Specialty metals and grating distributor with direct-to-customer fulfillment
McNICHOLS operates a legacy Java + Oracle stack (Commerce Cloud, JD Edwards, WebLogic) built for high-volume order processing and same-day fulfillment. The hiring mix—heavily weighted toward logistics, manufacturing, and sales roles with minimal engineering—reflects a distribution-led business model focused on operational execution rather than product innovation. Current initiatives target inside-sales scaling and geographic expansion, while pain points cluster around supply-chain resilience (stock-outs, supplier accountability, material costs) and inventory control, suggesting friction between demand forecasting and warehouse operations.
McNICHOLS is a specialty metals and grating distributor founded in 1952 and headquartered in Tampa, Florida. The company serves construction and industrial customers with perforated metal, expanded metal, wire mesh, fiberglass grating, and related products, supported by multiple service centers across the U.S. The business model centers on rapid fulfillment—same-day stock shipment backed by trained customer-service teams—and is structured around Oracle Commerce Cloud for ecommerce and JD Edwards for enterprise operations. Current growth initiatives include building an inside-sales function and expanding presence in the western U.S. region.
Oracle Commerce Cloud, Oracle Database, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, Java/Jakarta EE, WebLogic application server, Nginx/Apache, and AWS cloud infrastructure. Front-end uses jQuery, JavaScript, and HTML/CSS.
201–500 employees. The company is privately held and headquartered in Tampa, Florida.
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