Open Positions at Valcom

For all Valcom openings send resume to [email protected].  Competitive pay and excellent benefits to include health, life, vision, dental, disability, tuition reimbursement and a matching 401K. EOE

Sales Engineer

Job description summary

The Sales Engineer position requires a customer-facing technical professional with the ability to work with the Sales Team in developing IP Mass Notification solutions to meet customer needs. The SE will have the ability to listen to customers and present solutions in a consultative fashion. The SE will then work with the customer, and our integration partners, to ensure that systems are deployed to meet these needs to Valcom standards.

Functions & Essential Duties

• Experience in a customer-facing role, preferably in the Audio, Networking, Communications, or Telephony industries
  
• Proven track record of managing and designing complex large systems
  
• Aptitude for understanding a technical product line
  
• Ability to deliver technical sales presentations to customers at the executive level
  
• Experience in effectively presenting technical training classes
  
• Proficient with remote troubleshooting tools and techniques
  
• A fundamental understanding of IP networks is desirable
  
• Able to work independently and as part of a team
  
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Qualifications

• Excellent presentation skills
  
• Effective at assessing customer needs and proposing solutions
  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  
• Effective organization and time management skills
  
• Ability to travel overnight during the week and on weekends as needed.
  
  

Manufacturing Positions

• Mechanical Assembly Operators
  Assemble a variety of products using electrical and mechanical hand tools. 

• Machine & Solder Technicians in our PCB department

• Wrap & Pack Associates in our Metal Fabrication department

Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP) Analyst

Job Description Summary:

Reporting to the Director of Operations, the SIOP/Operations Project Analyst will have overall responsibility for Inventory Management and the Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning (SIOP) process and other related projects and activities within Operations. This position will provide support to other departments by maintaining accurate records and supplying required schedules and status reports and driving tasks to completion in a timely manner.

Functions and Essential Duties:

• Manage and oversee all aspects of Inventory: physical control, appropriate levels of inventory, valuation of inventory, excess and obsolete inventory management.
• Calculate and Manage Inventory KPIs: Inventory Balances and Inventory Turns
  Work with Finance on Excess & Obsolete Calculations and managing level.
• Own Netstock Software Program and manage parameters, review outputs.
• Design and implementation of improved SIOP business processes and toolset
• Drive improved effectiveness of SIOP process through sharing of best practices and implementation of standards.
• Facilitation of a consensus sales forecast
• Interact with the Sales and Inside Sales to ensure manufacturing visibility to forecasted customer demand, noting early indicators, and taking subsequent actions to resolve and restore schedule and cost, identify, and analyze risks as necessary.
• Perform analyses of a qualitative and quantitative nature and make operational recommendations regarding material planning, forecasting and inventory efficiencies
• Assist with the coordinating of development of operations departmental budgets, material receipts plan, inventory plans and other miscellaneous forecasts while communicating any predictable changes in these forecasts to upper management.
• Support and expand on all opportunities to level load the plan to drive improvements in inventory, fulfillment, cycle time, capacity management and growth.
• Review established production schedules for all manufacturing departments to ensure established inventory levels are met while operating at the highest efficiency possible.
• Provide strong interface between Purchasing, Supply Chain, and Operations to reduce all costs and cycle times to determine line rates.
• Determine ability to meet requested customer dates based on capacity, cycle time and inventory.
• Be involved in implementing new systems, procedures and work instructions, and special projects supporting manufacturing and customer service objectives.
• Lead the SIOP process meetings.
  

Required Skills and Education:

• Minimum of 5 years in multi-faceted Manufacturing environment in a management capacity
• 3-5 years of project management experience
• ERP System advanced skills
• Strong computer application skills
• Strong written, oral, and organizational skills
• The ability to effectively influence cross functional teams.
• Exercise independent judgment regarding resolution of problems and interaction with other departments
• Own assignments and be fully accountable for their success.
• Align actions, behaviors, and conversations to what matters most.
• Problem solving and analytical skills to review and compare data to identify inconsistencies and determine priorities.
• Flexibility and adaptability to changing priorities and assignments.
• Planning, organizing, and managing time to handle multiple assignments concurrently.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
  

Preferred Skills and Education:

• Four-year degree in business or related degree
  

Experience:

• Inventory control: 5 years (Required)