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SENIOR DIRECTOR OF INVENTORY/S&OP
Who is Cree Lighting?
Cree Lighting is an LED lighting pioneer known for being first – first to bring LED lighting to the masses, first to deliver no compromise white light, and first to offer a sensor-integrated intelligent lighting platform with the push of a button. Our innovative LED solutions are designed for indoor, outdoor and intelligent lighting applications. Our cutting-edge technology delivers reliable performance and value beyond light for office and industrial buildings, schools and universities, municipalities, automotive dealerships, healthcare facilities, and more.
The Cree Lighting team is committed to transforming the way people experience light through innovative technology and future-ready intelligence platforms that help make buildings more efficient and businesses more profitable. Join our team to be at the forefront of a dynamic industry positioned at the center of the commercial IoT revolution.
Job Summary
The Senior Director of Sales & Operations Planning will be challenged to build and implement a world class Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning process across the organization to improve customer satisfaction, profitability, inventory turns, and working capital. This leader will also own and drive our inventory results across all functions of the business. The ideal leader will have a proven record of tracking and managing inventory, analyzing inventory data, partnering with business to build forecasts, and facilitating inventory management and sales strategies to contribute to the success of the business.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Design, execute and monitor best practice processes and systems for S&OP
- Daily Management, administration, and staffing of the S&OP team
- Educate cross-functional partners on the S&OP process and engage them in the ongoing process as appropriate
- Develop the capabilities of the demand planning and production planning resources
- Lead and coordinate inventory strategy processes that seek alignment with business strategies
- Recommend and maintain optimal inventory levels at various stages in the supply chain to achieve customer satisfaction levels as well as mitigate inventory exposure
- Develop new processes for on-going inventory management with a focus on Slow-Moving Inventory (SMI)
- Complete root cause analyses, develop corrective actions, and create a playbook for common SMI drivers by working with data and key stakeholders in the organization to prevent revenue decline
- Track SMI Reduction Actions by running reports, identifying ownership for SMI and scheduling weekly recurring meeting with each key stakeholder (Marketing, Engineering, Planning, OEM/ODM, and SCM teams)
- Collaborate with Product Management, Marketing, Sales, Engineering, Support, Logistics, Supply Chain, and Finance to identify best practices, determine global build planning capabilities, and ensuring that the appropriate data is available to establish an accurate supply plan
What you need for success:
- Bachelor’s degree in Operations or Finance area
- Experience in business process reengineering and program / project management and ability to lead multiple people and projects simultaneously
- Specific experience in the areas of S&OP, Demand Planning, Supply Planning and CPFR (Collaborative, Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment)
- Experience with supply chain network planning, scenario analysis and optimization tools
- Ability to establish and maintain effective interpersonal working relationships with internal and external customers
- Excellent quantitative analysis and problem solving skills
- Demonstrated ability in performing in a fast-paced, changing and demanding environment
- Strong analytical skills and familiarity with product and inventory data
- Familiarity with Oracle reporting and advanced Excel skills
Highly preferred skills and certifications:
- 10 or more years of experience within Operations, Product Management and/or Finance
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IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC. has been propelled by the principles of its founder, J. Walter Becker, for over a century. Since the beginning, this family-run enterprise has been committed to building ideal relationships with its customers, employees and communities, creating some of the industry’s most innovative and trusted products along the way. This commitment to quality and service will continue to spur the success of IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC. and its family of companies, for generations to come.
This position is 2nd Shift Mon - Friday 3:30PM - 12AM.
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JOB DESCRIPTION:
We have an immediate opening for a Project Manager – Product Support at our corporate headquarters in Durham, NC. This is an exciting opportunity to join our Engineering Team that’s part of Cree Lighting’s Product Sustaining group.
The successful candidate will take an integral part in definition, scoping, implementation, validation and delivering supporting solutions for the current product portfolio of indoor and outdoor lighting fixtures. The ideal candidate will both participate in and direct the implementation of supporting activities using modern methods and tools.
As a Project Manager, you are integral in all stages of product support and as such you will participate in and direct the implementation of sustaining activities. You will plan and coordinate support activities (component obsolescence, supplier NCM resolutions, drawing, design and documentation updates, manufacturing issues, etc.) improvement initiatives, and any other activities required to maintain and support all revenue generating products.
This role is within a fast-paced environment and grants license to lead the rapid response to any product Engineering issues with our LED lighting and lighting control solutions for our customers. This is a unique opportunity to help shape the future of LED Lighting and to join our revolution pioneering the path for enhanced intelligent lighting solutions within a well-established LED lighting company.
What would you be doing in this role?
- Lead analytical and technical team members to complete analysis and planning, and/or program execution requirements.
- Provide dynamic leadership in the planning and execution of sustaining projects. Strong interpersonal intelligence must be shown in all aspects of project execution interactions with product management, Lighting executive management, and internal project team members.
- Deliver strong project management skills, especially the management of project scope and milestone on time deliveries across multiple, concurrent projects. Communicate effectively on progress, risks, and action plans. Utilize project management best practices for monitoring and controlling project performance
- Utilize excellent communication skills to build consensus and influence others across multiple internal organizations.
- Proactively identify, communicate, and manage risks and issues that threaten the success of projects and to provide solutions that meet or exceed expectations.
- Employ effective change management best practices while implementing sustaining engineering projects.
- Continuously improve on Cree Lighting supporting processes and procedures based on past experiences and lessons learned for PM and organization developmental benefit.
- Establish and adhere to project plans and schedules. Proactively identify out-of-scope opportunities during the execution of projects and address them in a timely fashion with the appropriate team members.
- Utilize positive people skills when providing work direction and status review for assigned project team members.
- Collaborate and seek commitments from internal resources required to achieve project objectives.
Requirements:
- A minimum of 5 years’ Project Management experience, preferably within consumer electronics or commercial lighting industries.
- Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering or technical field required (Mechanical Engineering Preferred).
- Deep ownership mindset and willingness to do whatever it takes to deliver sound, effective solutions
- Commitment to product safety, quality, and reliability.
- Demonstrated track record in facilitation of large, cross-functional teams to reach consensus agreements and commitment, and drive progress.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills as well as a professional, positive and enthusiastic attitude.
- Strong PC literacy including knowledge of Microsoft products, including Project, Excel, and PowerPoint, and other Project Management related software tools.
HIGHLY PREFERRED SKILLS AND CERTIFICATIONS:
- Master’s degree in an Engineering or Business Management desired.
- PMP or other industry related certification(s) desired.
- Experience with LED lighting, lighting controls, or energy management a plus
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SENIOR DIRECTOR OF INVENTORY/S&OP
Who is Cree Lighting?
Cree Lighting is an LED lighting pioneer known for being first – first to bring LED lighting to the masses, first to deliver no compromise white light, and first to offer a sensor-integrated intelligent lighting platform with the push of a button. Our innovative LED solutions are designed for indoor, outdoor and intelligent lighting applications. Our cutting-edge technology delivers reliable performance and value beyond light for office and industrial buildings, schools and universities, municipalities, automotive dealerships, healthcare facilities, and more.
The Cree Lighting team is committed to transforming the way people experience light through innovative technology and future-ready intelligence platforms that help make buildings more efficient and businesses more profitable. Join our team to be at the forefront of a dynamic industry positioned at the center of the commercial IoT revolution.
Job Summary
The Senior Director of Sales & Operations Planning will be challenged to build and implement a world class Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning process across the organization to improve customer satisfaction, profitability, inventory turns, and working capital. This leader will also own and drive our inventory results across all functions of the business. The ideal leader will have a proven record of tracking and managing inventory, analyzing inventory data, partnering with business to build forecasts, and facilitating inventory management and sales strategies to contribute to the success of the business.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Design, execute and monitor best practice processes and systems for S&OP
- Daily Management, administration, and staffing of the S&OP team
- Educate cross-functional partners on the S&OP process and engage them in the ongoing process as appropriate
- Develop the capabilities of the demand planning and production planning resources
- Lead and coordinate inventory strategy processes that seek alignment with business strategies
- Recommend and maintain optimal inventory levels at various stages in the supply chain to achieve customer satisfaction levels as well as mitigate inventory exposure
- Develop new processes for on-going inventory management with a focus on Slow-Moving Inventory (SMI)
- Complete root cause analyses, develop corrective actions, and create a playbook for common SMI drivers by working with data and key stakeholders in the organization to prevent revenue decline
- Track SMI Reduction Actions by running reports, identifying ownership for SMI and scheduling weekly recurring meeting with each key stakeholder (Marketing, Engineering, Planning, OEM/ODM, and SCM teams)
- Collaborate with Product Management, Marketing, Sales, Engineering, Support, Logistics, Supply Chain, and Finance to identify best practices, determine global build planning capabilities, and ensuring that the appropriate data is available to establish an accurate supply plan
What you need for success:
- Bachelor’s degree in Operations or Finance area
- Experience in business process reengineering and program / project management and ability to lead multiple people and projects simultaneously
- Specific experience in the areas of S&OP, Demand Planning, Supply Planning and CPFR (Collaborative, Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment)
- Experience with supply chain network planning, scenario analysis and optimization tools
- Ability to establish and maintain effective interpersonal working relationships with internal and external customers
- Excellent quantitative analysis and problem solving skills
- Demonstrated ability in performing in a fast-paced, changing and demanding environment
- Strong analytical skills and familiarity with product and inventory data
- Familiarity with Oracle reporting and advanced Excel skills
Highly preferred skills and certifications:
- 10 or more years of experience within Operations, Product Management and/or Finance
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Technical Sales Manager – Intelligent Lighting (Central US)
Cree Lighting is seeking a TSM – Intelligent Lighting (Central Region) to drive and support the sales growth of the Cree smartcast Intelligent Lighting portfolio of products. The responsibility of this role is to be the subject matter expert and drive focus within our sales channel. This role will initiate, develop and maintain a relationship with key partners, influencers and customers in the Commercial/Industrial market that will result in sales growth of Cree Intelligent Lighting Products. This position will have responsibility of working in the region, which includes training of partners, customers and end users, new business development and demand generation, sales forecasting for the region and day-to-day sales activity and developing and implementing sales plans. Develop annual business plan for each area of focus, supported with revenue targets that align with overall company strategic objectives. The yearly plan will require quarterly objectives, tactics and targets. Track and communicate competitive factors, trends, issues and opportunities at regional and national levels. Maintain a new business pipeline and relentlessly pursue opportunities to broaden market share. Travel requirements for this position could be at times up to 60% or more.
What can you gain from this role?
- Opportunity to be a key strategic contributor
- Invaluable experience with an innovation leader
- Great potential for upward mobility
- Chance to showcase your acquired knowledge in lighting sales management
- High visibility in one of Cree’s most strategic sales channels
What can you be a part of?
- Fun team culture and environment
- Contribute to the product development roadmap and sales strategy within intelligent lighting
- Utilize our internal support structure to facilitate growth within the intelligent lighting portfolio across commercial and industrial channel
- Support the effort of national & vertical sales channels as needed
- Increase the demand for Cree intelligent lighting products
- Communicate regularly with our internal support group with such items such as: activity, list management follow up necessities, account management, lead generation and/or other items determined by the VP Sales
What you need for success:
- Four-year college degree or university program certificate or more than five years related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience
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- Strong technical background
- Experience with LED lighting and the Lighting Industry
- Experience in lighting controls
- Strong communication and time management skills
- Self-motivated and strong work ethic
- Exceptional presentation and negotiation skills
- Ability to develop market development strategy and plans to drive demand
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Cree Lighting is an LED lighting pioneer known for being first – first to bring LED lighting to the masses, first to deliver no compromise white light, and first to offer a sensor-integrated intelligent lighting platform with the push of a button. Our innovative LED solutions are designed for indoor, outdoor and intelligent lighting applications. Our cutting-edge technology delivers reliable performance and value beyond light for office and industrial buildings, schools and universities, municipalities, automotive dealerships, healthcare facilities, and more.
The Cree Lighting team is committed to transforming the way people experience light through innovative technology and future-ready intelligence platforms that help make buildings more efficient and businesses more profitable. Join our team to be at the forefront of a dynamic industry positioned at the center of the commercial IoT revolution.
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Cree Lighting has an opportunity for a temporary full-time Professional Recruiter
Duration: 4+ months
Cree Lighting, A company of IDEAL INDUSTRIES, is an LED lighting pioneer known for being first – first to bring LED lighting to the masses, first to deliver no compromise white light, and first to offer a sensor-integrated intelligent lighting platform with the push of a button. Our innovative LED solutions are designed for indoor, outdoor and intelligent lighting applications. Our cutting-edge technology delivers reliable performance and value beyond light for office and industrial buildings, schools and universities, municipalities, automotive dealerships, healthcare facilities, and more.
- Utilize applicant tracking system to review and disposition applicants
- Work with recruiting team to post jobs on to external job boards and strategize ways to market and advertise open positions within the company
- Review and set up phone screen interviews for qualified candidates
- Devise creative sourcing strategies to identify passive candidates by utilizing established networks and creating your own candidate pipelines for hard to fill positions
- Communicate with candidates by email and phone on a regular basis
- Work with Outlook to schedule on-site interviews with candidates and hiring managers
- Conduct phone screens with qualified candidates by asking thought provoking questions that provide insight to their technical and behavioral skill set
- Attention to detail in changing the status of candidates as they move along the hiring process
Requirements:
3+ years of professional level full cycle recruitment
Bachelor's Degree preferred or high school diploma with 5+ years of experience
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IDEAL INDUSTRIES, Inc. has been propelled by the principles of its founder, J. Walter Becker, for nearly a century. Since the beginning, this family-run enterprise has been committed to building ideal relationships with its customers, employees and communities, creating some of the industry’s most innovative and trusted products along the way. This commitment to quality and service will continue to spur the success of IDEAL INDUSTRIES, Inc. and its family of companies, for generations to come.
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J. Walter Becker founded IDEAL in 1916 and made a promise that is still an important part of the way IDEAL operates today: "An IDEAL product will provide a value greater than the price paid for it. Service is a part of the product." Becker's foundational principle represents our everyday commitment to you. It's the driving force behind our partnerships with the world's leading distributors, a state of the art delivery system, outstanding customer and technical support and variety of operational benefits designed to save you time and money. It means we're proud of the way we do business.
A subsidiary of IDEAL, Western Forge produces the highest-quality metal work in the USA and is an American standard in premier hand tool craftsmanship.
The Senior Chemical Engineer is responsible for processes and systems within Western Forge as well as providing support across the Tool Group. Success in this position requires a data driven, self-starting, organized and detail-oriented personality as well as the ability to pursue tasks independently of managerial oversight. Primary responsibilities include leadership of continuous improvement projects, supporting daily production needs, and implementation of quality initiatives. The position will work closely with production to ensure desired metal finishing outcomes, assist the Lab Technician in operation of the Chemical Analysis Lab and will have direct involvement in the process and related troubleshooting required to ensure quality requirements and efficiencies are met.
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J. Walter Becker founded IDEAL in 1916 and made a promise that is still an important part of the way IDEAL operates today: "An IDEAL product will provide a value greater than the price paid for it. Service is a part of the product." Becker's foundational principle represents our everyday commitment to you. It's the driving force behind our partnerships with the world's leading distributors, a state of the art delivery system, outstanding customer and technical support and variety of operational benefits designed to save you time and money. It means we're proud of the way we do business.
A subsidiary of IDEAL, Western Forge produces the highest-quality metal work in the USA and is an American standard in premier hand tool craftsmanship. Western Forge is seeking a Production Supervisor for a Monday - Friday, 1st shift schedule.
The Production Supervisor directs and coordinates all plant activities and personnel within their designated areas of responsibility to safely deliver quality products on time to our customers and at a profit. This must be accomplished in an environment where safety is first and a balanced ‘lean’ approach continually achieves and improves Productivity/Quality/Service Levels/Housekeeping. This position must partner with other functional areas, customers and suppliers in order to align plant activities with established business objectives and product/customer requirements.
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IDEAL INDUSTRIES, Inc. has been propelled by the principles of its founder, J. Walter Becker, for nearly a century. Since the beginning, this family-run enterprise has been committed to building ideal relationships with its customers, employees and communities, creating some of the industry’s most innovative and trusted products along the way. This commitment to quality and service will continue to spur the success of IDEAL INDUSTRIES, Inc. and its family of companies, for generations to come.
IDEAL Technologies is a division of IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC. established in 2018 to lead in the development, manufacturing, and marketing of the company’s portfolio of advanced solutions. Through technology and software innovation, the division's mission is to enhance the experience of built spaces by way of intelligent design, practical innovation, and personal interaction. The portfolio includes AUDACY®, an advanced wireless lighting control system that has been successfully installed at large-scale projects across the U.S., and PowerPuck®, a system that aims to transform the way people charge their electronic devices in public spaces.
This paid Marketing focused internship provides opportunities for a student to experience several facets of the marketing organization and initiatives at IDEAL INDUSTRIES INC., and it's Technology business unit. You can visit the AUDACY® website at www.audacywireless.com and the PowerPuck® website at www.powerpucksystem.com for more information.
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J. Walter Becker founded IDEAL in 1916 and made a promise that is still an important part of the way IDEAL operates today: "An IDEAL product will provide a value greater than the price paid for it. Service is a part of the product." Becker's foundational principle represents our everyday commitment to you. It's the driving force behind our partnerships with the world's leading distributors, a state of the art delivery system, outstanding customer and technical support and variety of operational benefits designed to save you time and money. It means we're proud of the way we do business.
IDEAL brings you products that make your job easier; products that you can rely on, with warranties you can trust; products that are available whenever and wherever you need them. Every IDEAL product comes with the promise made by our founder more than 90 years ago.
Hours are 2nd Shift: Monday - Friday 3:00PM - 11:30PM
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A subsidiary of IDEAL INDUSTRIES INC., Western Forge produces the highest-quality metal work in the USA and is an American standard in premier hand tool craftsmanship. IDEAL INDUSTRIES, Inc. has been propelled by the principles of its founder, J. Walter Becker, for nearly a century. Since the beginning, this family-run enterprise has been committed to building ideal relationships with its customers, employees and communities, creating some of the industry’s most innovative and trusted products along the way. This commitment to quality and service will continue to spur the success of IDEAL INDUSTRIES, Inc. and its family of companies, for generations to come.
The Senior Forge Engineer is responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining methods, processes and costs for forging. In this role, the Senior Engineer will work with the forging team, heat treat personnel, quality department and other production resources to establish technology changes, work procedures, process improvements and cost savings that meet industry specifications and/or customer requirements.
The successful candidate will be a self-starter with good discipline who is data driven, organized and detail oriented as well as someone with the ability to pursue tasks independent of managerial oversight. Results will be achieved by a candidate persistent in prioritizing and managing work with a sense of urgency. Primary responsibilities include leadership of continuous improvement projects, supporting daily production needs, and implementation of quality initiatives.
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The equipment technician performs various function and provides expertise in repair, maintenance, and enhancement of machines to support production operation.
The primary focus of the equipment technician is to support production operation by ensuring all the equipment are in optimum condition.
Also, on occasions the equipment technician will become a resource in performing component level troubleshooting of production boards.
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Cree Lighting currently has an opening for a Senior Contracts Manager within its Legal Department. This position is located at Cree Lighting's location in Durham, North Carolina.
SUMMARY OF DUTIES:
Senior Contracts Manager – This position will be responsible negotiating and managing a wide variety of contracts and agreements including sales and procurement contracts, non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements, settlement agreements, and product warranty documentation.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Evaluate, negotiate, and manage contracts between Cree Lighting and direct and indirect suppliers, direct and channel customers, and other business partners.
- Assist in the development and implementation of contract database and policies and procedures to address contract deadlines, internal information requests, internal business reviews, signature requirements, and legal requirements.
- Work with internal and external contacts to structure and negotiate contracts in accordance with Cree Lighting's strategy and objectives.
- Review and analyze contracts to ensure compliance with Cree Lighting policies and other requirements.
- Manage contract files in an orderly and efficient manner.
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by management from time to time.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 7 years of law firm or corporate experience involving commercial contract negotiating, drafting, and management.
- Strong working knowledge and understanding of legal and commercial requirements involved in various types of contracts.
- Ability to assess and mitigate contractual risks.
- Ability to address competing business priorities and prioritize multiple assignments.
- Strong working knowledge of Office, Word and Excel software.
- Experience with contract management software platforms.
- Experience in implementing contract management platform or policies preferred.
- Experience in a manufacturing or technology company is a plus.
- Bachelors degree required; J.D. degree is a plus.
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PERSONAL SKILLS:
- Able to work independently while functioning well in a collaborative environment.
- Extremely organized with a strong attention to detail.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Extremely responsive to internal and external requests.
- Ability to handle confidential information discreetly and professionally.
- Ability to develop strong relationships across the organization, cross-functionally and at all levels of the organization
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Who is Cree Lighting?
Cree Lighting is an LED lighting pioneer known for being first – first to bring LED lighting to the masses, first to deliver no compromise white light, and first to offer a sensor-integrated intelligent lighting platform with the push of a button. Our innovative LED solutions are designed for indoor, outdoor and intelligent lighting applications. Our cutting-edge technology delivers reliable performance and value beyond light for office and industrial buildings, schools and universities, municipalities, automotive dealerships, healthcare facilities, and more.
The Cree Lighting team is committed to transforming the way people experience light through innovative technology and future-ready intelligence platforms that help make buildings more efficient and businesses more profitable. Join our team to be at the forefront of a dynamic industry positioned at the center of the commercial IoT revolution.
JOB DESCRIPTION
We currently have an opening for a Corporate Counsel with strong experience with patents and trademarks, brand protection, and product liability. This position also requires experience in general commercial matters. This position is located in our Racine Wisconsin facility.
Summary:
Our Legal department is a challenging and dynamic work environment, and we are looking for a talented legal professional with drive and determination to join our team. This position will provide legal support for the intellectual property and commercial needs of Cree Lighting, including interactions with Marketing, Operations, Sales, Customer Service, Supplier Relations, Facilities, and Finance. The preferred candidate must be able to work independently and balance multiple priorities, while responding quickly to client demands.
Job Responsibilities:
Specific responsibilities may include:
- Primary responsibility for maintaining valuable established and growth-phase brand portfolios, including managing ongoing prosecution and maintenance of global trademark, domain name and copyright portfolios
- Conducting research on trademarks, patents and other intellectual property matters
- Coordinating enforcement measures, including reviewing and instructing on potential dispute matters, identifying and managing strategic brand protection litigation, and devising creative, business-driven resolutions to trademark/brand protection disputes in collaboration with key business partners, where appropriate
- Proactively auditing trademark and domain name portfolios and making recommendations to continue protecting or abandoning trademarks
- Conducting due diligence on intellectual property aspects of acquisitions/divestitures, including review of purchase/sale documentation and analysis of disclosed intellectual property
- Collaborating with business partners on the design, implementation and evolution of brand guidelines and outbound brand permissions
- Prosecution of patent and trademark applications before US Patent and Trademark Office
- Advising on the availability, defensibility and commercial advisability of proposed trademarks and domain names, including conducting trademark searches and providing guidance on use and registration issues
- Partner with our other members of the Legal Department in preparing, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts relating to the development, marketing and sale of products, such as sales agreements (including contracts with government agencies and contractors), distribution agreements, sales representative agreements, joint development agreements, marketing agreements, quality assurance agreements, and social responsibility, product origin and ecology certifications.
- Investigating and resolving commercial disputes pre-litigation and supporting litigation counsel in matters that cannot be amicably resolved.
- Providing other legal advice and support, as requested.
Requirements:
- JD from a top-tier law school with superior academic credentials.
- Admission in good standing to a state bar.
- Minimum 4 years of legal practice in relevant intellectual property matters.
- Additional experience in commercial contract drafting and negotiating involving complex commercial transactions.
- Self-starter who can assess risk quickly and adapt to competing business priorities.
- Highly-motivated individual who understands that success requires hard work and determination.
Preferences:
- Prefer 5-7 years of relevant legal practice experience.
- Prefer candidates who have worked 3 or more years in large law firm doing relevant legal work.
- Prior in-house legal experience at a global company a plus, but not required.
- Prefer some international law experience in all matters stated above.
- Prior antitrust experience is a plus.
- Admission to State Bar of Wisconsin (or availability of reciprocity with the Wisconsin bar) is a plus.
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IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC. is a global enterprise with companies serving technicians and workers across a wide range of industries, from electrical to construction to aerospace to automotive. Our products have been instrumental in helping mankind reach from the South Pole to the Moon, and are paving new paths for the future.
IDEAL is a global, growing multi-national corporation creating some of the world’s most innovative technology, yet at our heart, we are a family business. This unique balance makes us unlike any other company. It gives us the patience to let industry-transforming innovations come to fruition. And the ability to invest in our communities, bringing jobs and capital to the places we live.
The Database Administrator will design, develop, and writes database code (stored procedures, scripts, triggers) and Integration Services packages for standalone use or for use by application programs. Maintains Microsoft SQL databases in development, testing, and production environments. Implements and maintains adherence to accepted security standards. Oversees the stabilization and performance optimization of production databases. Functions as a Subject Matter Expert on database development and support.
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J. Walter Becker founded IDEAL in 1916 and made a promise that is still an important part of the way IDEAL operates today: "An IDEAL product will provide a value greater than the price paid for it. Service is a part of the product." Becker's foundational principle represents our everyday commitment to you. It's the driving force behind our partnerships with the world's leading distributors, a state of the art delivery system, outstanding customer and technical support and variety of operational benefits designed to save you time and money. It means we're proud of the way we do business.
Hours: Monday through Friday 7AM - 3:30PM
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IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC. has been propelled by the principles of its founder, J. Walter Becker, for nearly a century. Since the beginning, this family-run enterprise has been committed to building ideal relationships with its customers, employees and communities, creating some of the industry’s most innovative and trusted products along the way. This commitment to quality and service will continue to spur the success of IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC. and its family of companies, for generations to come.
IDEAL has made its mark by developing the iconic products and practical technology demanded by critical industries like data communications, aerospace, electrical, wire processing, automotive, construction and more. Since the beginning, IDEAL INDUSTRIES has been a growing, energetic company, and that’s never been more true than today. It’s always been a compelling place to work and we’re poised for even more growth as we continue to move across the globe. With growth comes opportunity—and at IDEAL INDUSTRIES, the opportunity can be yours.
Hours are: Monday - Friday 7AM - 3:30PM
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Solution Developer – Salesforce
Job Summary:
The Salesforce Developer position will be responsible for the overall design, implementation and support of solutions in the Salesforce.com platform. This requires the ability to develop and support applications using Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Community Cloud, Pardot, and the Force.com platform using Apex, SOSL, SOQL, SOAP and other programming technologies. The Salesforce Developer develops, configures, codes, tests, and debugs complex software, enhancements to existing proprietary software or purchased software packages. Developer may also be tasked with administrative duties such as configuration of Visual Flows, Process Builders, modifying Workflow rules, Page Layouts, and Instance Management.
What can Cree Lighting do for you?
- Provide a high-visibility role as part of transformational projects and programs
- Showcase your skills at the global enterprise level
- Opportunities for continued growth as a member of a thought-leading IT organization
- Encourage you to think innovatively in a dynamic environment
What can you do for Cree Lighting?
- Grow and enhance the existing Salesforce Sales, Service Cloud, Communities, and Pardot platform.
- Gain understanding of company products, functions, marketing and/or service policies and procedures.
- Assist in defining business processes and recommend solutions to help streamline those processes.
- Maintain and develop workflows, triggers, and utilize process builder to meet user/ system requirements.
- Participate in the software development lifecycle using Agile methodologies.
- Design, code, configure, test solutions.
- Translate simple to complex user requirements into functional and actionable software.
- Work with other developers to design integrations between systems across the enterprise.
- Follow and contribute to technical processes, coding standards, and guidelines.
- Support application testing and deployment as part of the full release cycle.
- Create and verify execution of software test plans, including integration, capacity and performance testing.
- Participate in code reviews, adherence to SFDC design standards, and code management.
- Demonstrate Salesforce capabilities to solve business problems and recommend best practices.
- Execute code deployment, configurations, and activities supporting sandbox environment creation and preparation.
- Work with Salesforce Support to troubleshoot issues and maintain smooth operation and performance of the platform.
What you need for success?
In addition to whether a person has the knowledge and experience required to be successful in the job, one must have specific behaviors to perform the job successfully. The competencies listed below are representative of the behaviors required.
- Technical/Professional Knowledge
- Quality of Work
- Self-Starter
- Clear Communication
- Adaptability
- Contributing to Team Success
- Customer Focus
Skills and Certifications:
- 3+ years of overall IT experience and a record of success supporting a fast-paced business organization, providing technical expertise while applying best practices and leveraging core force.com platform capabilities.
- Developer, working as a team member or individually to complete tasks thoroughly and accurately with minimal supervision. Experience must include working knowledge of Salesforce DX and ability to code APEX (classes, triggers and web services), Visual Force, Salesforce APIs, SOQL, SOSL, Outbound Messaging, Force.com platform as well as integration technologies (Web Services, XML, REST, SOAP).
- Knowledge of Salesforce application including configuration, Triggers, Visual Flows, Process Builders, Workflows, Visualforce, Apex, Custom Objects, batch processes and, database design required.
- Understanding of relational databases (Microsoft SQL or Oracle) required.
- Understanding of Java programming language required.
- Understanding of .NET programming is preferred.
- Understanding of Web technologies (HTML 5, JavaScript, CSS 3, XML, SOAP, and REST) required.
- Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I (previously DEV 450/ DEV 401) required.
- Salesforce Certified Developer II or App Builder preferred.
- Salesforce Certified Administrator certification is preferred (past or current).
- Experience working as a member of an Agile Scrum team preferred.
- Experience with Continuous Integration and GIT repository/ source code management preferred.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field required.