor with expertise in Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects
• Have experience working in a fast-paced, breaking news environment (ideally at a national level), and delivering to tight deadlines
• Adept at sourcing new and viral videos and organizing all elements of production shoots both in-studio and on location as well as writing briefs for videographers and journalists
• Full of ideas on how best to produce original content for editorial and social media consumption and have a proven track record of production

You will need:

• An editorial background with experience in a digital publishing environment
• An understanding of The US Sun’s audience and the kinds of stories that drive traffic
• To be able to deal with agencies who sell video content
• To be able to regularly deal with other departments in the business
• To have a full understanding of the legal landscape and knowledge of content rights
• To be open to a flexible schedule, including evening and weekend shifts

This is a fantastic opportunity to join News Corp in a high-performance team and grow your career in a supportive environment.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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