by Ronald Barron | Oct 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Sourcing Manager – Marketing & Travel
Location: United States
Elastic is a free and open search company that powers enterprise search, observability, and security solutions built on one technology stack that can be deployed anywhere. From finding documents to monitoring infrastructure to hunting for threats, Elastic makes data usable in real-time and at scale. Thousands of organizations worldwide, including Barclays, Cisco, eBay, Fairfax, ING, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, The Mayo Clinic, NASA, The New York Times, Wikipedia, and Verizon, use Elastic to power mission-critical systems. Founded in 2012, Elastic is a distributed company with Elasticians around the globe. Learn more at elastic.
As the Sr. Strategic Sourcing Manager, you and your team will lead global sourcing activities associated with select Marketing & Travel spend categories, including supplier strategy development and coordination of activities to ensure that cost and value-added requirements are met. You will be expected to drive projects in all aspects of the sourcing process, from category assessment, cost savings opportunities, vendor due diligence, RFx, contract negotiations, and vendor management.
What You Will Be Doing:
- Building and enhancing relationships with key stakeholders within the Marketing, HR, Workplaces, Finance, Legal and Sales department(s) to develop sourcing strategies to meet their requirements
- Collaborating with Finance and Planning counterparts to proactively monitor and evaluate strategic sourcing opportunities and help drive planning and budgeting processes
- Performing spend, market, and vendor analytical research, and communicating these findings to senior leaders to help drive decision making including maintenance of a preferred vendor database.
- Reviewing Master Service Agreements, Order Forms, and SOWs with your assigned Contract Manager to ensure Elastic receives great commercial value and optimizes its legal position within the applicable contract. Bringing up any off-playbook clauses to an Elastic Attorney when needed.
- Capturing product and service specifications from business owners for RFx activities and vendor business reviews
- Leading the development of award scenarios and recommendations for collaborator evaluation, consideration and decision-making
- Objectives may include savings, process effectiveness, supplier consolidation & management, risk reduction & management, improved visibility & control of expenditures
- Supporting internal Business Partners by facilitating accurate and favorable transactions, and on-going supplier management and accountability
- Managing and developing vendor relationships; using vendors as a source of innovation and growth
- Helping to build sourcing and procurement process and enabling the associated sourcing and procurement tools
- Communicating with Business Partners, coworkers and management in a clear, concise and timely manner
- Coaching and mentoring your team to help you facilitate all the activities within your role
What You Bring Along:
- Bachelor’s or Master Degree or equivalent plus 8 to 12 years relevant experience in Sourcing with a strong focus on business & corporate services spend categories.
- Experience managing and coaching a team of at least 2 sourcing and contract management professionals located globally (i.e. India, US, Canada, Europe, etc.).
- Advanced contract management skills and the ability to understand and negotiate master service agreements, order forms, SOWs, and various other legal documentation.
- Strong communication, relationship building, influencing, persuasion, negotiation, presentation, conflict resolution and business analysis skills.
- Possess high integrity combined with good eye for business, with the ability to identify, recommend and select the best overall solution.
- This is a global position and will require some limited travel.
- Be a self-starter with a positive, can-do attitude! Must be willing to work on one’s own initiative and must be focused on achieving goals.
Does it sound like you? Then click the Apply button and embark on a journey with us!
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Additional Information – We Take Care of Our People
As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you’re looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Your age is only a number. It doesn’t matter if you’re just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do.
We strive to have parity of benefits across regions and while regulations differ from place to place, we believe taking care of our people is the right thing to do.
- Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
- Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
- Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
- Generous number of vacation days each year
- Double your charitable giving – We match up to $1500 (or local currency equivalent)
- Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
- Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave
Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is committed to diversity as well as inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to the principles of affirmative action. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation. If you require any reasonable accessibility support, please complete our Candidate Accessibility Request Form.
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by Ronald Barron | Oct 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Data Scientist
Location: Remote
About Buildout
In 2010 Buildout pioneered commercial real estate (CRE) marketing automation. Today, with over 35,000 brokers and with 12 of the top 20 brokerages counted as customers, Buildout continues to be the leader in CRE marketing automation in addition to recently launching valuable, integrated back-office workflow and customer relationship management (CRM) solutions. Developed in close collaboration with our customers, Buildout allows brokerages to bring their expertise to every stage of their deals all from within one platform. Our vision is that CRE dealmaking will be tech-powered, but human-led. We have a some-nonsense culture that embodies nerds and humor. Learn more about who we are, what we do, and why we’re changing the face of CRE tech on our website:
The Opportunity
Headquartered in Chicago with employees distributed across the country, we’re a fast-growing tech company that achieves our vision through our commitment to our Team, Customers, Product, and Continuous Improvement. It is our intention to create exceptional, high quality products that lead the Commercial Real Estate industry into the future and delight our customers.
We are searching for a strategic and inquisitive Data Scientist to develop and run with data-centered projects that inform and promote our continued growth and expansion. You will harness your deep experience of Data Science to turn data into strategic insights and meaningful solutions. Our ideal candidate has a strong quantitative and analytical background and is excited to build this function and contribute to a multitude of projects.
How You’ll Contribute at Buildout
- Build, improve and maintain data-driven projects to help build critical solutions to difficult problems
- Collect and clean data from various sources and translate into strategic insights and actionable business recommendations
- Select and employ advanced statistical procedures to obtain actionable insights
- Produce and distribute non-technical reports that detail the successes and limitations of each project
- Stay informed about developments in Data Science and adjacent fields to ensure that outputs are always relevant
- Set and achieve Buildout sponsored personal and professional goals
What You’ll Bring to Buildout
- Extensive experience as a Data Scientist
- Proficiency in R, Python, and/or other relevant languages and frameworks
- Strong experience with SQL database design, architecture and querying
- Strong experience in machine learning principles, frameworks and technique
- Demonstrable history of devising and overseeing data-centered projects
- Ability to succinctly relay insights to inform business decisions
- Excellent applied analytics and problem-solving skills
- Strong project management and organizational skills
- An ability to move quickly in an an agile and sometimes ambiguous environment
- An openness to interfacing with your customers to better understand what they need
- A wanting to learn-it-all personality (versus know-it-all)
We know there are great candidates who won’t check all of these boxes, and we also know you might bring important skills that we haven’t considered. If that’s you, don’t hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself.
We are based in Chicago, but this is a remote-friendly role open across most of the US. The salary range for this position starts at $110,000.
Perks & Benefits
We built a benefits program to match the quality of our team. This program includes:
- Impactful insurance and benefit options, including covering 100% of employee health insurance premiums, FSA plan, STD, LTD, life insurance, and telemedicine
- Policies that support a healthy work/life balance, including generous PTO, paid parental leave, and give back days
- Equipment to set you up for success including laptop, monitor, keyboard, and mouse
- 401(k) with 4% company match and immediate vesting
- Offices in Chicago and Austin for those who prefer an office setting, plus a monthly remote work reimbursement
- Challenging problems to solve with a committed and supportive team who are invested in your growth and development
- A wonderfully quirky culture where you’re encouraged to bring your whole self to work
Buildout is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, marital status, order of protection status, citizenship status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at accommodations@buildout.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information and we will consider your request.
Below, you will be asked to complete identity information for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). It is required by law that we ask these questions using the format provided by the EEOC. However, we want you to know that at Buildout, we understand that gender is not binary and welcome people of all identities.
For more information about our privacy practices please visit our Privacy Policy. California residents have additional rights and should review the Additional Disclosures for California Residents section in our Privacy Policy.
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by Ronald Barron | Oct 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Seasonal CX Associate, Part-Time
Department:Customer Experience
Location: Remote
Is this job for you?
In preparation of one of the busiest times of the year for the retail industry, Faherty is looking to bring on a part-time Seasonal CX associate to help support or CX function.
Our customer experience team is the virtual face of Faherty Brand. Whether you’re working with a first- time customer or one of our VIPs, your role as a CX Associate is critical to the success of delivering exceptional guest experiences and ensuring clients leave with results that are nothing less than amazing.
A positive attitude along with having an intimate knowledge of our products and best-in-class customer service practices will make you successful in your role. You will be responsible for staying consistent with the Faherty message, as well as educating and communicating with our customer on the value of our product and the services we offer. In addition, you are expected to continuously update your knowledge of our products, services, and customer service policies.
What you’ll do:
- Your primary responsibility includes maintaining a positive attitude and focusing on customer satisfaction
- You will work closely with customers to determine their needs, answer their questions about our products and recommend the right solutions applying best-in-class customer service
- To be successful as a CX Associate, you will be efficient yet thorough in answering customer inquiries through our multiple channels including phone calls, emails, and live chats
- You will utilize your active listening skills and strong writing skills to promptly resolve customer complaints, issues, and to ensure maximum client satisfaction
- You will participate in product knowledge sessions and weekly touch-bases with your manager to master customer service and sales techniques as well as identify areas of strength that can mutually benefit your career growth and company processes.
- You will master our internal point of sale systems and CRM platforms in order to efficiently and effectively process customer orders
- You will learn to communicate directly with our store teams to help problem solve as well as manage the shipment of orders to customers
- You will help with the buildout of our AI and automation programs by applying basic coding and logic skills
- You will collaborate with other departments like merchandising and marketing on projects that increase our overall customer satisfaction
- You will assist in collecting customer feedback and will use that to improve on how our customers view Faherty products and our support
- You will be an active member of a close-knit team who maintains a can-do attitude and wants to develop strong working relationships within the team and company.
What you’ll have:
- At least 1+ year of recent customer service experience
- Available to work daytime/nighttime and weekends + some holidays (excluding Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Day)
- Ability to quickly learn and navigate multiple computer applications
- Ideal candidate will have some knowledge of basic coding to help build out our AI and automations
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to convey personality through the written word without sacrificing professionalism
- Ability to utilize active listening skills to fully comprehend customer issues and problem solve
- Adapt quickly to changing customer expectations and needs
- Enthusiastic about learning how Faherty products are produced and how they fit
- Ability to work autonomously and productively without in-person supervision
- A keen understanding of policies and procedures, along with the ability to apply these quickly, correctly, and thoroughly
- A fun, upbeat, and patient attitude
- A strong desire to be an active member of a high-functioning team
** The health and safety of you and your Faherty Brand teammates is important to us! Covid-19 vaccination will be required to work in our office. **
A bit about us:
Founded in 2013 by Mike and Alex Faherty and Kerry Docherty, Faherty is a family-run lifestyle and apparel brand fueled by purpose and optimism. Our goal: to build a new American legacy by creating high-quality, sustainably minded, feel-good favorites that will bring you joy to wear.
We feel a deep responsibility to do things differently: to promise comfort without compromising quality. To hold ourselves to a higher standard with a lower environmental impact. To leave the world a better place than we found it.
We recognize the impact the fashion industry has on the world, and we’re dedicated to learning how to be better stewards of the planet. We believe the power of conversation and connection can make real change, and we’re committed to supporting people and organizations doing work that we believe in.
Our passionate leadership team comes from different backgrounds but share a singular goal: to deliver on our promise of comfort and craftsmanship. To work side-by-side in a collaborative, energetic, and creative
environment every day, like the family we are.
We welcome everyone — and we mean everyone. We believe a diversity of viewpoints, experiences, and backgrounds only serve to make our team stronger, which is why we strongly encourage those from historically and systemically marginalized communities to apply: BIPOC, women, and people in the LGBTQIA+ community, to name a few. We strive to lead consciously, bravely, and inclusively — and to reflect those values in our work. We live by six key pillars:
Be The Best
Stay Authentic
Better Together
Spread Good Vibes
Deliver On Promises
Lead Consciously, Bravely and Inclusively
Remain compassionate. Stay focused. Seek joy. Let’s make the world a better place.
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by Ronald Barron | Oct 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Title: Safety Agent – Morning
Location: Remote
Please note that our National Operations Center is a 24/7 operation with three shifts. We are currently looking to fill our morning shift, which is from 7am-5pm EST.
About Citizen:
Citizen is the No. 1 personal safety app in the U.S., with a mission to Protect the World. Citizen provides 911 alerts so people can use their phones to keep themselves, and the people and places they love, safe.
Citizen Agents an in-house, highly trained team of safety experts power the free product, providing real-time 911 safety alerts to people who are nearby active safety incidents. Citizen safety alerts have helped people evacuate burning buildings, returned hundreds of missing children to their families, and have become part of the social safety infrastructure of most major US cities. Citizen Agents work around the clock to moderate a unique blend of publicly reported incidents and user generated video/comments to provide live on-the-ground safety coverage.
Citizen’s first paid product Citizen Premium allows users to reach Citizen Agents for their protection 24/7. Citizen Agents have helped thousands of subscribers stay safe, deescalating tense domestic situations, routing emergency help to remote locations, and helping people travel safely through cities at night.
Already relied on by 9+ million people every day, Citizen will continue to expand and upgrade public safety in major cities around the world. We’re looking for hardworking, mission-driven individuals to join the team.
Citizen is backed by Sequoia Capital, 8VC, Goodwater Capital, and Founders Fund and has raised $100M+ in VC funding.
About the Team
Citizen Protect is Citizen’s first subscription product and combines the power of our network, trained safety agents, and technology to give everyone the power to protect themselves and the people they love. Citizen Protect includes a powerful suite of safety products including a fast way to reach a safety professional when you’re in trouble and a live tracking tool so your friends and loved ones can look out for you.
The talented, detail-oriented, and experienced individuals on this team are responsible for guiding Citizen user’s through any safety situation, big or small. Team members are able to think on their toes, quickly triage situations, and are passionate about keeping their communities safe and informed.
Role Description
Citizen is searching for trained public safety professionals who are equipped to help when a user feels like they might need it. Safety Agents will play a key role in communicating with users who are in need of assistance in potentially unsafe conditions. You will be responsible for guiding difficult conversations and using strong judgment. You will be at the frontlines of helping users who feel unsafe in their surroundings and offer direct assistance and escalation to 911, when necessary.
Responsibilities
- Communicate with users who have indicated they are in need of immediate assistance
- Triage the level of severity of each call and make appropriate assessments of necessary next steps
- Offer support and guidance in real-time to any user who feels unsafe
- Decide when a situation is of heightened importance and should be escalated to 911
- Work with a team of Safety Alert Writers to help distribute relevant safety information
- Make real-time judgment calls that directly impact a person’s personal safety
Requirements
- Experience as a first responder, medical professional, or in a public safety role
- Experience handling high call volume
- Experience verbally communicating with users daily
- Ability to exercise superb judgment on sensitive subject matters
- Ability to multitask and effectively prioritize
- Ability to mitigate stressful situations and demonstrate empathy for others
- Flexible and open to constantly-changing priorities and managing multiple tasks simultaneously within tight time frames
Citizen offers a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, paid time off, company holidays, stock option plan, commuter benefits, and various wellness perks.
Citizen is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We provide employment opportunities without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other protected class.
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by Ronald Barron | Oct 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
Job Description
STAFF DIGITAL PRODUCT DESIGNER SETUP & BROWSE (OPEN TO REMOTE WORK, EXCEPT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: SD, VT, AND WV)
Beaverton, Oregon
Job title
Staff Digital Product Designer Setup & Browse (Open To Remote Work, Except The Following Locations: SD, VT, And WV)
Brand
Nike
Career area
Design
Location
Beaverton, Oregon
United States
Job ID
00602350
NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world’s best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At NIKE, Inc. it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.
NIKE, Inc. designs the future. At NIKE, Inc. designers chase their curiosities and build what’s next, shaping the culture and advancing human potential. The Design teams include artists, inventors and specialists, all with different focuses, including color and material experts, and apparel, footwear and graphic designers. Nike designers look to the future, aggressively pursuing materials, ideas and forms that further elevate the athlete experience, raise the bar for modern style and reduce environmental impact.
Who we’re looking for
You’re known for your well-honed design skills and talent for leading teams through design projects. You’re the glue between design, engineering and product. You own a project from start to finish solving design challenges while inspiring others through your work and collaboration. You’re also growing your leadership skills by being a mentor to other designers.
Who you’ll work with
This team is responsible for the UX and design of digital product features and capabilities that deliver the best possible user experience across Nike’s consumer Setup and Permissions team defining how users setup their profile and preference and manage their privacy. This role covers the entire Nike digital suite which includes Nike Commerce App, Nike.com, SNKRS App, Nike Running App, and Nike Training App.
This role will primarily lead the team focused on building and sustaining trust with our consumers via a fair, frictionless, and transparent experience from the first moment they are introduced to the Nike digital ecosystem. As a key member of this team, you’ll report into the Sr. Director of the Setup & Permissions team.
What your responsibilities will be
- Designing incredibly polished work that represents the Nike brand and product experience through visual comps, wireframes, flows and prototypes
- Owning an entire product space or working on large projects that encompass multiple broad/undefined features
- Thinking big, innovating and driving execution on cross-team products or a domain area
- Rapidly iterating and refining design conceptsfrom initial briefing through final delivery
- Facilitating and leading brainstorms and workshops
- Working closely and collaboratively with a cross-functional team of producers, product managers, project managers, engineers, researchers and fellow designers
- Inspiring new ways of thinking and exploring the unknown using fresh and unique approaches to design problems
- Mentoring and providing helpful feedback to fellow designers and interns to uplevel their craft and skills
- Evangelizing the Nike brand and driving initiatives that strengthen Nike’s design culture internally
What you bring to Nike
- 8+ years of relevant experience with end-to-end digital product design with proven experience in visual and UX
- A bachelor’s degree or any combination of education, training and experience in design, UX/UI design, human-computer interaction or a related field
- Experience in e-commerce with first-hand knowledge of UX best practices and patterns with online retail sites
- Strong understanding of product thinking, interaction design, data science, experimentation and execution(expert in one or more areas)
- Hands-on creative and systems thinker with strong UX/UI/IA design expertise
- Demonstrated user-centric design approach and insights-based design process
- Strong collaborator with product managers, engineers, writers, researchers and marketers
- Strong design process;ability to contribute new processes or enhancements to cross-functional teams
- Experience working with consumer research and data
- Impeccable attention to detail
- Exceptional time management skills providing accurate estimations and often helping the team deliver early
- Ability to influence or create design patterns or standards that are adopted by other teams
- Highly proficient with design and prototyping tools such as Figma, Adobe CC, Principle and Keynote
- Cross-platform design experiences (web, Android, iOS, emails)
- Ability to communicate a vision for the work in a way others can relate to and buy into
- Ability to establish a holistic look and feel between all pieces of a large project
- Experience launching software at scale in a fast-paced product organization
- Passion for the Nike brand, sport and for creating high-quality work
- A fascination with innovation and technology and a solid understanding of digital tools and trends
- Candidates must submit an online portfolio with samples of their design work to be considered for the position.
Open to remote work, except cannot work in South Dakota, Vermont, and West Virginia. These candidates will be required to relocate. For employees based in Colorado, this position starts at $145,000 per year.
Nike requires all applicants for this position to be vaccinated for COVID-19 as a condition of hire, unless otherwise required by law. As an equal opportunity employer, Nike will make accommodations to individuals who cannot be vaccinated in accordance with applicable law.
NIKE, Inc. is a growth company that looks for team members to grow with it. Nike offers a generous total rewards package, casual work environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and an electric atmosphere for professional development. No matter the location, or the role, every Nike employee shares one galvanizing mission: To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world.
NIKE, Inc. is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.
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