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IT Procurement Specialist-  Southeast -Atlanta

Vice President Business Development  - Southeast -Atlanta

Responsible for providing the Business Development vision and leadership to meet the corporation's short- and long-term goals and objectives through organic growth to assist in the development of the business to include:.

• Development of strategic account plans and associated Business Development roadmaps.

• Manage and direct the Capture Management functions for the company and participate in the Capture Management functions for large strategic opportunities.

• Provide the senior executive Business Development strategy for a $400 million government services corporation.

• Proactive in the market to work with national command organizations to build relationships and seek out new business opportunities.

• Accelerate the growth of the company to exceed the sales budget plan.

• Manage a team of approximately 20 individuals, including staffing, developing and maintaining budgets and metrics to lead the group.

• Lead all project management, proposal operations, production, and capture management activities. 

• Direct and oversee the proposal process to ensure that the discipline, standardization and quality are applied in all areas.

• Manage all marketing and business communications programs.

• Work closely with the corporate senior leadership team to develop and support the business plan.

• Work with third party companies to assist in the knowledge of the marketplace and target key opportunities.

• Work with the corporate management team to review and determine the strategy to "pursue or not pursue", "bid or no bid" business development opportunities.

• Work in a partnership relationship with the field operations leadership to expand and penetrate local site business opportunities. 

• Manage the co-bidder relationships to expand the business for current and new projects.

• Key point of contact from the parent company, oversees for Business Development activities.

 Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business Administration, Finance, Engineering or related field, 15+ years of senior level Business Development experience in the contracts field to US Federal government agencies. Experience as senior business development or sales executive for a medium to large company providing services to the US Government. Proven business development track record, knowledge of business development strategy methodologies, and management tools and processes. Knowledge of the Federal sector as demonstrated through a track record of securing and managing major awards from a variety of Federal agencies with an emphasis on the U.S. military divisions.

Corporate Payroll Manager- (Southeast)- Atlanta 

This fast-paced, high-growth industry leader is seeking a high-energy expert in the field of Project Management. 

Responsibilities
This position exists to lead the development and delivery installation for  a Construction related manufacturer and installer of Wall Panel Systems and Architectural Roofing Systems for individually constructed buildings. Individual will be involved in all Contracts pricing and cost estimating functions. The individual in this position will drive the creation and implementation of strategic pricing directives for freight and delivery solutions. Position will also be responsible for providing logistics support to Sales. Individual  must develop strong, collaborative relationships with manufacturing, sales, and the construction installers to insure a strong support organization to the customer is met.

Accountabilities:
1. Lead pricing strategy development  to ensure cost to value rationalization, revenue growth and profit maximization.
2. Develop pricing structures, tactics, policy and procedures as they relate to marketing plans within a given segment.
3. Provide proactive consultation and analysis to Sales, Marketing and Product Development groups on product pricing requirements and opportunities.
4. Work directly with Sales to communicate contracts pricing strategies, and cost estimating techniques utilizing strong control of freight costs.

Qualifications
1. B.S degree in business, finance or accounting, MBA preferred.
2. Minimum 3 years of Construction management experience. 
3. Prior people management experience
4. Proven strong project management and analytical skills for measurement
5. Top-notch communication and presentation skills including the ability to meet and present to senior executives, be credible and inspire confidence
6. Proven ability to successfully lead and manage by influence within a matrixed organization.

Director Safety & Environmental Health Southeast (Georgia)

Provide direction and leadership in the formulation of the corporation's Safety and Environmental Health strategies and assists executive management with the establishment and co-ordination of goals and objectives which supports the S&EH strategies for the company and parent group. Plans, directs, implements, and manages programs within the company to reduce or eliminate occupational injuries, illnesses, deaths, and financial losses and fulfills the organization's S&EH goals and objectives.

This position will consult with, advise and provide technical support to the executive and safety management, to the organization, sites, and location's staff both salaried and hourly employees with regard to defining requirements, measuring performance, identifying problems, designing policies and generating reports for all areas in relation to the S&EH programs and systems.

Key Duties:

• Enforces compliance of personnel with administrative policies, procedures, safety rules, and governmental and OSHA regulations.

• Monitor statutory developments and help line management to comply with requirements and within corporate expectations. 

• Represent the company on the parent group's S&EH forum and keep the company apprised of issues.

• Manages and coordinates safety activities, through site/location management personnel, to ensure implementation of safety programs, goals and activities throughout the company.

• Compiles, analyzes, and interprets statistical data related to exposure factors concerning occupational illnesses and accidents and prepares reports for executive leadership information and evaluation.

• Develops accident-prevention and loss-control systems and programs for incorporation into operational policies of organization. 

• Ensures all relevant S&EH documentation is distributed on a needs to know basis and is current and meets statutory requirements. 

• Conducts or directs research studies to identify hazards and evaluate loss producing potential of given system, operation, or process. 

• Devises methods to evaluate safety program and conducts or directs evaluations. 

• Evaluates technical and scientific publications concerned with safety management and participates in activities of related professional organizations to update knowledge of safety program developments. 

• Conducts accident/injury investigations including analysis of root causes. 

• Conducts audits for S&EH compliance and to ensure specific compliance with contract requirements at site level. 

• Provide safety and health training as required, record keeping, professional development and guidance to all site safety team members. 

• Direct the site S&EH programs to protect employees and the company against harm and maintain safe working conditions. 

• Responsible for the establishment and achievement of performance goals relating to S&EH. 

• Manages the company's worker’s compensation program. 

• May store and retrieve statistical data.

Key Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree (B.A. / B.S.) from a fully accredited four-year college or university.
•Minimum of eight years related experience and/or training with a minimum of five years as a manager of safety programs.
•Must have experience in Behavioral Based Safety Programs.
•Demonstrated understanding and experience in the inter-relationships of workmans compensation, industrial hygiene, insurance program risk management systems such as ISO 9000, 14000 and 18000,
•OSHA Compliance and Cooperative Programs (STAR or VPP)experience, and
•Excellent customer service skills.

 Director Lean & Continuous Improvement- Midwest (Detroit)

This fast-paced, high-growth government contract services industry leader is seeking a Cost Proposal Lead with experience working with government agencies such as:

U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, NASA, Department of Homeland Security, State and Local Agencies, U.S. General Services Administration, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, University Systems.

To handle proposals and technical writing for the company and::

• Coordinate with SMEs in the development of proposal material for technical, management and past performance volumes, conveying complex ideas in a logical sequence and utilizing terminology that others can understand.

• Conduct research in assigned subject areas resulting in the development of management and technical solutions that are responsive to company customer’s requirements and incorporate the lessons learned from current and previous programs.

• Review and incorporate other writer’s work, consultant’s work and proposal manager’s work into single documents that appear as if one writer wrote the entire volume.

• Edit other writer’s and consultant’s work for consistency, clarity, grammar, syntax and compliance with the requirements.

• Edit other writers and proposal artists to make the proposals visually interesting and to capture key messages in charts or graphs versus extensive text.

• Actively participate as a member of a proposal team and help the team meet its goals.

• Effectively manage time to ensure that work is completed on time and within budget guidelines.

• Maintain a watchful eye over quality of personal and team member’s work.

 Requirements:

Bachelors Degree
Candidates should have the ability to meet demanding productivity goals.
Six years experience coordinating and editing proposals for the DoD or Federal Government.
Experience and ability to work under aggressive proposal development timelines and the ability to work some overtime.

Preferred: Operations experience performing on DoD contracts or military projects.

Commodity Manager -Plastics and Resins-  Southeast- (Atlanta)

This is a high level corporate position in a headquarters group over 6 plants in both the US and Europe. Individual will interface with key corporate players and be on a fast track for advancement. Individual should be able to handle the following:

• The primary focus of this position is to drive the development of strategic sourcing, negotiation, contracting, and ongoing ownership of a North American commodity strategy.  
• As part of the company global purchasing organization, you must assume a leadership role in the North American commodity / supplier strategy.  
• This position is a very visible one in which you will interact on a regular basis with senior management while facilitating corporate initiatives to ensure best in class commodity performance results for the company.  
•   The working environment is a centralized location supporting three North American manufacturing plants. 
• The individual should be able to develop and execute long-term supply strategy deployment, supplier cost modeling, supplier opportunity assessments, supplier financial analysis, negotiations, long-term contract establishment, continuous supplier performance improvement, and supplier relationship development. 
• Must be able to negotiate best in class price, payment terms, quality levels, and delivery terms for purchased products in compliance with the company corporate objectives.

The Materials Planner will lead a  assembly plant’s Materials planning, inventory control, material handling, production planning, and logistics support.  This position is a very visible one in which you will interact on a regular basis with senior management while facilitating corporate initiatives to ensure best in class materials management results for the corporation ion the Construction Building Products field.

• Meet build plans and sales forecasts by developing production planning and scheduling systems; optimizing labor, equipment, and inventory resources; examining and resolving schedule deviations and problems.  
• Manage inventory by determining and maintaining optimum inventory and cost levels based on sales forecasts vs. targeted inventory levels.
•  Meets materials management financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.  
• Facilitate monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting requirements.
• Responsible for the development and maintenance of effective policy to coordinate related activities between the plants departments.
• Coordinate the functions required to efficiently process design changes from Design Engineering thru Manufacturing Engineering, Material Planning/ Release, the various internal Production Departments, and external suppliers.
• Responsible for overall disposition of excess and obsolete materials.
• Proactive in addressing problems, real or potential.
• Aggressive in resolving problems to assure they do not recur.
• An ability to hold others accountable for performance of mutually defined objectives.  

        Position Qualifications/Requirements:

• Must possess a four-year business / engineering degree.

• Must have excellent communication / financial / analytical / manufacturing functional knowledge.

• Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing implementation experience.

• Proficient in the use of Microsoft office suite software including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and MS Project.

• Project management and multi-tasking skills.

• Must have strong oral, written and interpersonal communication and presentation skills for effective dealings with suppliers and company team members.

• APICS certification is preferred  

Systems Engineering Manager-   (Alabama, Massachusetts, Missouri)

• Our Client is seeking an information technology professional with practical knowledge, technical depth and strong operational experience to assist in the design, implementation, and maintenance of our data centers servicing a large number of users that are geographically dispersed.
  This position will be responsible for ensuring that the data centers and their associated services are always available. She/he will assist in compliance with change control processes, adherence to standards, and develop required documentation. She/he will participate in system maintenance activities and contribute to the optimization and performance of the enterprise infrastructure.
  
  This position may be located in Waltham, MA, Huntsville, AL or St. Louis, MO
  
  Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and support Windows systems and supporting hardware in a virtualized, redundant, multi-tiered environment.

• Design, implement and support backup solution and disaster recovery solutions.

• Ensure enterprise wide scalability and performance through proactive capacity planning, performance monitoring and tuning. Analyze and report system performance.

• Assist in technical design, scheduled§ patch and firmware maintenance, hardware and software upgrades, and testing of releases and upgrades associated with the data center.

• Assist in defining standards, guidelines, best practices, and metrics as directed.

• Implement test plans, migration plans, and delivery plans.

• Serve as an escalation point for software or hardware problems within the data center environment.

• Interface with various vendors to coordinate resolution for hardware and software problems.

• Serves as the management escalation point for the team.

• Manages activities of a staff of technical professionals including and allocation of daily workload to members of the team.

• Manages personnel activities (i.e. hires, fires, trains, coaches, appraises/reviews, rewards, motivates, disciplines, etc.).

• Works with team members to assist with career paths and training plans.

• Provides mentoring to team members.

• Adheres to Change Control process.

• Provides regular reporting of appropriate metrics (availability, utilization, other).

• Develops transitional plans for acquisition and installation of infrastructure equipment.

• May require extended hours and on-call rotation

Senior Cost Accountant   (Southeast- Atlanta)

Position Summary: 

Vice President Business Development -Southeast (Virginia)

Requirements:

Masters in Business Administration, Sales & Marketing or related field. Must have significant experience in business development with government contracting industries. Successful candidate will have strong analytical, problem solving and negotiation skills and the ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports and legal documents. Must have the ability to write speeches and effectively present information to top management, public groups and board of directors.