Jobs at Forte Opening Solutions

Processes customer orders accurately and efficiently for Forte products. Coordinates door frame and hardware schedules, provides technical product assistance, resolves customer issues, maintains documentation and order controls, tracks performance metrics, and identifies process improvements. The role requires strong communication, math, analytical, organizational, customer service, conflict resolution, and Microsoft Office skills, along with product knowledge of building materials or doors.

The Senior Accountant will support multi-entity financial close, GAAP-compliant reporting, cash and banking accounting, payroll journal entries, intercompany reconciliations, consolidations, and external audits. The role will also maintain Paycom GL mapping, reconcile data across ERP systems, prepare audit schedules, and drive automation, standardization, system implementation, and reporting improvements in a complex manufacturing environment.

Executes commercial sales strategy across an assigned territory, develops new business, grows market share, manages strategic distributor accounts, and maintains customer relationships. Responsibilities include prospecting, sales calls, account reviews, pipeline development, product demonstrations, quote follow-up, CRM and ERP maintenance, KPI reporting, customer issue resolution, and frequent in-person territory visits. The role requires commercial building materials sales experience, strong communication skills, CRM proficiency, and extensive travel.

Manages distributor and client relationships through consultative sales and customer service. Enters and updates estimates, prepares project quotes, coordinates product specifications, and supports inside sales activities. Requires strong organization, attention to detail, multitasking, communication, and independent work within estimating and ERP systems. The role supports sales goals and may require overtime.

Manages a large geographic sales territory, develops strategic growth plans, meets revenue and KPI targets, builds relationships with architects and contractors, supports commercial construction projects, resolves claims, delivers customer training, forecasts demand, monitors competitors, and develops new business through industry events and customer engagement.

Designs and tests door products and product families, evaluates materials and process changes, maintains technical specifications and laboratory certifications, and supports fire, acoustic, security, and performance approvals. Provides customer and labeling-agency support, evaluates competitive products, supervises product development technicians, and collaborates with quality, marketing, and manufacturing teams. The role requires engineering design, documentation, testing, regulatory coordination, and occasional shop-floor and laboratory work.

Supports supply chain operations through documentation management, reporting, data analysis, and administrative coordination. Reviews production and inventory variances, maintains accurate records, assists with production scheduling, load planning, and inventory management, and liaises with suppliers and internal stakeholders. The role also supports continuous improvement initiatives and helps maintain operational efficiency and KPI performance.

Produces customer quotations, revisions, and follow-ups; answers product, specification, and pricing questions; processes quotes and orders; and provides customer service. Conducts outbound sales calls to improve quote conversion and maintains positive customer relationships. The role requires accurate CRM use, strong Microsoft Office skills, multitasking, professional communication, and knowledge of building materials, manufacturing, doors, or hardware products. It is fully in-office in Howell, Michigan, with occasional travel.

Provide strategic and hands-on HR leadership for a multi-site manufacturing business unit. Partner with leadership on workforce planning, talent acquisition, employee relations, compliance, leadership development, HR operations, and build a local HR team while supporting corporate HR alignment.

Manage and grow strategic B2B accounts by developing account plans, driving revenue and margin, onboarding new customers, leading commercial negotiations, providing forecasts, and using CRM/analytics to support cross-functional execution and customer engagement.

Respond to customer pricing requests by preparing accurate estimates, entering them into the system, answering and following up on phone inquiries, resolving client issues, identifying process improvements, and supporting a collaborative on-site inside sales team.

Manage capacity planning and logistics for one or more plants: build ERP-connected capacity models, produce weekly capacity and lead-time reports, support SIOP, optimize outbound routing and freight costs, monitor inventory (ABC/XYZ, OSMI), and support cycle counting to maintain inventory accuracy.

Lead regional commercial strategy and growth for assigned territory. Manage rep groups and territory sales reps, drive new business and specifications, maintain CRM and ERP data integrity, conduct account reviews and field visits, and deliver quarterly/annual revenue and market-share targets.