What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accounts Payable and Purchasing position at Tectonics?
Tectonics is based in Auburn Hills, MI, and operates production facilities in Auburn Hills and Las Vegas. We have three business units that all exemplify excellence in digital print technology: print-on-demand (B2B); exhibit and retail (B2B); direct to consumer (DTC).
Print-on-demand: our partners sell DTC across a variety of personalized apparel, home décor and packaging websites. We perform the entire operations value chain from order ingestion to consumer fulfillment for print-cut-sew and other products. We specialize in mass personalization of manufacture-to-fulfillment products – with zero inventory – and also provide product development & fashion design capabilities in-house.
Exhibit and retail: we design and manufacture visual communication experiences for tradeshows, brick-and-mortar stores and a variety of other venues requiring visual signage, graphics and display structures. We employ digital manufacturing methods across aluminum extrusion profiles; tubing; dye sublimation; and 3D printed parts. Products are typically custom designs, along with a family of parametric structures.
Direct to consumer: we operate our own DTC eCommerce brands and online storefronts. our production model is low- to no-inventory and is manufacture-to-fulfillment. Products span a variety of consumer and home décor categories. Additional stealth home décor brand scheduled to launch in FY21.
We are a fast-growing, high-technology and innovative company that is entrepreneurial in nature. We are looking for motivated, hard-working, and reliable individuals who are eager to learn and create quality products for our customers.
- Prepares, posts, verifies, and records customer payments and transactions related to accounts payable.
- Creates invoices according to company practices; submits invoices to customers.
- Maintains and updates customer files, including name or address changes, mergers, or mailing attentions.
- Issues AP checks, year-end 1099’s,
- Creates reports regarding the status of customer accounts as requested.
- Collaborate with billing, sales, and operations teams to resolve billing and payment concerns.
- Assists in generating monthly billing statements based on the general ledger.
- Assists Accounting Manager in reconciling revenue accounts each month.
- Resolves account inquiries from clients and internal customers.
- Relays changes of information to appropriate employees.
- Assist with purchasing when needed
- Performs other related duties as assigned by Controller/Manager.
- Minimum of 1 year of experience in Accounts Receivable and Payable / Credit & Collections
- Ability to multi-task various projects with high level of detail
- Effective verbal, written communication, and interpersonal skills to resolve problems.
- Demonstrated ability to interact in a positive, respectful manner and establish and maintain cooperative working relationships in a strong team environment.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze information, problems, issues, situations, and procedures to develop effective solutions.
- Demonstrated ability to display excellent customer service to meet the needs and expectations of both internal and external customers.
- Experience using billing, accounts receivable/payable and credit reporting systems in a high-volume environment.
- Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Proficiency using Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
