Consumer Goods STEM OPT Jobs in Wisconsin
Consumer goods companies in Wisconsin, including SC Johnson in Racine, Kohl's in Menomonee Falls, and food manufacturers concentrated around Milwaukee and Madison, file F-1 STEM OPT extensions for data science, supply chain engineering, and product development roles. Wisconsin's mix of legacy CPG brands and growing e-commerce operations creates consistent demand for STEM-designated positions that qualify for the 24-month OPT extension.
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IT Business Analyst
The Best Experience Company
Our tagline is “The Best Experience Company.” More than just a set of words, it represents the essence of who we are at Springs Window Fashions. As North America’s premier window covering company, we’re committed to creating the Best Experience for our associates, consumers and end users, business partners, and communities. We want you to join our team of passionate self-starters who believe the world is full of Best Experience opportunities. So, if you’re excited about the thought of a Best Experience career with a team focused on creating Best Experiences for all, we want to hear from you!
Position/Department
The IT team supports both the “Grow the Business” and “Run the Business” activities. From simple changes and updates to complex development projects. These team members design, develop, and validate the systems that is used to control, track, and document the transformation of raw materials into finished goods in real-time.
Position Specific Mission
The IT Business Analyst is responsible for translating the functional specifications to a viable technical solution that meets the business needs. This entails technical subject matter knowledge, collaboration with architecture, process teams, testing and deployment teams to design a viable solution. The business analyst also ensures that technical and process design align and that the integrated solution interdependencies are accounted for and work as designed. Projects are typically medium in scope, cross-functional and technically difficult to solve, potentially involving combinations of platforms and technologies. This position interacts closely with functional process owners to define business requirements, provide analysis and define IT solutions to address complex business needs.
Position Specific Objectives/Expected Outcomes
60% Requirements Definition and Design Responsibilities:
- Meets with business users and elicits documents requirements for business systems
- Supports the technical design and development activities of the solution
- Acquires in depth knowledge of an end-to-end technical solution and their functional capabilities
- Understands limitations of technologies and software used to implement business systems
- End to end ownership/accountability of technical solutions
- Collaborate with developers to review end-to-end solution architecture and design
- Collaborate with Process Teams and IT organizations on solution design
- Maintains system architecture documentation to ensure appropriate architecture is leveraged for an end-to-end integrated solution
- Acquires clear understanding and capabilities of 3rd party packages and how they fit into our IT solution
- Acquires clear understanding of the interaction between systems
- Participates in strategic analysis, proof-of-concept, and prototyping initiatives to prepare for utilization of new technology
- Designs solutions based on development standards and approaches
- Oversee and collaborate with other IT associates to ensure all dependencies are identified
- Evaluates alternative designs, makes appropriate recommendations, and documents design solutions
- Prepares technical specifications based on thorough understanding of functional specifications
- Provides design and builds impact assessments for upgrades
20% Project Management Responsibilities:
- Maintains detailed project plan and ensures projects are staffed with sufficient resources
- Manages scope of projects to deliver solutions to expected timelines
- Provides effort estimates based on business requirements
- Provides timely status updates
- Maintains awareness of patches and fixes to collaborate for application health
20% Application Development and Quality Responsibilities:
- Performs system testing and coordinates user acceptance testing with business users
- Supports testing activities by fixing or assisting in fixing defects through technical issue resolutions
- Leads and performs various testing phases such as extended unit tests and performance tests
- Facilitates extended unit tests
- Provides interface support
- Assists with functional acceptance testing as needed
- Provides timely defect resolution to minimize delays in project timeline
- Provides after-hours support
- Develops training materials, participates in the implementation, and provides post-implementation support
- Contributes to, understands and adheres to Application Development processes, software development standards, and technical approaches relevant to assigned technology
- Researches, builds and maintains development standards and approaches
- Proactively monitors, performs root cause analysis and recommends solutions to reduce on-call and improve application health
- Integrates quality at the source thinking and activities in daily, individual, team and project work. (Applies to all job duties 100%)
- Utilizes quality/process tools and methodology in daily individual work
- Utilizes quality/process tools and methodology on teams
- Defines and documents individual processes within sphere of control
- Ensures that others are trained as back-ups on (processes) within the area/department
- Improves processes within sphere of control
- Identifies waste and rework and enacts plan to improve/solve
- Checks satisfaction of internal customers through use of quality tools and Customer/Supplier metrics
Requirements
Position Specific Requirements (Education, Experience)
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related business field required.
- 2+ years experience in progressive experience in Information Technology.
- Minimum of 1 years serving as a lead developer.
- Minimum of 1 years of development experience using Microsoft Visual Studio Suite
- Minimum of 1 years programming experience in an object-oriented SOA Environment
- Minimum of 1 years of Microsoft SQL Server development and profiling tools experience
- System integration across equipment & software environments
- Experience with implementing an MES in Manufacturing Plants
- Experience with project management best practices
- Proficiency using: Microsoft Project, Visio, Power Point, and Excel
How We Work to Deliver a Best Experience: Our Culture
- Our Core Value: We do the right thing, always
- Our Seven Cultural Behaviors
- Empowerment - We trust our people.
- Ownership - We take 100% responsibility for our roles actions, and results.
- Leadership - We all lead by example and talk direct with respect (DWR).
- One Team - We are One Springs Team.
- Customer First - We consider our customers' needs before every decision.
- Continuous Innovation - We are constantly learning, innovating, and improving.
- Speed - We define priorities and operate with a sense of urgency and agility.
Description
IT Business Analyst
The Best Experience Company
Our tagline is “The Best Experience Company.” More than just a set of words, it represents the essence of who we are at Springs Window Fashions. As North America’s premier window covering company, we’re committed to creating the Best Experience for our associates, consumers and end users, business partners, and communities. We want you to join our team of passionate self-starters who believe the world is full of Best Experience opportunities. So, if you’re excited about the thought of a Best Experience career with a team focused on creating Best Experiences for all, we want to hear from you!
Position/Department
The IT team supports both the “Grow the Business” and “Run the Business” activities. From simple changes and updates to complex development projects. These team members design, develop, and validate the systems that is used to control, track, and document the transformation of raw materials into finished goods in real-time.
Position Specific Mission
The IT Business Analyst is responsible for translating the functional specifications to a viable technical solution that meets the business needs. This entails technical subject matter knowledge, collaboration with architecture, process teams, testing and deployment teams to design a viable solution. The business analyst also ensures that technical and process design align and that the integrated solution interdependencies are accounted for and work as designed. Projects are typically medium in scope, cross-functional and technically difficult to solve, potentially involving combinations of platforms and technologies. This position interacts closely with functional process owners to define business requirements, provide analysis and define IT solutions to address complex business needs.
Position Specific Objectives/Expected Outcomes
60% Requirements Definition and Design Responsibilities:
- Meets with business users and elicits documents requirements for business systems
- Supports the technical design and development activities of the solution
- Acquires in depth knowledge of an end-to-end technical solution and their functional capabilities
- Understands limitations of technologies and software used to implement business systems
- End to end ownership/accountability of technical solutions
- Collaborate with developers to review end-to-end solution architecture and design
- Collaborate with Process Teams and IT organizations on solution design
- Maintains system architecture documentation to ensure appropriate architecture is leveraged for an end-to-end integrated solution
- Acquires clear understanding and capabilities of 3rd party packages and how they fit into our IT solution
- Acquires clear understanding of the interaction between systems
- Participates in strategic analysis, proof-of-concept, and prototyping initiatives to prepare for utilization of new technology
- Designs solutions based on development standards and approaches
- Oversee and collaborate with other IT associates to ensure all dependencies are identified
- Evaluates alternative designs, makes appropriate recommendations, and documents design solutions
- Prepares technical specifications based on thorough understanding of functional specifications
- Provides design and builds impact assessments for upgrades
20% Project Management Responsibilities:
- Maintains detailed project plan and ensures projects are staffed with sufficient resources
- Manages scope of projects to deliver solutions to expected timelines
- Provides effort estimates based on business requirements
- Provides timely status updates
- Maintains awareness of patches and fixes to collaborate for application health
20% Application Development and Quality Responsibilities:
- Performs system testing and coordinates user acceptance testing with business users
- Supports testing activities by fixing or assisting in fixing defects through technical issue resolutions
- Leads and performs various testing phases such as extended unit tests and performance tests
- Facilitates extended unit tests
- Provides interface support
- Assists with functional acceptance testing as needed
- Provides timely defect resolution to minimize delays in project timeline
- Provides after-hours support
- Develops training materials, participates in the implementation, and provides post-implementation support
- Contributes to, understands and adheres to Application Development processes, software development standards, and technical approaches relevant to assigned technology
- Researches, builds and maintains development standards and approaches
- Proactively monitors, performs root cause analysis and recommends solutions to reduce on-call and improve application health
- Integrates quality at the source thinking and activities in daily, individual, team and project work. (Applies to all job duties 100%)
- Utilizes quality/process tools and methodology in daily individual work
- Utilizes quality/process tools and methodology on teams
- Defines and documents individual processes within sphere of control
- Ensures that others are trained as back-ups on (processes) within the area/department
- Improves processes within sphere of control
- Identifies waste and rework and enacts plan to improve/solve
- Checks satisfaction of internal customers through use of quality tools and Customer/Supplier metrics
Requirements
Position Specific Requirements (Education, Experience)
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related business field required.
- 2+ years experience in progressive experience in Information Technology.
- Minimum of 1 years serving as a lead developer.
- Minimum of 1 years of development experience using Microsoft Visual Studio Suite
- Minimum of 1 years programming experience in an object-oriented SOA Environment
- Minimum of 1 years of Microsoft SQL Server development and profiling tools experience
- System integration across equipment & software environments
- Experience with implementing an MES in Manufacturing Plants
- Experience with project management best practices
- Proficiency using: Microsoft Project, Visio, Power Point, and Excel
How We Work to Deliver a Best Experience: Our Culture
- Our Core Value: We do the right thing, always
- Our Seven Cultural Behaviors
- Empowerment - We trust our people.
- Ownership - We take 100% responsibility for our roles actions, and results.
- Leadership - We all lead by example and talk direct with respect (DWR).
- One Team - We are One Springs Team.
- Customer First - We consider our customers' needs before every decision.
- Continuous Innovation - We are constantly learning, innovating, and improving.
- Speed - We define priorities and operate with a sense of urgency and agility.
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Search Consumer Goods Jobs in WisconsinConsumer Goods STEM OPT Sponsorship Jobs in Wisconsin: Frequently Asked Questions
Which consumer goods companies in Wisconsin sponsor F-1 STEM OPT visas?
SC Johnson in Racine has a documented history of sponsoring international talent in R&D and engineering roles. Kohl's corporate headquarters in Menomonee Falls actively hires for data analytics and technology positions that qualify under STEM OPT. Harley-Davidson, Land O'Lakes, and Sysco Wisconsin operations also appear in OFLC labor condition filings for STEM-eligible consumer goods roles. Sponsorship patterns vary by role and hiring cycle, so confirming with each employer's HR team directly is important.
Which cities in Wisconsin have the most consumer goods F-1 STEM OPT sponsorship jobs?
Milwaukee and its suburbs, including Menomonee Falls, Racine, and Kenosha, concentrate the largest share of consumer goods sponsorship activity in Wisconsin, driven by corporate headquarters and regional distribution centers. Madison sees demand from food science and agricultural technology firms connected to the University of Wisconsin research ecosystem. Green Bay has consumer goods manufacturing roles, particularly in food processing and packaging, with some STEM-qualifying engineering and quality assurance positions.
What types of consumer goods roles typically qualify for F-1 STEM OPT sponsorship in Wisconsin?
Roles qualifying for the 24-month STEM OPT extension must be in a STEM-designated field per the Department of Homeland Security's official list and must directly use the degree the student earned. In consumer goods, qualifying positions commonly include supply chain data analyst, food science engineer, quality systems engineer, operations research analyst, and software developer roles within product or e-commerce teams. General marketing or sales roles without a quantitative or engineering component typically do not meet the STEM OPT criteria.
How do I find consumer goods F-1 STEM OPT sponsorship jobs in Wisconsin?
Migrate Mate filters job listings specifically by visa type and industry, letting you search consumer goods roles in Wisconsin where employers have active F-1 STEM OPT sponsorship history. Because OFLC labor condition application filings are public record, Migrate Mate uses that data to surface employers who have filed for STEM OPT workers, saving you from applying to companies that have never sponsored the extension. Filtering by Wisconsin location narrows results to employers operating in the state.
Are there state-specific considerations for F-1 STEM OPT sponsorship in Wisconsin's consumer goods sector?
Wisconsin does not impose additional state-level work authorization requirements beyond federal USCIS rules, but consumer goods employers in the state frequently operate under federal contractor status, particularly those supplying government food programs, which triggers E-Verify enrollment obligations. E-Verify participation is required for STEM OPT employers regardless, so this alignment matters less for STEM OPT specifically. Wisconsin's strong food and agriculture manufacturing base means many STEM-qualifying roles fall under food science and industrial engineering STEM degree classifications, which are firmly on the STEM designation list.