THE AUGUST GROUP NEWSLETTER

DECEMBER 17, 2007

Volume 1, Number 18

Rochester’s Premier Professional Networking Organization

Newsletter Archives

 

In this Issue.

Upcoming Events - August Group Affiliated

Upcoming Events 

The August Group Annual Holiday Party will be Wednesday, December 19th from 4:30P-7:30P at Johnny's Irish Pub, 1382 Culver Rd, corner of Merchants Rd. $5.00 donation will get you pizza, beer and/or soda, along with great prizes to be raffled off. Come listen to the music while you network during this holiday season. Add some 'Jingle to your networking Mingle!' To share in the spirit of the season, please bring a non-perishable food item to be donated to the ESWA Christmas food drive. See you there!

Any questions can be addressed to Lynn at either: 475-8453 or laeason@att.net
Details of the following upcoming events can be found using the link to
The August Group Calendar.

JumpStart - Masterfully Working a Room; TAG Orientations, General sessions, and more.

Send calendar additions to calendar@augustgroup.org

Member Announcements

Feature Articles

  • No featured articles this week

JOB POSTINGS

NEW Postings this week

Previously posted jobs

See the August Group Newsletter Archives

MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS 

Each week we will post announcements of members comings and goings as submitted on a first come, first served basis, with preference given to new members.  All others will remain in queue for future publishing. 

We welcome postings from all members, upon joining the group or landing a new job.   Entrepreneurs may participate, too, identifying the services they offer and contacts they seek.  All announcements are limited to 4 lines.

No new member announcements this week.

If you would like to be announced to the group, send an email to AnnounceMe@augustgroup.org.  In the subject line describe your announcement as "Member Announcement," "Now Working," or "Seeking Contacts."  The last descriptor is good for entrepreneurs.  If you have suggestions for this section, you can submit them to the same email address with "Suggestion" in the Subject Line.  We suggest that you include your contact information in your announcement,  but it is NOT required that you share your email address or phone number.  It’s a matter of personal choice, but if you leave out this information, you are limiting the effectiveness of your announcement.

The following is the recommended format:

Member
Name - thatsme@augustgroup.org, h - 585-000-1234  LinkedIn member
Role/Job Title - List roles or job titles and recent previous employers

Former Employers - List prior employer(s)

Target - list job titles, roles, employers or industries sought
 
If you are member of LinkedIn and wish to make others aware of this, do so and they will see many of the details you share in lines 2 and 3.  If you are not a member, consider joining. Visit linkedin.com and attend the LinkedIn training offered the last Tuesday of each month.  See the August Group calendar for details.

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Harris Opportunities

Harris RF is in a huge hiring mode. If you are a good networker (PNG members, Jumpstart Program grads, etc), contact John Bayley at jbayley@augustgroup.org and send your marketing plan or resume to see if you can network your way in.

Harris is looking for mechanical engineers and designers, electrical engineers, sw engineers, test engineers, a couple fw engineers, quality engineers, manufacturing engineers, 5 engineering managers (sw and ee) and a couple senior scientist types.

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Director of Development

Position Summary:

We seek an enthusiastic and experienced professional to lead our
development efforts. We intend to expand corporate and community
relationships in neighborhood outreach, awareness, college bound
advancement and philanthropy. Our efforts will involve the integration
of our alumni through Society of Friends chapters, and through
continued corporate involvement with our special events.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • The Director will develop and implement strategies to plan yearly
    events to best meet agency needs. The Director will creatively look
    for ways to grow our funding sources and donors. The Director will be
    responsible for specific annual growth targets in income, donor and
    event attendees.

  • The Director is responsible for coordinating Fundraising events,
    generating revenue and further enhancing awareness for CPGR. The
    individual will solicit corporate sponsors and individual support for
    special events. Manage guest relations at special events. Oversee
    recruitment of special event volunteers and committee members.
    Provides staff support to special event committees as needed.

  • The Director will track and meet budgetary objectives and will
    maintain accurate and complete financial records for each event. In
    addition he/she will oversee the development database.

  • The Director will develop and manage annual campaigns (annual appeal,
    alumni, college-bound, board, community, community-business).

  • The Director will cultivate new prospects and steward loyal donors.

  • The Director will research, identify and cultivate new community and
    corporate sponsorships, maintain regular contact with prospects
    through face-to-face visits, letters and personal calls, and manage
    and track activity.

  • Work closely with colleagues to coordinate all marketing and
    communications (e.g. cards, invitations, newsletters, Web pages, group
    e-mails).

  • Work closely with the board and other divisions to engage existing
    prospects and also cultivate and identify new prospects.

  • Organizes donor recognition events.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

  • 5 years of development experience (alumni relations, development, or
    comparable experience).

  • Proven Development Success.

  • Outstanding written and oral communication skills, direct interpersonal skills.

  • Demonstrated ability to work with, motivate, and lead volunteers.

  • Ability to analyze, condense and synthesize information and ability
    to provide accurate analysis and summaries.

  • Experience directing advancement activities and working with donors
    and alumni leaders.

  • Experience with computer technologies and sophisticated software
    applications.

  • Ability to work as a member of a team to accomplish objectives.

  • Ability to work some evenings and weekend works, and occasional travel.

Send resume and writing sample to:

Debbie Gagliano,
Interim Director of Human Resources
The Community Place of Greater Rochester, Inc.
57 Central Park
Rochester, NY 14609
dgagliano@communityplace.org

Tell them you learned about the opportunity in The August Group newsletter.

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Functional Business Process Manager

Description:

Responsible for the strategy, definition, development, delivery, and support of IT/Information Management (IM) systems and services end to end as they relate to the Excellus Health Plan Application Portfolio. Acts as the Key Interface between IT/IM and the business function/process. Well seasoned in Strategic and Vision transformation. Strong Communication skills negotiating with Business Partner with emphasis on Strategy.

Qualifications:

  • A relevant BS degree. A masters degree is preferred.

  • 10 years of above average performance in a related area and
    approximately 5 years of job experience to date.

  • Experience with CMM/SEI a plus.

  • Up-to-date and in depth knowledge of the Health Care Industry in one or more disciplines, functions or processes, including strategic Process Development and/or Application Vendors.

  • Demonstrated experience with Quality principles and tools.

  • Demonstrated business and technical problem solving skills.

  • Demonstrated experience with developing and delivery to an application strategy.

  • Demonstrated experience with developing, maintaining an Application Portfolio.

  • Very strong analytical and business process development skills.

  • Demonstrated competence in staff leadership and project leadership
    tasks.

  • Demonstrated Knowledge of SDLC's (Knowledge with Microsoft
    Solution Framework a plus).

  • In-depth knowledge of application delivery, management structures, and reporting procedures.

  • Demonstrated experience in integrating enterprise applications. Can
    work effectively and efficiently in both a matrixed and 3rd party
    outsource environment.

Apply online at Excellus website.

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Production Planner

SUMMARY:

Plans and prepares production schedules for packaging of products by performing the following duties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES includes the following. Other duties may be assigned.

  • Draws up master schedule to establish sequence and lead-time of each operation to meet shipping dates according to sales forecasts or customer orders.

  • Maintains planners via various systems and Access Databases.

  • Assists in the development of capacity extension plans for new product development.

  • Assists in developing demand curve profiles and analyses by product.

  • Analyzes packaging specifications and plant capacity data and performs mathematical calculations to determine manufacturing capacity requirements for equipment and labor by operation.

  • Plans and schedules workflow for packaging departments and operation according to previously established packaging sequences and lead times.

  • Confers with department supervisors and managers to determine status of assigned projects.

  • Prepares monthly production reports. (MPs, Capacity, Forecast Consolidation and Backorders).

  • Communicates on a timely basis, problems and potential solutions, bottlenecks, and other adverse situations for management resolution.

  • Reviews system parameters on a regular basis, as well as upon activities affecting those parameters, to insure systems’ integrity.

  • Expedites backorder of critical items to ensure a high level of customer service. Communicate status to Sales/Marketing.

  • Work with Sales/Marketing to create summarized forecast consolidation by country.

  • Develops Special Projects Build Plans and Analysis as desired by management.

  • Makes planning decisions and moderate policy adjustments on an individual basis as warranted within the packaging area.

  • Supports and maintains good packaging practices.

  • Provides decision support in the form of both strategic and tactical production plans. Provides packaging models to support project timelines.

LESS FREQUENT/OCCASIONAL DUTIES:

  • Requests product re-labeling when necessary.

  • Coordinates special production orders for marketing department.

  • Revises procedural flows for more efficient workflow.

  • Initiates QA early releases when necessary.

  • Defines or modifies SOP information for production planning positions.

QUALIFICATIONS EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

  • Associates degree in related field (Bachelor’s preferred) or three to five years related planning experience.

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Strong PC skills to include Creating Excel Spreadsheets (advanced levels).

  • Excellent communication skills.

  • APICS affiliation and/or certification.

  • Knowledge and use of MRP, MAPICS, and BAAN desired.

  • Team builder.

  • Ability to work in a dynamic, sometimes stressful, environment.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

  • Must possess the ability to read, write, and communicate effectively in English.

  • Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.

  • Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.

  • Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

  • Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations.

  • Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variants, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.

REASONING ABILITY:

  • Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

  • Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Contact - Anita M. Lang @ CooperVision
Human Resources
(585) 385-6810 X3197
(585) 359-1026 = Fax
alang@coopervision.com

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Sr. Account Representative at Paychex

Specific Responsibilities:

  • Acting as a designated, single point of contact, for assigned Paychex clients.

  • Supporting assigned clients on all aspects of human resource services, including being consistently available to clients, as well as placing scheduled outbound service calls dictated by each client.

  • Inspecting and correcting all 401(k) plan operational documents, correspondence and required IRS tax filings associated with the client’s Paychex retirement plan, prior to sending it out to the client.

  • Acting as a custodian for large scale client issues that necessarily involve multiple operational groups.

  • Interacting regularly with the client’s professional representatives and advisors (CPAs, Attorney’s, etc.) with regard to the operation of the Paychex products.

  • Assisting clients and CPAs with required annual audits.

  • Educating clients on compliance regulations related to all human resource services.

  • Supporting phone queue for sales. Assisting sales representatives with presale technical questions regarding IRS regulations, Paychex policy, 401(k) plan types and provisions, and the set up process and paper work.

  • Supporting phone queue for brokers. Assisting broker representatives with questions regarding plan set up, Paychex policy, mutual client's plan provisions, compliance testing, allocations, enrollment and other client related queries.

  • Initiating and fostering process improvement through partnership with Sales and Operations.

  • Maintaining updated client and broker information with various fund managers and trading partners.

  • Providing notification and training to broker representatives regarding various fund changes and product offerings.

Position Requirements:

  • Associate’s degree is required, bachelor’s degree preferred, and a minimum of 2 years of experience, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills are necessary.

  • Exceptional follow through and responsiveness to client's and sales field's needs are required.

  • Technical expertise and experience with retirement services and section 125 plans are strongly preferred. ASPPA certification is preferred. CPC, QPA, QKA credentials or Series 6 license are preferred.

  • The shift for this position may include evening hours until 8:00 p.m.

To Apply:

If you are interested in applying for this opportunity, please visit our website at www.paychex.com/careers to create a profile and apply for reference code position 70103W.

EOE
Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

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