Full-Time

VP of Operations

Multiple Teams

Posted on 7/11/2025

Seel

Seel

51-200 employees

Energy efficiency education and program management

No salary listed

Detroit, MI, USA

In Person

Category
Operations & Logistics (1)
Required Skills
Public Speaking
Data Analysis
Requirements
  • Master’s degree highly preferred. Bachelors degree acceptable with at least 10 years of experience.
  • Certified Energy Manager (CEM)
  • 10+ years of operations delivery, consulting, process transformation, process excellence experience in a mid to large organization
  • 10+ years of experience in energy management and/or utilities
  • Experience working at the executive level (C-Suite)
  • Working knowledge of data analysis and performance metrics
  • Leadership experience driving process transformation initiatives
  • Experience in public speaking
  • Proven experience with successfully managing complex budgets
  • Possess personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and commitment to company mission
  • Demonstrates experience building cross-functional teams
  • Strong interpersonal written, verbal, and analytical skills with an emphasis on strategic and persuasive communication
  • Leader that can communicate with clarity and operate with finesse in a matrixed organization
  • Strong client service background
  • Creative thinker with the ability to identify innovative business solutions
  • Required to sit, stand, walk; talk and hear; and ability to touch and handle tools and/or controls
  • Travel time up to 50%
Responsibilities
  • Drive continuous operational productivity, efficiency and EBI TDA improvement through program execution and KPI governance, pyramid rationalization, greater use of shared services capabilities, process change and automation
  • Lead centralized program performance governance including program over performance capture and program under performance risk mitigation
  • Embrace and operate within SEEL core values
  • Enforce operating model policy compliance with keen focus on contract, regulatory, and pricing compliance; refine operational policies over time to enhance business outcomes
  • Establish & implement policies that promote company vision and culture
  • Coach, train, and mentor directors/program managers to help them meet their specific program goals, effectively manage their team, and process improvement best practices
  • Support the sales/strategy team toward strategic growth
  • Work with the human resources department to develop and implement talent acquisition and management programs that enhance the business effectiveness
  • Participate in leadership team initiatives as a member of MCL JASCO Executive Leadership Team
  • Build communities by creating local jobs, producing sustainable energy savings for all rate payers, and spurring the growth of diverse local businesses
  • Direct the operational aspect of various contracts, requests for proposals (RFPs), and reports according to company and management expectations and guidelines and consults with Senior Management as directed regarding preparation of key correspondence
  • Work with your operational team to monitor invoices from operational business partners and control company costs and ensure financial strength and operating efficiency
  • Ensure appropriate internal controls and measurement systems are in place to support operations
Desired Qualifications
  • Six Sigma and/or Lean Expert experience preferred

SEEL, LLC (Solutions for Energy Efficient Logistics) partners with utility companies to plan, run, and evaluate energy efficiency programs. It delivers energy education, building audits, direct installation of energy-saving products, appliance recycling, incentive processing, and trade-ally network management to meet utility program needs. It differentiates itself by being a large, minority- and veteran-owned firm with certifications (MBE, DVBE) and a track record serving over 500,000 households and small businesses, plus expertise in outreach to income-qualified customers across eight states. Its goal is to reduce utility bills and environmental impact for communities facing high energy burden and air pollution by expanding access to energy-saving resources.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Detroit, Michigan

Founded

2009

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • SEEL Learning Institute launched April 2024 boosts grant funding access.
  • SEEL named Michigan Supplier of the Year repeatedly for performance.
  • SEEL scales with $23.8M revenue and 131 employees across states.

What critics are saying

  • CLEAResult steals utility contracts via superior scale in 12-24 months.
  • IRA funding favors AI firms over SEEL's manual processes in 3-9 months.
  • DTE Energy cuts budgets, shifts in-house post-2025, crushing revenue.

What makes Seel unique

  • SEEL leads in income-qualified customer engagement since 2009.
  • SEEL excels as minority-owned DVBE energy efficiency implementer.
  • SEEL manages trade ally networks and incentive processing nationwide.

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6 month growth

-5%

1 year growth

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2 year growth

-5%
Cision
Jun 17th, 2024
Ey Announces Louis E. James Of Seel Llc As An Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2024 Michigan And Northwest Ohio Award Finalist

James recognized for 45 years of entrepreneurial leadership in energy, logistics, manufacturing, supply chain management, MRO, government and other industriesDETROIT, June 17, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) has announced that CEO Louis E. James of SEEL LLC is a finalist for the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2024 Michigan and Northwest Ohio Award. Now in its 38th year, Entrepreneur Of The Year is the preeminent competitive business award for audacious leaders who disrupt markets, revolutionize sectors and have a transformational impact on lives. Over the past four decades, the program has recognized the daring entrepreneurs with big ideas and bold actions that reshape our world.Louis E. James was one of 34 regional entrepreneurs from 30 companies selected as finalists by an independent panel of judges. The candidates were evaluated based on their demonstration of building long-term value through entrepreneurial spirit, purpose, growth and impact, among other core contributions and attributes.A combat-wounded veteran of the U.S

DBusiness Magazine
May 1st, 2024
SEEL in Detroit Starts Workshop to Help Energy Groups Apply for Funding

Solutions for Energy Efficient Logistics (SEEL) in Detroit, a contractor building and growing energy efficiency programs across the U.S., launched a grant writing workshop to help organizations get funding for their major energy and environmental projects.

Cision
Apr 29th, 2024
Seel Llc Launches Programs To Unlock Energy & Environmental Grant Funding

"Our newest offerings build on SEEL's real-world successes helping small nonprofit organizations access grant funding," explained Scott Alan Davis, vice president of inclusion and economic development for SEEL

MCL Jasco
Dec 2nd, 2020
SEEL partners with DTE Energy

One of the largest minority and disabled-veteran owned, energy program management companies in the nation, SEEL (Solutions for Energy Efficient Logistics) works with DTE Energy to implement the program in communities throughout Michigan.

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