Job ID: EB-6505166265
Category: Consumer Products
Location: New Providence, NJ

Sales Manager

This is a test to see if job will post to new website.
Requirements:

• 10 years of experience
• Management

Job ID: EB-1367124969
Category: Consumer Products
Location: Mahwah, NJ

Our client, an entrepreneurial and fast-growing consumer products manufacturer, is seeking a Product Manager with experience in IoT products to join its expanding team. This is a great opportunity to build products with cross-functional teams, as you bridge the intersection between UX, Business, and Technology!

Responsibilities include:

• Work closely with the Engineering team to help design and develop IoT products that create a superior consumer experience
• Lead the ideation, technical development, and launch of innovative products; guide and manage the complexities of IoT products throughout the ideation and execution cycle
• Drive Product Development collaboratively with cross-functional teams including Engineering, Designing, Marketing, Sales, Legal
• Integrate usability studies, research and market analysis into product requirements to enhance user satisfaction

Ideal Candidates will have:

• Bachelor’s degree and 2+ years of technical product management experience, creating the strategic product roadmap from conception to launch and working with cross-functional teams
• Experience in all areas of bringing an IoT product to market
• Ability to drive the product vision, go-to-market strategy, and design discussions
• Understanding of customer needs in order to drive the creation of products that satisfy those needs; ability to distill insights from various sources into themes that drive product strategy
• Hands-on mindset and willingness to roll up one’s sleeves to get the job done
• Experience managing day-to-day technical and design directions is ideal

Job ID: EB-1143615535
Category: Private Equity
Location: Charlotte, NC

Our client is a $500 million leading industrial distribution company backed by a leading private equity firm. This position, directly reporting to the SVP of Finance, will have 2-3 direct reports and oversee the company’s credit function. The selected candidate will work to continuously improve the company’s ongoing business credit processes and manage the assigned day-to-day credit functions. The select candidate will be responsible for select North America portfolios, including regular credit reviews, basic financial analysis, risk analysis, collaborating with commercial, collections and cash application teams around collections/dispute management, resolving specific allowances for doubtful accounts, etc. The Credit Manager will also management improvement in Key Performance Indicators for their portfolios and driving operational improvements throughout the organization.

The Core Responsibilities Of This Position Include

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead and complete periodic credit reviews, including financial analysis and credit risk scoring that supports credit risk across varying economic cycles.
• Lead customer on-boarding process, including credit reviews, risk analysis, approval of credit limits within authorization framework, supervise set-up of any e-invoicing, ACH-Debit payments, etc.
• Approve the use of specific payment terms to optimally handle portfolio DSO.
• Decision accountability regarding the extension of credit within the assigned delegated authority framework.
• Collaborate with the cash application, collections departments and commercial management teams to escalate collections of past due accounts receivable, resolution of disputes, as needed, to achieve company KPIs.
• Implement order holds as required to effectively run customer exposure levels, collections and risk.
• Work with the Senior Management Team, across the organization, to support sales growth while mitigating credit risks.
• Anticipate and/or recognize internal and external factors that may impact organizational performance in a dynamic market, business, and economic environment.

Job Requirements:

• BA/BS; preferably in finance, accounting, business administration, or a related field
• Minimum of two or more years of commercial credit or finance ideally in a supervisory or Manager function
• Comfortable making quick/calculated decisions
• Consistent track record of working collaboratively across an organization and provide excellent leadership, operational, and interpersonal skills.
• Motivation to be innovative with a continuous improvement mentality, and act as a change agent, all while focusing on internal control and risk-management
• This role will be mostly a work from home role commuting to the corporate office in the Charlotte area once or twice per month.

Job ID: EB-8004816261
Category: Technology
Location: Bridgewater, NJ

Workday Configuration and Integration Lead

Proud to be partnering with a mid-sized firm in central, NJ to identify a Workday Configuration & Integration Lead who can partner with the shared service departments to accomplish projects and improve efficiencies , supply advanced reporting and strengthen interdepartmental relationships.

This is a full time, direct hire, corporate practitioner role with lots of room for advancement.

Must have 2+ years of hands-on WORKDAY integration experience specifically, along with a minimum of 8+ years overall IT experience, outstanding communication skills, and a bachelors degree.

*Sorry no sponsorship nor relocation nor remote/consulting can be considered at this time.

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Job ID: EB-2285971710
Category: Consumer Products
Location: Montville, NJ

Our client, an established company with a well-known brand, is seeking a Regional Sales Manager for the metro NY area who will successfully lead and motivate a team to increase market share, sales revenue, and profitability. This is a great opportunity for someone who is creative and forward thinking, with proven leadership skills to teach, develop and coach a sales team.

Responsibilities include:

• Hire, train, and retain an effective sales team
• Monitor progress and success of sales team by reviewing status of leads, appointments, and signings
• Work with team to ensure successful conversion of leads to appointments
• Assist in the development of annual sales and marketing budgets including sales goals
• Understand the competitive marketplace; assist in the planning and implementation of advertising activities including print, electronic and direct mail

Ideal candidates will have:

• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of experience in B2C sales, preferably in-home sales
• 3+ years in a sales management role, supervising a commissioned-based sales team
• 2-4 years of Marketing experience
• Strong negotiating, analytical, financial, and forecasting skills
• Proven record of setting and achieving performance objectives

Job ID: EB-1088302089
Category: Private Equity
Location: Boston, MA

Our client is a private equity backed SAAS business that aspires to be the worldwide leader in buyside research management software. The Company not only strives to have the largest customer base in the industry but also be the undisputed premier solution provider when it comes to the most demanding and prestigious asset managers and allocators across the globe. Furthermore, the Company will proactively pursue strategic acquisitions that could further strengthen the product offering, add complementary solutions and/or enable entry into new markets, all while increasing the financial scale of the business.

The Company received significant investment from a leading private equity firm in 2019. The firm seeks to invest in a select number of highly specialized enterprise software companies based in North America. The Principals of the firm bring a unique combination of deep software investing and operating experience having decades of experience with leading technology investment firms.

Position Summary

The CFO will play a leading role in ensuring scalable growth of the business and will be the main conduit of information and informed decision making between the management team and investors. The CFO will have a healthy understanding of all functional areas of the business, particularly as it pertains to the financial impact that each has on the overall business (i.e. “unit-economics” and ROI on various growth initiatives across different functional areas). Furthermore, the CFO will help build financial and organizational processes and systems in order to enable the integration of any acquisition(s) in the future. He or she will build a metrics-based, highly measurable performance-based culture which will enhance the predictability of the business performance, making it a highly attractive strategic asset in the industry.

Professional Experience/Qualifications

• Success serving as the key member of the senior executive team in providing input to the CEO, Board, and management peers regarding the financial implications of all major business decisions, as well as strategic objectives.
• Recent experience as CFO or #2 at a fast-growing SaaS or software company, with strong familiarity with software revenue recognition, metrics, and best practices.
• Ideally a combination of experience that includes accounting and ownership/critical member of the finance function a rapidly growing company that has scaled from single digits of ARR to $25+MM.
• Diversity of experience and exposure to a wide range of complex business models.
• Application SaaS and Software industry experience required.
• Strong FP&A skillset with analytical, intellectually curious mindset.
• Business and operationally oriented.
• Raw intellect, talent and energy are critical.
• Ability to develop and implement systems, tools and processes increasing business clarity.
• Prior experience within a company that is backed by Private Equity investors is preferred but not required.
• M&A and post-merger integration experience required.
• Strong communication and team building skills.

Job ID: EB-5110297428
Category: Accounting & Finance
Location: Annapolis, MD

BrainWorks, has engaged in a new Controller search with a Maryland-based, growing PE backed real estate developer. This is a thriving business growing organically and through M&A transactions.

Job ID: EB-1003742682
Category: Consumer Products
Location: Bergen, NJ

Our client, an entrepreneurial and fast-growing consumer products manufacturer, is seeking a Sr. Mechanical Engineer to join its expanding team. If you are passionate about innovative state-of-the-art products that positively impact the consumer’s experience, you’ll want to hear more about this exciting opportunity to use your strong
engineering, design and problem-solving skills!

Responsibilities include:

• All stages of Product Development, including research & development, design, manufacturing, and product support.
• Support and develop solutions for ongoing projects at various stages of development throughout the product lifecycle, including initial scoping, design concept generation, design validation, manufacturing validation and development of sourced products
• Evaluate factory designs, proposed solutions, and processes
• Review and support overseas factories’ tooling and injection molding processes
• Participate in product safety and review analyses; investigate and analyze any quality issues and determine solutions
• Design product testing and reliability plan, and manage R&D deliverables

Ideal Candidates will have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Industrial Design
• 5+ years of product development experience with the design, development, and manufacturing of electro-mechanical consumer products. Experience with small kitchen appliances is a plus
• Experience working with Industrial Design and knowledge of materials (plastics, metals) and finishes
• Experience working in an energetic startup environment
• Proficiency with 3D engineering design (e.g., Solidworks, AutoCAD, ProE/Creo), rapid prototyping (3D printing and machining) and injection molding
• Experience with Design for Manufacturing; interfacing directly with factories in China and Taiwan

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Job ID: EB-4057818775
Category: Private Equity
Location: Miami, FL

Our client is a leading South Florida based private equity firm and among the most active in the country with over $1 billion in AUM. We are working with their portfolio operations group that focuses is onboarding new acquisitions and helping to imbed the firm’s Path to 3x strategy into those companies. They also focus on reporting, compliance, and the development of a strong bench of third-party resources that can be brought to bear in specific ways for each portfolio company.

General Description

The Associate will play a key role in the core functions of the Portfolio Operations Group. Over the next few years, the group will be relentlessly focused on refining their existing processes and developing their value creation strategy to create a world-class portfolio operations vertical within the firm. The largest portion of that time will be spent:

Key Competencies

The person in this role will be asked to take on a wide variety of tasks and will be interacting regularly with senior management of the firm and many of the portfolio companies. As such, it is necessary that the candidate possess:

Functional Requirements

In addition to a bachelor’s degree from a top-tier university, the candidate should have functional experience in at least one of the following areas:

Job ID: EB-1405179349
Category: Private Equity
Location: Seattle, WA

Our client is a well known $1+ billion middle market generalist private equity firm. The firm makes control equity investments in situations related to management buyouts, recapitalizations of closely-held businesses, and companies that need capital to fund internal growth.

The firm seeks an experienced Associate who will be a core member of the private equity deal team, providing differentiated due diligence analysis and serve in an integral capacity across the transaction lifecycle including, thesis development, investment execution, and portfolio management/engagement. This individual will have a strong investment banking background ideally with generalist industry experience, strong analytical capabilities, and strong leadership skills.

Essential Job Function:

• Partner with the investment team to identify attractive industry trends and investment strategies
• Manage and oversee the entirety of the transaction process as deal quarterback through diligence, terms and completion, supporting the deal sponsor
• Leads comprehensive diligence, including but not limited to financial, market, legal and operational evaluation
• Assist in structuring and negotiating with debt providers
• Cultivate strong relationships with management of acquisition targets
• Support management teams to develop and implement post-acquisition initiatives including, 180-Day Plans, that focus on successfully integrating portfolio companies and driving performance improvement opportunities
• Provide both strategic and tactical counsel to portfolio company leadership teams leveraging operations, strategy, and financial expertise
• Work with investment professionals and other advisors to further develop and execute liquidity/exit plans for portfolio companies
• Provide quantitative and analytical support to monitor private equity investments
• Ability to supervise junior staff

Requirements:

• Minimum 2-3 years of experience within a leading investment banking analyst program
• 1-2 years of experience in private equity as an Associate.
• Ideally experience within business services, manufacturing, consumer/retail, and distribution
• Analytical and business process orientation with the ability to identify trends, process improvement opportunities and strategic opportunities
• Strong board and C-level presentation construction and delivery capabilities, including a strong capability to synthesize and construct arguments

Job ID: EB-6656871041
Category: Analytics & Data Sciences
Location: Seattle, WA

Our client, a global, high growth, iconic consumer brand, is looking for a Senior Manager of Advanced Digital Analytics. This is a great opportunity for a Decision Scientist who is passionate about leading a team and guiding business decisions through discovering and sharing insights that deliver stakeholder outcomes.

Ideal candidate:

• Digital Analytics/eCommerce Experience
• Experimental design, A/B testing, Multivariate Testing
• People Management Experience
• Experience with R, SQL, Python, Tableau
• Predictive modeling and Analytics experience
• Excellent communication skills

Job ID: EB-1150947179
Category: Private Equity
Location: Atlanta Metro, GA

Our client is a manufacturer and distributor of plastic injection molded products for various consumer verticals. The company operates two manufacturing facilities both domestic and international and has 3 distribution centers. They are a market leader with a few niche verticals. Due to key transformation and operational improvements the business is at a key inflection point of EBITDA growth making this a very attractive time to enter the business.

The company was acquired and is currently owned by a leading private equity firm out of New York. We are seeking a dynamic young professional with a strong mix of plant operations, costing and finance experience that will be a critical member of the Finance organization reporting directly to the CFO and private equity sponsor.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The company has identified the following as critical success factors to be accomplished within the first year:

• Leading role in inventory control and management- inventory reduction strategy, improving E&O process- including reserves and strategic sales, tracking of international profit-in-inventory and in-transit reconciliations, leading physical inventories in NA manufacturing and distribution
• Partner with functional leadership in Supply Chain and Logistics to develop advanced metrics & performance reporting scorecards integrated with Power BI platform
• Leading role in implementing standard costing in the Newnan manufacturing operation- process development and leadership, systems configuration, budget development
• Implement capital management process, including- cash flow modeling, approval management, spend controls and tracking, linkage to fixed asset accounting, etc.
• Subject matter expert in Finance with respect to manufacturing and cost accounting. Resource support for plant Finance team in Shanghai, China, and analytical support of S&OP process led by Supply Chain team.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS

Qualified candidates will have 3+ years of experience in Operations along with competency in finance and cost accounting, preferably in a respected manufacturing or inventory intensive business. Operational and highly analytical, the ideal candidate will be a proven and driven professional with a foundation in continuous improvement, best-in-class finance organizations.

The ideal candidate is currently in Operations & Finance within a fortune company or comparable private equity backed business. Candidates must have a high degree of energy/drive/tenacity and capable of building and and/or transforming processes to drive Private Equity investor value creation strategy.

Specific requirements include:

• Strong operational, finance and business partnership skills. Readily conversant and knowledgeable in a broad array of operational and financial areas, including cost accounting, inventory planning and analysis, cash flow modeling. The candidate should have experience in the development, implementation, and use of integrated financial and accounting systems and enterprise resource planning systems.
• Results orientation. As evidenced by a track record of consistently delivering significant year-over-year improvement in financial results in customer-oriented environments that are characterized by a high sense of urgency and a need for rapid improvement and/or change. The candidate will have demonstrated the ability to present actionable information using useful managerial reports, to interpret data and trends; and to harness information to measure operational improvements, cost reductions and customer satisfaction.
• Experience in manufacturing, industrials, consumer/ or any heavy inventory environment
• Strong collaboration and influencing skills. As evidenced by a demonstrated track record of building and sustaining effective relationships in a calm, thoughtful and proactive manner. S/he will possess the experience and passion necessary to become a true “go to” business partner for individuals within the finance organization and providing actionable information and strategic business advice to leadership team and Private Equity owner.

This individual will demonstrate proven success as a leader and influencer, and possessing credibility to impact decisions, both at the corporate and business operations level. S/He should possess excellent management and leadership skills to operate at a high level, while also functioning as an individual contributor

Job ID: EB-1254073354
Category: Consumer Products
Location: Allentown, PA

Announcing a new full-time direct hire position in the Lehigh Valley region of PA for a mid-sized, GLOBAL B2C Consumer Products Company. They are seeking a Director of IT eCommerce to lead IT ecommerce systems, particularly the .Net development team and help them re-platform from home-grown to salesforce commerce this year.

• This role is highly visible, reporting directly to the president of the company, and will direct the IT ecommerce strategy and support/operations.
• Needs an accomplished leader functioning at/near the Director level currently.
• Will assist with relocation.
• Will onboard/start somewhat remotely for now during pandemic, but eventually this will return to an in-office/HQ role with much collaboration with marketing expected.

* Sorry, but no consulting, fully remote, nor sponsorship may be offered. Please connect.

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Job ID: EB-6528159498
Category: CRM & Direct Marketing
Location: Los Angeles, CA

As Vice President Customer Experience Strategy, you’ll architect meaningful connections and behavior change across a customer journey framework using a data-driven approach. Determine the epic and everyday moments in the journey we must win, the content customers are looking for, the channels they use and who influences

Responsibilities:

• Design customer experience programs using a multitude of channels and platforms
• Develop deep insights into customer beliefs, attitudes, barriers and drivers across the customer journey, leveraging primary research and insight platforms
• Develop creative briefs and brief internal teams
• Work with creative teams to inspire great work
• Work with Analytics to understand experience ROI and attribution and to maintain strong understanding of results and areas for optimization
• Work with Analytics to elevate data insights and integrate with business and culture trends.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience with a strong CX and data orientation
• Agency experience
• Creative Strategy
• Experience operating within customer journey frameworks that move customers down a path to stronger brand affinity and higher LTV
• Fluency with social analytics and insight platforms
• Experience on multi-channel, integrated ad campaigns
• Positive energy, entrepreneurial spirit and desire to bring new things to life
• Four-year degree required; preferred areas of study include Liberal Arts or Social Sciences; Master’s Degree a plus

Job ID: EB-2009384222
Category: Analytics & Data Sciences
Location: Los Angeles, CA

Our client is in the hiring a Vice President of Analytics and Insights. We are looking for a mature mix of skills: data science, CRM analytics, client relationship development, strategic business-driving insights and leadership. This growth opportunity entails the following responsibilities:

• Advise, guide and partner with clients and agency colleagues on analytics strategies, initiatives and tools that will drive business results that deliver on the clients’ goals
• Architect, sell and help deliver business-driving analytics platforms, dashboards, roadmaps and programs
• Serve as day-to-day analytics partner to senior level clients, using excellent communication and strong presentation skills internally and with clients of all levels
• Demonstrate a solid understanding of client business strategy, products, competitors and industry standards
• Counsel clients on business opportunities, providing strong recommendations on project and partnership priorities
• Lead the development of advanced analytics solutions, metrics, dashboard reports and campaign test design
• Drive the use of data to create a strategic analytics framework for cultivating and producing insights that build our clients’ brands by identifying and maximizing key customer experience touch points and measuring ROI to prove it
• Perform data analysis, effectively summarizing findings and sharing actionable applications with colleagues and clients
• Demonstrate strong understanding of digital and social platforms, trends and measurement approaches with an enthusiastic pursuit of continuous learning
• Apply innovative data analytics methodologies to drive customer insights for our clients’ brands

Qualifications:

• 10+ years’ work experience in marketing analytics

• Advised and guided internal and external clients on analytics strategies and programs from ideation through implementation
• Experiential knowledge of multi-/cross-channel and digital marketing techniques for:

• Excellent knowledge of desktop applications and software used for data analysis, manipulation and visualization, including:

• In-depth understanding of analytics, database and technology platforms, and media channels
• Possess strong background in statistics, and working knowledge of experimental and test design
• Hands-on experience in managing data and data mining
• Applied experience with a strong understanding of advertising/marketing business objectives and dynamics
• Experience developing overall engagement strategy and working with various SMEs, discipline leads and teams to execute plans

Job ID: EB-8126148157
Category: Private Equity
Location: West Palm Beach, FL

Our client is a multi- billion dollar top quartile private equity buyout firm located in Florida investing in companies in transition and in critical stages of transformation. They are seeking an Associate to join their team in Summer 2020. The firm is a global private equity firm focused on identifying companies’ untapped potential and leveraging its deep operational and financial resources to transform results.

The firm is a trusted partner that is recognized for its investment and operational experience, including particular expertise in the consumer products and services, food and beverage, industrial, packaging, chemicals, building products, automotive, restaurant and retail sectors. They have invested in more than 365 companies worldwide with revenues of approximately $50 billion across a broad range of industries and transaction structures

Position Summary

Participate in all aspects of the investment decision process (start to finish) as well as aspects of post-closing portfolio management.

Job Duties

• Perform significant financial analysis, heavy financial modeling and leverage scenarios
• Provide in-depth company and industry due diligence
• Draft written materials for internal analysis and the underwriting of investments
• Direct interaction with management teams, third party advisors and third party lenders in evaluating, structuring and financing transactions
• Work with management teams as well as their investment and operations teams at the Board-level to analyze portfolio company performance and help establish goals and budgets
• Work with advisors to effectuate exit transactions from the portfolio

Position Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Engineering, Business, Economics or Mathematics
• 2-3 years of investment banking, management consulting or restructuring from a highly regarded institution or combination of investment banking and private equity.
• Excellent verbal and written skills
• Ability to work well within a team

Job ID: EB-8673493690
Category: Private Equity
Location: New York, NY

Location: New York, New York
Tenure: 2-3 years or Career Track
Start Date: Immediate

Summary
Our client is a leading private equity firm focused on financial technology that recently allocated $100+ million to acquire and build out a holding company of several payments companies across different verticals. Their goal is to increase payments margins and provide operational support to management teams within a family of companies. This is a very high volume M&A role targeting 2 acquisitions per month in the size range of up to $20 million in enterprise value per deal. Successful candidates will be able to build an impressive deal sheet and obtain deep experience leading and executing all phases of a deal. To date, the company has closed on 21 transactions since March 2018 and continues to aggressively pursue M&A.

Responsibilities:

• Find and get in touch with software businesses in the US across a wide range of markets including nonprofit and fundraising, leisure and activity management, SMB management, equipment, and storage rental, real estate and field and home services
• Develop close relationships with CEOs, investment bankers, lawyers, and other regional influencers to facilitate introductions and connect with outstanding technology companies
• Frequent travel with members of the M&A team
• Complete diligence, including: customer metrics analysis, modeling, and industry research
• Create presentation materials for board review and company pitches
• Identify opportunities for acquired companies to improve technology offerings and increase growth rate

Qualifications:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Analyst: 1 – 3 years of experience with an investment bank, private equity/venture capital, consulting firm, corporate development group

Job ID: EB-8725263240
Category: Private Equity
Location: Cleveland, OH

Timing: Summer 2020

Career Track: 3 years

Location: Cleveland or potentially Charlotte

Our client is a Midwest based $1.3 billion middle market private equity firm. This role would be located in their Cleveland office and potentially may be considered for their Charlotte office. The firm makes control equity investments in situations related to management buyouts, recapitalizations of closely-held businesses, and companies that need capital to fund internal growth.

The firm seeks an Associate who will be a core member of the private equity deal team, providing differentiated due diligence analysis and serve in an integral capacity across the transaction lifecycle including, thesis development, investment execution, and portfolio management/engagement. This individual will have a strong investment banking background ideally with generalist industry experience, strong analytical capabilities, and strong leadership skills.

Essential Job Function:

• Partner with the investment team to identify attractive industry trends and investment strategies
• Manage and oversee the entirety of the transaction process as deal quarterback through diligence, terms and completion, supporting the deal sponsor
• Leads comprehensive diligence, including but not limited to financial, market, legal and operational evaluation
• Assist in structuring and negotiating with debt providers
• Cultivate strong relationships with management of acquisition targets
• Support management teams to develop and implement post-acquisition initiatives including, 180-Day Plans, that focus on successfully integrating portfolio companies and driving performance improvement opportunities
• Provide both strategic and tactical counsel to portfolio company leadership teams leveraging operations, strategy, and financial expertise
• Work with investment professionals and other advisors to further develop and execute liquidity/exit plans for portfolio companies
• Provide quantitative and analytical support to monitor private equity investments
• Ability to supervise junior staff

Requirements:

• Minimum 2-3 years of experience within a leading investment banking analyst program
• Ideally experience within business services, manufacturing, consumer/retail, and distribution
• Analytical and business process orientation with the ability to identify trends, process improvement opportunities and strategic opportunities
• Strong board and C-level presentation construction and delivery capabilities, including a strong capability to synthesize and construct arguments

Job ID: EB-6578806645
Category: Digital Marketing & eCommerce
Location: Milwaukee, WI

Our client, a leading global innovator of outdoor recreational equipment is looking for a Digital Marketing Strategist with strong user experience knowledge. You will partner with global bands to develop best-in-class practices. You will consult with business unit marketing and cross-functional teams to develop user experience strategies and facilitate decision-making/implementation of plans to improve the user experience at each stage of the purchase journey translating to loyal customers, revenue growth, maximized product potential and the ultimate brand experience.

Ideal Candidate:

• 7+ years’ experience in UX and Digital Marketing
• Experience owning the UX strategy
• Agency and client-side experience
• Ability to work cross-functionally with multiple business units
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience working on a Global level preferred

Job ID: EB-1928815389
Category: Consumer Products
Location: Indianapolis, IN

Our client, a stable and growing CPG manufacturer with innovative products, is seeking a Plant Manager/Operations Manager who will oversee Plant Operations, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing Quality Assurance. This is a great opportunity to lead the company’s mission in the key areas of Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Inventory, and employee development.

Responsibilities include:

• Ensure Operations achieves the business goals of the business, customer expectations, and the safety and welfare of the associates.
• Manage a world-class, customer-centric team, motivating and leading staff, increasing revenues, driving LEAN manufacturing culture, driving manufacturing strategy, and improving profitability.
• Assist in the development of refined Safety program enhancements to achieve company objective of zero incidents.
• Assist in the development of refined Quality program enhancements to achieve company objective of zero internal and external defects.
• Ensure proper coordination of all people, processes, and materials to achieve company objective of 100% Complete and On-Time delivery.
• Provide analysis and recommendations on long-term manufacturing and capital planning needed to support the business’ mid- and long-term business planning needs.
• Lead staff by coaching, counseling, motivating and disciplining as needed; plans, monitors and appraises job results.

Ideal candidates will have:

• BA/BS Engineering and 10+ years Senior Manufacturing leadership role within a CPG food manufacturing environment.
• Experience with aseptic processes and/or high-speed packaging strongly preferred.
• Comfortable working with a highly complex portfolio mix with several diverse manufacturing technologies.
• Experience working in FDA regulated industry (Contract manufacturing, CPG food or Nutritional products).
• Experience in a continuous process improvement environment.

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Job ID: EB-2386277638
Category: Private Equity
Location: New York, NY

Brainworks is currently engaged by a $25 billion private equity firm out of New York. We are working with their direct lending arm that has a broad investment mandate and provides senior and subordinated debt for refinancings, growth capital, acquisitions, buyouts, and balance sheet recapitalizations. They are seeking Principal level professionals with extensive networks and a track record of originating direct to company loans. The firm seeks professionals within several major secondary markets including Austin, Nashville, Minneapolis and Denver. This is not a sponsor coverage position, but focused mostly on the direct lending side. The strategy manages over $2 billion in assets.

• Originate and source private debt opportunities
• Assist with initial screening and due diligence of new opportunities
• Structure and negotiate prospective deals with borrowers
• Facilitate execution of credit agreements
• Monitor ongoing performance of investments
• Negotiate waivers and amendments
• Flexibility to work remotely

Experience Required

• A Bachelor’s degree is required. MBA or other advanced degree preferred.
• A minimum 7 to 10 years private lending origination experience
• Proven track record and rolodex of relationships with corporations, M&A advisors, private equity firms and bankers
• Strong management, communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience assisting in the negotiation of transaction structure and terms
• Familiarity with non-investment grade credit lending

Personal Attributes

• The successful candidate will have outstanding initiative and a strong work ethic;
• The candidate must have excellent written and verbal communication skills; and
• He/She will be team-oriented and must possess strong integrity and professionalism.

Job ID: EB-1399981916
Category: Private Equity
Location: Lexington, KY

Our client is a private equity firm with $1.5 billion in committed capital. The firm makes control investments in middle-market businesses in the manufacturing, industrial, distribution, and consumer sectors. The firm designs and executes a customized value creation plan for each acquisition that seeks to generate significant cash flow and improve earnings within 12 to 18 months of investment. Since the firm was formed in 2005, they have grown from its three founders to a firm of over 40 professionals.

The firm seeks an Associate to support the Operating Team. The role will require significant travel and presence at portfolio company sites for the duration of each assignment.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead and support financial and operational improvement projects
• FP&A and modeling
• Strategic planning and budgeting
• Run parts of or entire transformation plans immediately after acquisition
• Create clear and simple presentations
• Conduct market, company and competitor research
• Structure and conduct data analysis to draw conclusions about key business drivers
• Complete ad-hoc projects, analysis, and other duties as assigned
• Convince C-Level and Finance leaders to plan, execute and measure key initiatives

REQUIREMENTS

• BA or BS with an excellent academic record; major in Engineering, Statistics, or Finance a plus
• Excellent analytical, financial and problem-solving skills
• Prior financial modeling experience
• Entrepreneurial, creative self-starter; able to work independently with limited direction
• High learning agility; able to quickly get up to speed on new industries and/or areas
• Strong project management, interpersonal and communication skills
• 3-7 years of experience at either an accounting / consulting firm or Private Equity/Fortune 500 company
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint skills; VBA and Tableau experience a plus

Job ID: EB-1512545414
Category: Consumer Products
Location: Atlanta, GA

Seeking IT Leader with ecommerce B2C experience in Atlanta, GA.

Our client is a well-established, small-to-mid sized B2C ecommerce fueled company in the greater Atlanta region. They are seeking an experienced IT leader to lead both front and backend functions .

Supervise small in-house team as well as offshore vendors.
Will immediately drive new ERP implementations (netsuite) and development standards and tools (Magento 2) and own their IT ecommerce roadmap.

This highly visible and impactful role will report directly to the CEO and collaborate with Marketing. Qualified candidates will have degree, and at least 15 years of overall experience, 5 years of team leadership, B2C ecommerce IT strategy and support, and still be some-what still hands-on/ highly technical.

Must be on site (post pandemic), will help relocate.

Targeting 200k ++ incentives.

IND123

Job ID: EB-6104719021
Category: Private Equity
Location: Seattle, WA

Timing: Immediate
Career Track: 3 years
Location: Seattle, WA

Our client is a Midwest based (not Chicago) $1+ billion middle market private equity firm. This role would be located in their Seattle office. The firm makes control equity investments in situations related to management buyouts, recapitalizations of closely-held businesses, and companies that need capital to fund internal growth.

The firm seeks an Associate who will be a core member of the private equity deal team, providing differentiated due diligence analysis and serve in an integral capacity across the transaction lifecycle including, thesis development, investment execution, and portfolio management/engagement. This individual will have a strong investment banking background ideally with generalist industry experience, strong analytical capabilities, and strong leadership skills.

Essential Job Function:

• Partner with the investment team to identify attractive industry trends and investment strategies
• Manage and oversee the entirety of the transaction process as deal quarterback through diligence, terms and completion, supporting the deal sponsor
• Leads comprehensive diligence, including but not limited to financial, market, legal and operational evaluation
• Assist in structuring and negotiating with debt providers
• Cultivate strong relationships with management of acquisition targets
• Support management teams to develop and implement post-acquisition initiatives including, 180-Day Plans, that focus on successfully integrating portfolio companies and driving performance improvement opportunities
• Provide both strategic and tactical counsel to portfolio company leadership teams leveraging operations, strategy, and financial expertise
• Work with investment professionals and other advisors to further develop and execute liquidity/exit plans for portfolio companies
• Provide quantitative and analytical support to monitor private equity investments
• Ability to supervise junior staff

Requirements:

• Minimum 2-3 years of experience within a leading investment banking analyst program and preference would be to have 1-2 years of private equity experience
• Candidates with existing PE experience will be considered for a career track Senior Associate role
• Ideally experience within business services, manufacturing, consumer/retail, and distribution
• Analytical and business process orientation with the ability to identify trends, process improvement opportunities and strategic opportunities
• Strong board and C-level presentation construction and delivery capabilities, including a strong capability to synthesize and construct arguments