For more than 50 years, Q-Lab has been a global leader in manufacturing material durability testing equipment. Our products and services are used to test coatings, plastics, automotive, personal care, roofing, inks, textiles, pharmaceutical, packaging and sealants.

Q-Lab is a growth-oriented and stable company who has earned a strong reputation for outstanding product design, innovation and uncompromising levels of quality and safety. We are focused on a market with huge potential due to the unique product line and use our extensive product knowledge to help clients best utilize our products and services.

About the Role:

We are looking for a Software Developer to join our nimble, fast-paced, & effective team. At Q-Lab, Software Developers perform a wide range of duties. You will be involved in designing technical solutions and developing the software that meets those technical requirements.

We cross train our developers on all platforms, tools, languages, and systems. Our developers regularly comment on how exciting, fun, and challenging it is to be given such an unusually broad scope of work. Our ultimate goal is to apply technology in ways that increase revenue, decrease costs, and/or increase customer satisfaction.

**This position requires employee to be onsite a minimum of 3 days a week**

Responsibilities:

• Produces software for Q-Lab’s web, database, and client server business applications.
• Uses Microsoft Visual Studio (Winforms, ASP.NET, VB .NET, C#) to develop front-end interfaces.
• Uses Microsoft SQL Server to design, modify, and write business logic within databases.
• Uses Crystal Reports and SSRS Reporting Services to develop reports.
• Follows Q-Lab’s standard development practices and techniques.
• Works on front office (e.g. Sales, Repair, Marketing), back office (e.g. Accounting, Purchasing, Order Desk) and LIMS (Laboratory Information Management Systems) software.
• Writes business requirements and technical specification documents.

Desired Experience and Skills:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science/IT, equivalent professional work experience, or the raw intellectual aptitude.
• Evidence of achievement in work or school history.
• Experience with Microsoft’s .NET development tools.
• Ability to devise creative solutions to problems.
• Ability to manage competing priorities.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong customer service orientation.

We offer:

• Beautiful corporate headquarters conveniently located off I-90 in Westlake, Ohio.
• A Northeast Ohio Top Workplace environment – 9 years running!
• A proven track record of success.
• Excellent compensation package including year-end bonus and company-funded retirement plan.
• Comprehensive benefits: Health, Vision, Dental, Disability and Life.
• Generous Paid Time Off, and Holidays.
• Fun, friendly working atmosphere!

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Buyer / Planner

Department: Purchasing

Primary Job Task & Responsibilities:

Review Materials Requirements Planning systems to manage inventory items

• Place new purchase orders in a timely fashion
• Manage existing purchase orders to ensure stock outs don’t occur
• Manage past due purchase orders by following-up with vendors
• Update systems with the latest information for visibility by the operations team

Manage suppliers and components

• Identify cost-savings opportunities
• Coordinate request for quotes to limit cost increases and/or realize cost-savings opportunities
• Source vendors for delivery performance, reliability, and quality
• Establish and maintain good long-term business relationships

Know Q-Lab’s manufacturing business

• Understand how manufacturing and operations use Q-Lab parts on the assembly floor
• Understand how parts function within Q-Lab’s products
• Understand how engineering changes and quality issues affect purchasing requirements

Skills and Abilities:

• Ultra-organized with a high sense of urgency
• Ability to manage competing priorities
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Equivalent professional work experience or the raw intellectual aptitude
• For example: Materials Requirements Planning Tools, knowledge of how a manufacturing company works, ability to use Excel formulas and features, ability to perform basic financial analysis
• Evidence of achievement in work or school history
• A good sense of humor and a small ego

We Offer:

• Fun, fast-moving and friendly work atmosphere
• A big business footprint, but small business family culture
• A proven track record of success
• Excellent compensation package + bonus
• Paid time off and Paid Holidays
• Comprehensive benefits; health, prescription and life coverage
• Top Workplaces Award in Cleveland 2012, 2015-2023
• Beautiful Corporate headquarters, right off of I-90

Drug Free Workplace

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer