We are looking for a Production Planner to support a growing manufacturing operation in Franklin Park, Illinois. This contract opportunity with potential for a permanent role is ideal for someone who can balance daily production priorities, coordinate across multiple departments, and keep schedules moving in a fast-paced environment. The person in this role will help organize high-volume work orders, respond quickly to shifting shop floor conditions, and use planning data to improve output and efficiency.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Build and maintain production schedules that align labor, machine capacity, materials, and delivery targets.<br>• Review a high volume of line items each day and adjust priorities to keep manufacturing activities on track.<br>• Partner closely with purchasing, operations, machine operators, and plant leadership to coordinate production timing and resolve scheduling conflicts.<br>• Monitor shop floor activity and quickly revise plans when equipment issues, urgent orders, or other disruptions affect output.<br>• Use planning systems and Excel-based reporting to track key performance indicators and evaluate production results.<br>• Sequence work in a way that supports efficient machine usage and minimizes unnecessary downtime or changeover disruption.<br>• Translate demand and order requirements into clear daily and short-term production plans for the team.<br>• Support ongoing planning processes as the operation expands capacity and adds additional shift coverage.
<p>We are seeking an experienced Communications Manager / Brand Transition Lead to support a major brand integration and portfolio transition initiative. This role will be responsible for driving internal and external communications, coordinating brand transition activities, supporting content development, and ensuring consistency across messaging, assets, and materials.</p><p>The ideal candidate is a strategic communicator and strong project manager with significant experience leading complex brand, communications, and go-to-market initiatives. <strong>Experience in the semiconductor industry is required.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li>Lead internal communications efforts to ensure alignment with organizational strategy and key business initiatives</li><li>Keep employees engaged and informed throughout brand and portfolio transition activities</li><li>Develop and publish content across websites, blogs, videos, photography, presentations, and related communication channels</li><li>Ensure consistency across all communications, branding, and messaging</li><li>Manage brand transition assets and coordinate with external agency partners as needed</li><li>Support website content development for a unified portfolio and brand presence</li><li>Coordinate trademark and brand registration processes in partnership with legal teams</li><li>Oversee brand transition activities across multiple office and building locations</li><li>Develop and update sales enablement materials, including brochures, customer-facing collateral, pitch decks, and landing pages</li><li>Create thought leadership and media messaging to support broader communications goals</li><li>Partner with leadership and cross-functional teams to determine what information should be shared, when it should be released, and how it should be communicated</li><li>Measure, analyze, and present the effectiveness of communication efforts</li><li>Publish timely company information including memos, directives, and organizational updates</li><li>Support value proposition development and articulation for combined offerings</li><li>Lead project management activities including weekly meetings, timelines, progress reporting, and stakeholder coordination</li></ul><p><br></p>
We are looking for an experienced IT Manager/Director to lead digital workplace operations in Lake Forest, Illinois. This role is responsible for maintaining reliable end-user technology services, improving the employee technology experience, and guiding day-to-day service delivery across core workplace platforms. The ideal candidate brings strong operational leadership, technical depth, and the ability to coordinate effectively with both internal stakeholders and external service partners.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Oversee the daily delivery of digital workplace services, including endpoint administration, desktop standards, collaboration platforms, and identity-related solutions.<br>• Maintain dependable and consistent IT services by tracking uptime, responsiveness, and overall platform performance against defined service targets.<br>• Partner with internal support groups and third-party providers to align priorities, resolve issues efficiently, and sustain high-quality service delivery.<br>• Direct the handling of incidents, user requests, root cause investigations, and change activities in accordance with established operational procedures.<br>• Review service metrics regularly and lead remediation efforts when performance trends fall short of expected outcomes.<br>• Establish and refine workstation and device management practices to support secure, standardized, and efficient user environments.<br>• Drive operational improvements across digital workplace support processes to enhance service quality and user satisfaction.