Forte™ Opening Solutions is a trusted leader in the commercial wood door industry, delivering expertly crafted, built-to-order wood doors, components, and quick ship services for a wide range of institutional and commercial settings, including hospitality, healthcare, education, and office environments. With a legacy that spans over a century, we proudly unite some of the most iconic wood door brands in the industry, such as Marshfield DoorSystems, Algoma Hardwoods, Mohawk Doors, Baillargeon, and Harring.

Our rebranding from Masonite Architectural to Forte Opening Solutions marks a new chapter in our journey, fueled by a renewed commitment to delivering customer-centric excellence. At Forte, we believe in providing more than just products — we offer comprehensive solutions, expert guidance, and seamless customer experiences at every touchpoint.

Operating across 13 facilities in eight states and Canada, Forte Opening Solutions is dedicated to making every door, every interaction, and every opening unforgettable. Backed by Industrial Opportunity Partners (IOP), we are equipped to serve the diverse needs of our customers with strength, expertise, and a passion for excellence.

Learn more about how Forte Opening Solutions can elevate your space with innovative and reliable door solutions.

Industry: Wholesale Building Materials
Company Size: 1,001-5,000 employees

Forte Opening Solutions

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**At USA Wood Door, we deliver tailored solutions with trusted service, exceptional quality, and superior speed. Our team works closely together and with our customers to understand project needs, craft custom doors and frames, and deliver them fast – often in two weeks or less. With deep expertise and a commitment to reliability, we help customers solve problems and keep projects on track across industries like healthcare, hospitality, education, and retail. If you’re ready to make an impact in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, join USA Wood Door and help lead the way in speed, service, and quality.**

**Primary Function**

The Buyer is responsible for performing purchasing and administrative functions across multiple production sites to ensure sustainment of key vendor-partner relationships, optimal inventory levels and turns, timely acquisition of materials, and the lowest optimal material costs without sacrificing quality. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams, placing and managing purchase orders from production specifications, and administering purchasing processes to ensure compliance with company policy. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical and administrative background with the ability to manage multiple purchase orders, vendors, and site needs simultaneously. This position reports directly to the Purchasing & Planning Manager with a dashed line to the Plant Manager at the location where this position is officed out of.

**Key Accountabilities**

**Purchase Order Processing and Management (70%)**

- Procure goods and materials based on production specifications from customer service or production.

- Ensure lowest cost solution on all goods, materials, and services procured without sacrificing quality.

- File and communication supplier lead times and sales acknowledgements with production, scheduling, and sales.

- Complete regular, proactive vendor follow-up on purchase orders scheduled for arrival in the future.

- Sustain positive relations with existing suppliers with quick escalation of issues.

- Ensure alternative suppliers and supply plans exist as risk mitigation for supply chain disruptions.

- Ensure adherence to spend-level thresholds and seek the appropriate approval to align with company policy.

- Send and administer Request for Proposal (RFP) and Request for Quote (RFQ) processes to seek competitive bids when needed or directed.

- Ensure alignment to strategic inventory programs such as Vendor-Managed Inventory (VMI), consignment, or long-term agreements (LTA) for key commodities or services.

- Provide value engineering solutions for purchased goods or components when available.

- Initiate corrective action for supplier performance or warranty claims for purchased goods.

- Offer backup support for other Buyers within company guidelines and procedures.

**Materials & Cost Management (20%)**

- Participate in make/buy decisions with cross-functional leaders in SIOP.

- Use MRP to determine demand for common components and materials.

- Ensure safety stock on standard components and inventory to avoid stock outs or production disruptions.

- Develop alternate uses or disposal options for obsolete and/or excess components, supplies, and materials.

- Review and monitor pricing from suppliers against historical costs and escalate variances to leadership.

**Inventory Optimization (10%)**

- Ensure vendor partners are aligned with and participating in safety stock requirements.

- Ensure alignment with corporate cycle counting strategies that achieve 96% or better inventory accuracy.

- Participate in physical inventory as directed by leadership.

**Qualifications**

Job Requirements:

**Education And Certifications**

- Associate’s degree (or higher) in supply chain management, business, economics, or analytics preferred.

- APICS CSCP, APICS CPIM are a plus.

**Required**

**Technical Knowledge, Skills, or Experience:**

- Minimum of 5 years of Supply Chain experience with a focus on purchasing, procurement, category and vendor management.

- Strong analytical skills with the ability to communicate detailed planning.

- Ability to lead through influence with other cross functional leaders.

- Advanced skillset in Microsoft office – Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint.

- Previous subject matter expertise in ERP/MRP systems.

- Experience using data to drive informed and thoughtful decision making.

Buyer

Livingston County Community Mental Health Authority is located in Livingston County, Michigan, between Detroit and Lansing.

We provide emergency services, assessment, health and medication services, client services management, individual and group therapy, assertive community treatment, older adult services, respite, substance abuse services, community supported living, wraparound and psychosocial rehabilitation.

Our staff includes trained and licensed social workers; psychologists; psychiatrists; occupational, physical, and speech therapists; nurses; support staff; administrators and others who maintain professional licensure or certification as required by law.

We are accredited by The Joint Commission.

Industry: Mental Health Care
Company Size: 51-200 employees

Livingston County Community Mental Health

**Compensation: $16.42 per hour**

**About Us**

Livingston County Community Mental Health is a public mental health services provider located in Howell, Michigan, between Detroit and Lansing. We are an agency joined by the shared vision to create a healthy and rewarding life in the community for everyone. Our team approach works together to serve individuals with a wide array of needs in order to create individualized pathways to wellness, resilience, recovery and self-determination.

**Working For Us**

Rewarding work with great staff working toward a common goal of providing services and support to the residents of Livingston County.

**The Driver Will Look Forward To**

Meaningful, rewarding work with opportunities to develop your clinical skills through regular supervision. Join a supportive, diverse team allowing you to collaborate with experienced colleagues. Our positive environment values diversity and provides avenues to take on special projects aligning with your interests. Enjoy potential for career advancement.

Experience continuous learning, a welcoming culture, the ability to pursue your passions, clear growth prospects, and a modern documentation approach. This role offers a truly enriching experience focusing on your professional development.

**Role**

Occasional part-time driver (up to 28 hours per week) provides safe and timely transportation services for consumers in recovery from mental health issues to access Genesis House and community social activities. Driver must be respectful of and engaging with consumers. Driver must follow appropriate safety precautions in transporting consumers. Driver works under the guidance of the Genesis Program Coordinator and Program Director.

**Requirements To Join Us**

Candidates must be committed to our shared values and commitment to community care including clinical excellence, community inclusion, community benefit, innovation, integrated care and improvement. Our collaborative approach to treatment requires strong teaming skills. This is a dynamic, team-oriented position with great opportunities to grow.

**Job Specific Requirements**

Ability to provide excellent customer service

Ability to actively engage persons with mental illness

**Strong Relationship-building Skills Preferred.**

Attention to safety.

Ability to plan routes and assist members in and out of vehicles

Primary shifts are weekdays; however, there will be evenings or weekends for clubhouse social activities

**Qualifications And Experience**

Experience in providing transportation or working with adults with mental illness is desirable.

Valid Chauffeur Driver's License or ability to obtain upon hire in order to drive a large passenger van.

Driver

We are located in Southeast Michigan and are one of the fastest-growing counties in Michigan.  Livingston County consists of 16 townships, 2 villages and 2 cities.  The county contains a diverse mix of rural agricultural areas, historic downtowns, suburban development, lake-side living and large recreational lands.  Home to two metro parks (Kensington and Huron Meadows), 3 state recreation areas (Island Lake, Brighton, and Pinckney), 1 state park (Lakelands Trail), 2 state game areas, 1 wildlife area, 2 Livingston County parks (Lutz and Fillmore), and numerous local parks, Livingston County has an abundance of recreational opportunities.  Livingston County offers 163 park acres per 1,000 residents, more than any other county in Southeast Michigan.

Industry: Government Administration
Company Size: 501-1,000 employees

LIVINGSTON COUNTY GOVERNMENT

**Livingston County ** was named a **2025 Top Workplace ** by the Detroit Free Press! Based solely on employee feedback, the Top Workplace title is a badge of honor for the County. With over 700 employees serving within 18 departments, 6 elected offices, and 3 Courts, Livingston County's top priority is providing effective and efficient services that improve the quality of life for all of our residents.

**Summary Of Position**

Performs forensic investigations through the utilization of accepted procedures, documents death scenes, and to assist in the collection of evidence in support of the Medical Examiner's office. Performs field interviews at death scenes and conducts research both in the office and in the field. Transport bodies when necessary to morgue. **Medical Examiner investigators should have a combination of education and skills encompassing areas of medicine and law.**

- This position is an on-call position that is paid at an hourly rate when called in.

- Must be able to be onsite within 1 hour of call.

- 15-20 on-call shifts per month, and shifts include nights & weekends.

**Benefits**

- Optional Voluntary 457 Deferred Compensation plan

- Up to $300 annual Wellness reimbursement* & $100 incentive for completing your annual physical & Health Assessment.

- Employee Assistance Program

-  Pro-rated based on the DOH

**Pay Rate Information**

The Medical Examiner Investigator is a non-union, part-time position and starting pay is **$34.99/hr **. This position is eligible for step pay increases within our **Non-Union Grade 9 Wage Scale **. Top end of the current wage scale for this position is **$44.32/hr **. The Medical Examiner Investigator is an **on-call ** position with a requirement to arrive at site within one hour of call.

**Essential Functions**

- Receives reported notices of death through various means including but not limited to central dispatch, electronic activation, EMS and local law enforcement.

- Interviews for information surrounding the terminal event including physical descriptions of decedents and their personal habits.

- Develops a plan for obtaining additional information and appropriate actions to be taken.

- Reviews cases with the Medical Examiner.

- Organizes a case record for the deceased in cases where it is to be processed by the Medical Examiner's Office, including medical and family history, reports of circumstances and evidence surrounding the death, continues to follow up on cases until a final disposition is reached; prepares a summary report.

- Prepares divisional forms, as required by the situation; contacts the police when required by the circumstances of the death, contacts the funeral home where the body is to be released giving the case number, pronounced time of death and name and phone number of doctor's who is to sign the death certificate.

- Researches next of kin, family or friends to identify the decedent; develops physical description of the decedent by viewing the body; researches missing persons reports comparing physical descriptions.

- Assists with processing work either in the field or at the office, assembling material evidence such as drugs, medicines, poisons, X-rays of the ballistic location in the decedent, fingerprints, weapons, etc.

- Remains on call for dispatch to death scenes to perform necessary tasks.

- Operates and utilizes various office equipment and machines including telephone, computer, printer, copier, fax machine, vehicles, etc.

- Assists in the performance of autopsies, completing forensic procedures including fingerprinting, maintaining records, releasing human bodies and their personal effects, enforcing infection control procedures, etc.

**Licensing Or Certifications**

- Valid MI Driver's License;

**Knowledge Of**

- Documentation principles;

- Microsoft Office products;

- Investigative principles;

- Forensic principles and practices;

- Scene Safety and Scene management;

- Equipment related to medical examiner programs;

- Applicable local, state and federal laws, rules, and regulations;

- Research principles; and,

- Continuous quality improvement principals.

**Physical Requirements**

- Positions in this class typically require: climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, fingering, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, and seeing.

- Heavy Work: Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of forces constantly to move objects.

- Incumbents may be subjected to fumes, odors, gases, poor ventilation, chemicals, and potentially lethal diseases and animals.

- May be exposed to hazardous materials found in a home or general office environment.

- Use of household cleaning products and disinfectants may be required.

Medical Examiner Investigator

Chem-Trend is a leader in delivering innovative, value-adding solutions that improve quality, reduce costs and boost productivity for molding and casting operations around the world. Our network of industry experts work onsite with customers and in our advanced laboratories to resolve manufacturing challenges. Our technology portfolio includes a wide variety of high-performance release agents and related processing aids used in the die casting, polyurethane, rubber, tire, composites, thermoplastics and wood composite industries. 

With offices and manufacturing sites in North America, South America, Asia and Europe, Chem-Trend is a local partner to customers wherever they do business. As a member of the Freudenberg Group, Chem-Trend can also leverage vast innovation, supply chain and financial resources to better serve industry. We embrace the group’s “Guiding Principles” to deliver exceptional value to our customers, lead our sustainable business practices and build a culture dedicated to ethical conduct and respect for our employees.

Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
Company Size: 501-1,000 employees

Chem-Trend

Chem-Trend, a company of the Freudenberg Group, is a global leader in the development, manufacture, and marketing of specialized release agents, purging compounds, paper impregnation chemicals, and other process chemical specialties and additives, with manufacturing and R & D operations in North and South America, Europe, India, and Asia that are supported by its headquarters in Michigan, USA. Chem-Trend has a singular focus of providing innovative solutions for the die casting, polyurethane, rubber, composites, tire, thermoplastic, wood composite, and paper impregnation industries.

**Some of your Benefits**

**Health Management: ** We support you to stay and become healthy and fit.

**Diversity & Inclusion: ** We focus on providing an inclusive environment and recognize our diversity contributes to our success.

**401K Match: ** Save for retirement with the company's help.

**Vacation: ** We offer time off to refresh and recharge.

**Safe Environment: ** We strive to ensure safety remains a top priority, and provide a stable environment for our employees.

Howell, MI

On-Site

Chem-Trend Limited Partnership

**Chemist I**

**Responsibilities**

- Develop new and improved products for Chem-Trend worldwide in order to meet customer demands in a rapid manner.

- Provide rapid and timely technical service, assisting Sales and customers.

- Recommend R&D programs (internal or external), investigate, develop, and implement new technologies.

- Provide technical support to all company departments.

- Effectively interface with suppliers in identifying, qualifying, and in some cases developing new raw materials.

- Participate in developing new lab testing procedures.

- Serve as a mentor to less experienced technical staff, helping to improve the overall scientific caliber of the Lab personnel.

**Qualifications**

- Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry or related field.

- 1-5 years working in Chemistry or a related field.

- High level of technical expertise in lubricants or surface chemistry- a plus.

The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Chemist I

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