Careers at Karmak
An employee-owned company
Karmak provides a positive work environment, on-the-job
training, and a highly competitive benefits package,
including health care and dental coverage, company-matched
401K program, employee stock ownership plan, flexible
spending accounts and pre-tax options, company-paid life
insurance, and more.
Our 200+ employees are divided between customer
support, research and design, development, installation,
training, documentation, sales, marketing, and
administrative services. Our software specialists work
closely with customers in areas such as inventory control,
service management, accounting, and new and used truck
sales.
Karmak is headquartered in Carlinville, Illinois, with a
branch office in Springfield, Missouri. In addition,
Karmak’s Sales and Consulting staff work from strategic
locations across North America.
Karmak is an equal opportunity employer.
We are currently seeking qualified candidates for the
following positions:
Updated 3/12/10
Interested candidates should forward a resume and cover
letter to:
Human Resources Karmak, Inc. P.O. Box 680
Carlinville, IL 62626 FAX: 217-854-4420 E-MAIL:
Descriptions of current openings
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
– Location: Carlinville, IL
Full-time position available in the Carlinville office,
reporting to the President/CEO.
Qualifications & Responsibilities for this position
include, but are not limited to:
- Performs complex administrative duties of a highly
confidential nature for the President/CEO and designated
direct reports
- Works closely with department heads and executive
staff in completing various special projects requiring
compiling, analyzing and presenting information of a
confidential nature
- Manages schedules, including making appointments,
establishing agendas and making travel arrangements
- Handles and routes confidential information relevant
to company operations, including answering phones
- Makes contacts of a sensitive, complex, and
confidential nature inside and outside of Karmak
- Previous experience in a similar position is
required
- Must be detail oriented and possess exceptional
communication, time management, organizational and
multi-tasking skills
- Ability to work independently as well as a team
member with minimal supervision is required
- Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office
programs, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint;
Microsoft MCP certification a plus
- An understanding of SQL queries using Microsoft
Reporting Services and Crystal Reports is required
- Creating/modifying analysis using Microsoft
Reporting Services and Crystal Reports across multiple
databases is required
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
– Location: Carlinville, IL
Full-time position available in our Development
Department reporting to the .Net Development Manager:
Responsibilities for this position include, but are not
limited to:
- Develop and maintain software solutions for new and
existing products
- Work with business experts to create software
applications
- Ensure that the performance, usability, quality, and
reliability of our applications surpass the expectations
of our customers
- Provide informal leadership to less experienced
developers
Qualifications for this position include, but are not
limited to:
- Requires a minimum of 3 years of experience
programming in .NET (VB & C#)
- Requires a minimum of 3 years of experience
programming in a web environment
- Ability to work out of Karmak’s Carlinville office
- Ability to collaborate with business experts to
develop innovative software solutions and respond to
customer requirements
- Requires strong Object Oriented Programming skills
- Requires the ability to multi-task with little
supervision and work in a complex, deadline oriented
environment.
- Requires excellent written and verbal communications
skills at the business and technical levels
- Requires a strong work ethic, a commitment to
excellent customer service and teamwork, and the ability
to integrate rapidly with an existing team
- Additional programming experience with SQL Server
and programming experience using Agile Development
Methodologies is a plus
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office and/or Open XML
APIs within .NET is a plus
- Helpful additional skills include programming
experience with Windows Mobile applications, familiarity
with Karmak or competitive products, and/or experience
in the heavy truck or automotive industry, warehouse
management or dealership operations
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
– Location: Carlinville, IL
Full-time, entry level position available in our
Development Department reporting to the .Net Development
Manager.
Qualifications & Responsibilities for this position
include, but are not limited to:
- Develop and maintain software and report solutions
for our new and existing products
- Convert customer data to the Karmak business system
- Knowledge of programming in Visual Basic, BASIC, or
a closely related environment is required
- Knowledge of the .NET framework using Visual Studio
.NET a plus
- Ability to adapt, learn quickly, and handle multiple
tasks at one time is required
- Ability to work independently as well as a team
member, meeting project deadlines is required
- Excellent time management, analytical, and
organizational skills are required
- Must be able to communicate effectively with various
internal and external contacts
- Requires Excel knowledge and the working knowledge
of Windows applications
- Requires the capability to learn new software
- Requires a BA or BS degree, preferably in computer
science or a related field
MARKETING MANAGER
– Location: Carlinville, IL
A full-time position is available in our Marketing
Department, reporting to the President/CEO:
The marketing manager will be responsible for developing
and managing strategic marketing activities. These
activities will be primarily focused on increasing revenue
through new customer acquisition and speeding the adoption
of Karmak’s latest products by existing customers. This role
requires broad experience in branding and multi-channel
marketing. It requires someone comfortable taking a hands-on
approach to managing online and offline marketing
initiatives, creating marketing messaging and enforcing
corporate brand standards. In addition to these activities,
the marketing manager will be responsible for market
research, competitive intelligence gathering, public
relations, targeting and overall measurement of marketing
program effectiveness.
Responsibilities for this position include, but are not
limited to:
- Create corporate and product-specific marketing
plans and develop budget recommendations to support them
- Prioritize and manage internal marketing resources
and budgets
- Stay abreast of industry trends and regularly gather
competitive intelligence
- Conduct ongoing market research, customer
satisfaction research, and customer segmentation for use
in strategic planning and ongoing product development
efforts
- Serve as the internal brand identity expert and
oversee external marketing communications for consistent
messaging and visuals that support Karmak brand
positioning
- Develop corporate editorial standards to ensure high
quality, consistency, and professionalism
- Develop and oversee production and distribution of
marketing communications, including announcements, press
releases, brochures, e-mail newsletters and oversee web
site content
- Decide on and negotiate advertising placements in
industry trade journals
- Manage day-to-day interactions with outside
marketing vendors and agencies
- Monitor, review and report on all marketing activity
and results
- Manage the personnel activities of the department
(i.e., hire, train, coach, appraise, reward, motivate)
- Manage department projects and responsibilities,
assign resources, delegate work effectively to ensure
accurate and timely completion, and report progress and
issues to management and customers
Qualifications for this position include, but are not
limited to:
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in corporate
marketing/communications
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or related field
- Strong leadership skills
- Proven ability to work collaboratively and
efficiently with outside marketing and PR agencies
- Ability to think creatively, develop and implement
effective product messaging and integrated
communications strategies
- Proven expertise in web based marketing, including
e-commerce
- Excellent communication skills, including the
ability to effectively translate and communicate
technical information in a meaningful way to
non-technical audiences
- Exceptional writing, editing and presentation skills
- Resourcefulness, attention to detail, and ability to
work well cross-functionally, on multiple, simultaneous
projects, and under tight deadlines
- Strong knowledge of the core software tools and
emerging online trends
- Ability to effectively understand data, analyze
results, draw insights and conclusions, and recommend
appropriate actions in an atmosphere of fact-based
decision-making
- Ability to think strategically and execute
tactically
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