Accessa is Hiring: Sales Manager – Industrial Wood Coatings
TITLE: Sales Manager – Industrial Wood Coatings DEPARTMENT: Sales REPORTS TO: President EDUCATION: Bachelor’s Degree required EXPERIENCE: 5 – 8 years + of direct hands-on sales and sales management experience with a major emphasis on training, motivating, and providing leadership for an aggressive, customer centric sales team. Background in industrial/OEM sales strongly preferred. JOB DESCRIPTION: […]
Accessa Is Hiring: Warehouse Associate
TITLE: Warehouse Associate LOCATION: Denver, Colorado branch (2705 South Raritan St., Englewood, CO 80110) DEPARTMENT: Operations REPORTS TO: Warehouse Manager EDUCATION: High School or Equivalent MAIN FUNCTION: Responsible for production/warehouse duties as part of Accessa’s goal to manufacture and distribute high quality industrial paint products in an efficient, safe manner. SPECIFIC DUTIES: Responsible for stock […]
Quality Can Be Your Differentiator
Having a quality mindset and making sure quality extends to every part of your company can increase efficiency, customer success and revenues. The management consultants at McKinsey & Company report: “Fundamentally, quality is about meeting or exceeding customer expectations: every day, every shipment, year after year. That’s where the true value is.” Accessa is inside […]
POSITION FILLED: Purchasing & Inventory Management
<<POSITION FILLED>> LOCATION: Indianapolis, Indiana (1034 E. New York St., Indianapolis, IN, 46202) POSITION: Purchasing & Inventory Management Associate DEPARTMENT: Operations REPORTS TO: Operations Manager MAIN FUNCTION: Responsible for managing the inventory levels of all raw materials, finished goods, containers, supplies, and other lab and production related items as well as the execution of all purchase orders […]
Is This a Real Relationship?
How companies sell their products and services varies widely, and there isn’t a one-size-fits-all method. At Accessa, we take a relational approach, opposed to a transactional one. I’m discussing these here for two reasons: To pass along pros and cons of each type so that you might use this information for your own sales team. […]
Why We Should Consider Switching Vendors
By Joe Todd, President/Principal “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” That’s what a procurement manager recently said to one of Accessa’s Coatings Consultants. Our guy was interested in getting his foot in the door, but was quickly dismissed. Sometimes, I agree with this mantra. If you have zero need to change vendors, you should […]
Control What You Can in Manufacturing’s Tight Job Market
In every market Accessa serves, its employees are hearing a common refrain. Manufacturers are struggling to retain existing team members, while scrambling to hire qualified candidates for open positions to maintain their current workload and meet increased demand. The job market is more competitive than it has been in at least the last decade. “The […]
Paint Spray Gun Tips and Techniques
The more you know about your paint spray gun, the better it will perform for you. In this discussion of gun technique, we are talking about how a spray gun is used. How it is aimed, moved and adjusted to achieve different results. People use spray guns differently and achieve the same results. Changes in […]
FAQs on Paint and Temperature Control
Temperature control is a critical aspect of high-quality finishing. Temperature influences how easily the paint pumps, atomizes and flows out. It affects how quickly the coating dries (or cures) and how hard the film becomes. Often the exact temperature at which something in the paint shop happens is less important than the consistency of the […]
How to Reduce Dirt Problems
Dirt is one of the most vexing and challenging problems encountered in the paint shop. It never seems to end and is often hard to eliminate. Dirt can come from many sources including some that are not even under the direct control of paint line personnel. What is dirt anyway? Dirt is any visible, objectionable […]