Join Our Team

Become part of a great group of people, in an awesome location. We are located in one of the best places to live in the country, Madison, Wisconsin. We are focused on maintaining our fun and close-knit atmosphere as we grow due to our great products. Come and share in our success.

Whether it is our company picnic, holiday party, kid’s holiday party, commuter challenge, company wide lunches and other events, Saris has an employee and family focus. We believe that our people and our families come first. Saris is committed to promoting the cycling lifestyle among its internal family, and externally in the communities in which we live.

We are looking for candidates that produce Wow!! Work, have integrity, energize and inspire, attack problems, communicate, excel in a team environment, are leaders, innovators and have the big picture perspective. We are looking for people who generate results.

For Regular Status Positions, Saris offers a full benefits package including group health, dental, 401(k) and voluntary Life, Accident and Disability Coverage.

If you are interested in any of these positions, send your resume and salary history to: employment@saris.com, or mail to:

SARIS CYCLING GROUP
5253 VERONA ROAD
MADISON, WI 53711
ATTN: HUMAN RESOURCES

Customer Service Representative.

Saris is looking for candidates for Customer Service. This is an hourly, entry-level position in our Sales Department. If you have an interest in a career in the bicycle products industry, this is an excellent start. Many of our former Customer Service Representatives have advanced within the company and within the cycling industry.

Our Customer Service Representatives help our customers with questions about our bike racks, trainers and other bike related products. Experience with bikes (either professional or personal) and with computers working on spreadsheets, the Internet, and word processing is helpful. The position is in an office environment and requires answering 60-70 calls each day, while working at a computer. Occasional travel and weekend work is required. Saris Cycling Group offers a casual working environment.

If you are interested in any of the above positions, send your resume and salary history to: employment@saris.com, or mail to:

SARIS CYCLING GROUP
5253 VERONA ROAD
MADISON, WI 53711
ATTN: HUMAN RESOURCES

Regional Manager –North West

Our Regional Managers maintain a home office central to the territory. Meet with Independent Bike Dealers promoting and educating about our products. Our Northwest RM will travel throughout a territory that includes Northern California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Montana and Wyoming. The focus the territory is on the top dealers. Most of which are located in Northern California, Portland and Seattle. Because of this, we want our RM located within a close proximity of the San Francisco Market. This will afford our RM more time at home, and less on the road.

Our ideal candidate will possess the following:

• Able to travel extensively, up to 80% of the time.
• Great Organization and Time Management Skills. Able to plan out an organized approach to managing the territory.
• Have a passion for cycling, health, fitness and training. An understanding of the concepts of Exercise Physiology or Performance Training. Ideally we want someone who would actively use a PowerTap.
• Sales Skills, experience in sales and territory management. Knowledge of cycling industry helpful.
• Outgoing Personality, the ability to establish, develop and maintain strong relationships with our customers.
• Ability to train and educate our customers on what our products are all about.
• Technical Skills - Someone who embraces high tech equipment such as computers or consumer electronics. Someone who would dive in head first to learn how our electronic products work and function.

Other Information

The ideal candidate will have a background in cycling, triathlon or outdoor sports. They will know of, or be part of, the culture of cycling and understand its ins and outs, from rides to races, training rides, Tuesday night training rides, Time Trials, the Tour de France and everything in between.

If you are interested in this opportunity, email your resume and salary history to employment@saris.com.

Purchasing, Sourcing and Planning

You will be working in our corporate office and production facility in Madison, WI. Saris is seeking candidates to join our Manufacturing Office.

Intermediate level experienced professional in purchasing, materials and production control.

Work under the direction of the Materials Manager and is responsible for the cost effective procurement of materials, products, equipment, supplies and services. Maintains bills of materials, routings, quality specifications and product costing. Is a member of product development teams and is involved in make/buy decisions. The position is also involved in production scheduling, and the justification for procurement of additional mfg equipment. Responsibilities may be adjusted to fit the skills of the right candidate.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Cost effective procurement of materials, products, supplies, equipment and services. Makes make/buy decisions based on costing analysis of products/components.
• Works with current MRP system to maintain manufacturing, inventory, part information current.
• Create and maintain bills of material, routings, Product Costing, and Quality Specifications.
• Analyzes products for cost reduction possibilities (design, manufacture, etc.)
• Member of new product development teams.
• Scheduling of production floor and review of daily floor performance (daily build and down time sheets).
• Researches the need for the acquisition of new manufacturing equipment to improve efficiency, reduce costs, improve turns and decrease inventory etc.
• Design and administration of system to monitor vendor performance.
• Provides backup to Materials Manager.
• Performs other duties when required or requested.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Performs other duties when required or requested.
• 4 year degree in Industrial Engineering, Mfg Systems Engineering or equivalent education.
• 3-5 Years Experience in a Manufacturing Environment.
• Strong computer skills – including MS Office, Access, MS Project and experience working with ERP/MRP systems (Microsoft Dynamics NAV).
• Strong analytical & Problem solving skills.
• Knowledge of and experience working with Quick Response Manufacturing, Lean Manufacturing and related efforts is helpful.
• Highly organized and detail orientated.
• Must be able to deal with a fast paced environment.
• Commitment to excellence.

If you are interested in any of this position, send your resume and salary history to: employment@saris.com, or mail to:
SARIS CYCLING GROUP
5253 VERONA ROAD
MADISON, WI 53711
ATTN: HUMAN RESOURCES

Software Developer

Saris Cycling Group is looking for a skilled programmer that can help take our software to the next level. The Software Developer position requires a broad knowledge of development technologies and of computing in general. Responsibilities include everything from system administration to desktop development to hardware peripheral communication. Candidates should be self-motivating with a strong background in leadership and a minimum if 5 years experience in application development. Time management is key and the ideal candidate should be able to effectively distribute his or her time across all of the following responsibilities.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work closely with members of the Saris Engineering team to define, develop and maintain key pieces of internal software. Examples include test fixtures, production utilities and communication protocols for new and existing hardware.
• Work with Marketing and IT departments to develop new and existing systems that provide data across functional business units.
• Maintain the current development infrastructure.
• Work with Product Managers and development teams to provide the necessary functionality in a publicly-offered software package. A successful developer will be self-motivating with an acute attention to detail and a strong grasp on the bigger picture.
• Work with firmware developers to debug new and existing products. Excelling in this role means being comfortable troubleshooting in environments with limited information.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• The ideal candidate will have knowledge of ANSI C programming and experience interfacing with hardware peripherals.
• Experience with languages targeting the Microsoft .NET 2.0 framework, SQL (specifically MS-SQL Server and MS Access), and web services are a must.
• The candidate for this role must have experience with a *nix and/or other POSIX-compatible Operating System and must be comfortable administering such platforms. Experience with development tools including Subversion, Apache, MySQL, Rails and Trac/Redmine are key.
• Must have the ability think critically and consider many solutions to a particular problem, and the experience to choose the appropriate solution.
• The ideal candidate will be able to identify resource limitations and manage external resources as necessary to meet business objects. Experience with Agile Methods, Subversion, Java desktop development, and JNI are critical.
• Candidates should be comfortable using tools like hex editors and terminal emulators. Basic knowledge of machine architecture and byte endianess a plus.

OTHER:

Our software will be used by cyclists, competitive athletes, and people just trying to get into better physical condition. If you are passionate about cycling, performance, exercise, fitness etc. That passion will give you perspective on the form, function and feel of our software programs. You will be a developer and a user of the company’s software. Knowledge of and interest in cycling and/or training for physical competition would prove helpful in understanding the intended results from many of the applications developed.

Lead Press Operator

JOB SUMMARY: Punch press set-up and operation using appropriate blueprints and other instructions.

You will be responsible for:

• Set-up of the punch presses - using appropriate blue prints and procedures.
• Working with our Material Handlers to get needed parts and materials into your production area.
• Operating of e an electric chain hoist to put coiled stock on the uncoiling apparatus.
• First piece inspection of materials, especially before you begin each designated job.
• Maintain piece part count and accurately inform production control of counts and scrap.
• Managing scrap and quality.
• Insuring that machinery and dies are in proper working order, inspecting for wear, performing preventative maintenance, working with tool & die shop for other maintenance and repair of tooling, working with maintenance department on punch press upkeep and repair.
• Following appropriate safety procedures – including hearing protections, use of steel toed shoes, safe lifting, proper lock-out procedures etc.
• Be responsible for internal and external changes to machine controls, which requires the use of a variety of small and detailed hand tools.
• Monitoring and training of lower level press operators.
• Keep area organized, i.e. know where supplies are located.

Our Ideal Candidate Will Be:

• Reliable, Regular attendance is an essential function of this position.
• Experienced: must have experience operating and setting up punch presses in an industrial/manufacturing environment.
• Knowledgeable:
  • Must be able to read and interpret information from measuring devices (i.e. micrometer), blue prints and specification sheet.
  • Must have general math skill knowledge.
• Safe and Capable:
  • Must be able to move and use the arms and feet within full range of motion or otherwise be able to operate machine controls.
  • Must be able to safely handle and transport dies weighing up to 50 pounds within a height range of floor to chest height, either with or without assistance.
  • Must be able to stand doing repetitive tasks on cement floors for most of the work day.

Welder

JOB SUMMARY: MIG Welding of metal objects – flat steel, tubing etc. to create finished components used Saris Cycling Group’s products. Ensuring that the welds created are structurally sound and will result in defect free products for our customers. Repairing defective welds when appropriate to ensure that the result will be our standards of performance.

Your will be responsible for:

• Setting up jigs and fixtures.
• Contacting a material handler or personally operating fork lift or other material handling equipment to get appropriate parts into your work area.
• Inspecting parts to make sure that they meet quality standards, especially before you begin each designated job.
• Perform appropriate welding tasks – MIG Welding.
• Material Handling of finished work by transferring the pallets, bins or totes.
• Maintaining equipment: cleaning jigs, tips, changing welding tanks etc.
• Quality control, inspecting finished welds for quality, repairing bad welds.
• Responsible for minor maintenance.
• Operating Robotic Welders: loading and unloading fixture on welder, inspecting welds for soundness.
• Keeping area organized, and knowing where supplies are located.

Our Ideal Candidate will be:

• Reliable:
  • Regular attendance is an essential function of this position.
• Knowledgeable and Experienced:
  • Must be able to create welds that are functionally sound and look good.
  • Must be able to read blueprints.
  • Must be able to quickly develop a working knowledge of part numbers.
  • Knowledge of the programming of robotic welders helpful.
  • Must quickly develop working knowledge of the final use of product in order to understand the weld.
• Skilled:
  • Must be able to use and manipulate welding equipment controls or otherwise perform these tasks.
  • Must have good organizational skills.
• Safe:
  • Must be able to safely transfer loads weighing up to 120 pounds from floor to chest height or otherwise transport and work with such materials.
  • Must use appropriate safety equipment including – steel toed shoes/boots, welding sleeves, coats, masks, gloves etc.
• Capable:
  • Must be able to use and manipulate welding equipment or otherwise operate this equipment.
  • Must be able to move and use arms within a full range of motion to perform welding operations or otherwise perform these tasks.
  • Must be able to work while standing doing repetitive tasks on cement floors for most of the work day.
  • Must be able to work with little supervision.
  • Must be able to deal with a fast paced environment.

We are looking for candidates that will help us keep up with the 20+% growth in sales that we have experienced over the last several years.

If interested please email your resume to employment@saris.com