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Candidates from the newsletter of August 31, 2017

 

To speak with any of these candidates contact Ray Swiatecki at 800-548-3506 ext. 3275 or

Email ray@swiftrecruiters.com

70498 Sales Representative – With 17 years of experience selling a wide range of packaging supplies and packaging equipment in western Pennsylvania, this sales professional is looking for an opportunity to sell for a packaging manufacturer

  • Responsible for selling a wide range of industrial packaging supplies and equipment in western Pennsylvania through wholesale distribution
  • Duties include maintaining existing business, increasing profit margin, building relationships in all levels of the customer’s organization, preparing quotes, working with vendor representatives to secure new business and soliciting new business through cold calls, phone calls and email
  • Expand knowledge of product line through sales training and trade shows

69878 Business Development/Sales – Located in mid-Tennessee and selling nationally, this 25 year veteran of the packaging industry is selling commercial printing and pressure sensitive, roll feed, cut and stack and in mold labels

  • Strategic sales planning
  • Relationship building
  • Sales forecasting
  • Presentations
  • Cold calling
  • Teamwork
  • New business development
  • Written and spoken communication
  • Value-added sales processes

40012 Western Regional Sales/Manager – Southern California candidate has over 20 years of experience selling films, in mold labeling products and synthetic solutions to graphics, print, packaging and label markets and is looking for a West Coast opportunity

  • Impactful, seasoned sales professional with experience in manufacturers’ product development
  • 20 year track record of bringing manufacturers’ products to market, acknowledged for consistently exceeding sales budgets
  • Skilled hunter, utilizing consultative selling techniques
  • Strong relationship builder, developing long-term partnerships
  • Pivotal resource for companies providing technical support, SWOT analysis and product development intelligence to corporate offices
  • Initiated and developed sales strategy which increased sales by 12%
  • Took control of underperforming territory and grew it into #2 region in company
  • Established West Coast presence for manufacturer, including sales channels, warehousing and direct sales, averaging 15% growth per year

66901 Sales Representative – This sales pro has over 10 years of experience selling poly packaging, sheeting, plastic bags, stretch film and other packaging, including thermal packaging products, in NY/NJ

  • 10 years plus of experience in business to business selling in various areas of the packaging industry and across multiple consumer channels, including food, pharmaceutical, personal care, cosmetics and nutraceuticals

  • Grew book of business 60% in nine months

  • Top sales performer for two quarters

  • Revenue growth of 20% at contract packager

  • Earned multiple awards for exceeding annual sales goals

69636 Sales Representative/Regional or National Account Manager – Seattle candidate has over 20 years of experience with papers, offset printing, copy, thermal, vinyl, security papers, label papers, wide format papers, consumables, case sealers, case erectors and end of line sealing for boxes to both industrial users and to distribution in the western market

  • National award-winning sales professional with sustained record of achievement with each employer, developing and directing strategic sales initiatives in complex B2B sales environments
  • Able to cultivate relationships with key stakeholders in organizations, working with executives to shop floors, creating relationships and solutions
  • Develops pricing programs and contracts, and closes complex sales that enhance revenue and margin attainment
  • Leverages technical resources, project management, client engagement and strategic planning skills to drive solutions and bottom line successes that have lasting client relationships
  • Skills include direct and indirect sales channels, technical and solution sales, project management, capital equipment, lean manufacturing, bullwhip procurement, training and mentoring

71181 Shift Supervisor/Production/Printing Manager – This manager has over 25 years of experience in folding cartons, is familiar with the operation of KBA, Heidelberg, Miller Harris, Marquip Sheeter, Bobst and Jagenburg equipment and is looking for a new opportunity in the Midwest or Southeast

  • Excellent interpersonal skills, having dealt with a diverse group of professionals and staff members
  • More than 25 years of packaging experience, including printing, cutting, finishing and quality assurance
  • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
  • Able to implement decisions and set effective priorities to achieve both immediate and long-term goals
  • Experience as an ISO auditor and assisted in implementing ISO 9000 procedures and training
  • Developed managerial abilities, able to delegate responsibilities, keep production efficiencies to quota, keep production associates on task and productive while maintaining a positive morale, always striving to meet customer expectations

75079 Marketing Executive – This industry professional has 26 years of experience in packaging and other industrial products in branding, communications and marketing and is located in Denver but will relocate

  • Proven success guiding sizeable, cross-functional creative and project management teams through challenging corporate changes and market fluctuations to maintain a team-focused attitude and collective efforts to surpass corporate goals
  • Strategic outlook on rebranding while maintaining stakeholder confidence
  • Additional areas of expertise include public relations, event management, media buying and advertising
  • Strategic campaign planning
  • Full lifecycle project development
  • Team-wide performance optimization
  • Marketing and branding initiatives
  • Employee, B2B and B2C communications
  • Budget administration/management
  • Message development
  • Public relations management
  • Event planning and management of execution
  • Team building and leadership liaison

64297 Designer – This designer has over 23 years of experience in structural design in POP/corrugated displays with some managerial experience, with knowledge of Artios, Excel, CAPE, Kongsberg, etc. and is looking for an opportunity in Charlotte or another southeast location

  • Award winning corrugated POP and packaging designer with 30+ years of experience in structural design
  • 23 years of ArtiosCAD, Laserpoint and Designer Workbench software along with Data Tech and Kongsberg cutting table knowledge
  • Worked with some vac forms, extrusions and injection molding
  • Experience includes thorough knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and CAPE Pack, along with some Photoshop and Illustrator experience
  • Five years of management experience in various design departments

59546 Sales Representative – This corrugated/SBS/POP/POS/graphics and signage sales representative with over 25 years of experience selling nationally to alcohol, beverage companies and other industrial markets has seven years of experience managing sales reps and is looking for an opportunity out of his home office in the Milwaukee region

  • Senior level packaging executive with 28 years of experience in retail packaging and the CPG industry working with Fortune 500 companies
  • Experienced in point of purchase displays, retail packaging, in-store signage, industrial packaging and digital printing
  • Packaging specialist manager classically trained in consumer product goods packaging development
  • Successful in targeting and developing profitable packaging solutions for multimillion dollar accounts through innovative, customer-focused value options
  • Strategic thinker adept at analyzing market opportunities and implementing plans to generate packaging cost savings
  • Effective leader in developing persuasive program strategies, and building credibility and integrity in a competitive marketplace
  • Effective problem solver who is resourceful, entrepreneurial and a versatile thinker, whose skill sets transfer across industries while adding significant value in each assignment
  • Skills include brand/sales management, relationship management, customer and channel marketing development, client retention, budget development, P&L management, people development and planning

74870 Supervisor/Finishing Manager – This finishing manager has over 25 years of experience in folding cartons and printing, and is familiar with various Bobst equipment, Jagenberg, folder gluers, die cutting machinery and Heidelberg presses; looking for an opportunity in the Midwest or Southeast

  • Experience in CAD and box design, die making and prepress
  • Skilled professional experienced with working in fast-paced manufacturing environments demanding strong skill set
  • Confident decision maker
  • Detail oriented and resourceful in completing projects
  • Able to multi-task effectively
  • Dependable, self-motivated individual with the ability to rapidly learn new tasks
  • Career-minded individual with excellent leadership abilities
  • Excellent management and machine operating skills, and extremely organized
  • Hold high quality in workmanship
  • Proficient in creative problem solving, customer needs and customer satisfaction

40444 Production Manager/Supervisor – Candidate has 26 years of experience with flexographic, print, prepress, scheduling, finishing, color matching and management of employees in labels, with a background in Mark Andys and Webtrons; located in New  Hampshire but will relocate to Virginia or North Carolina

  • 30+ years of experience in the flexographic printing industry

  • Dedicated manufacturing professional with hands-on production experience

  • 10 years of experience operating a flexographic press

  • 20 years of supervision and management experience

  • Passionate about quality, productivity, and internal and external customer satisfaction

60404 Regional Sales Representative – This sales professional has over 24 years of experience selling LDPE/LLDPE/HDPE, polyethylene, films, bags and related items in the PA/OH/NY territory

 

  • Relationship builder with a successful track record in developing and retaining both old and new business in a highly competitive industry
  • Team player who is customer focused, with a solid work ethic and passion for success
  • Cognizant of key competition, market trends and industry changes
  • Known to have a professional, energetic attitude and appearance
  • Sells all LDPE/LLDPE/HDPE/recycled films/bags, FDA, etc., both directly and through distribution
  • Responsible for establishing new accounts and maintaining and growing existing business
  • Known for excellent presentation, negotiating, closing and follow through skills, with a strong ability to build an industry presence
  • Territory – W. PA., NE OH and W. NY

 

75221 Pre-Production Manager/Customer Service Manager – Candidate has over 20 years of experience in folding cartons and printing with ISO, kaizen/lean and Green Belt, and is looking for a new opportunity in the Southeast to Florida

 

  • Top-notch manager within the printing industry with the proven ability to build/maintain business relationships, externally and internally, problem solve, analyze business needs/trends and manage in a rapidly-paced industry
  • Product development/sales and marketing
  • Leads initiatives, drives process improvements/cost reductions and promotes operational efficiency, leading to tens of thousands of dollars per year in cost savings
  • Assists the general manager with the financial health of the facility
  • Partners with staff and leaders to advise strategic objectives to improve on customer purchasing trends and satisfaction
  • Motivates departments while encouraging professional direction and setting high expectations
  • Assists in budget preparation
  • Participates in solving company business challenges
  • Maintains highly effective functioning workflows within the departments
  • Creates facility training methods and follows up to ensure training is effective
  • Executes on boarding new customers
  • Recruits, trains and mentors new employees
  • Clear understanding of business strategy audit plan
  • Manages finished and raw goods inventories

75133 Sales Representative/Business Development – This salesperson has over 20 years of experience selling packaging machinery and capital equipment and is now looking for an opportunity in regional sales based out of home office in GA

  • Interested in heading up sales efforts for a capital equipment machinery company in fields such as robotic automation, packaging machinery or material handling
  • Outstanding at building new business relationships and opening new markets
  • Expert in building accounts through direct sales and increasing distribution channels
  • Keen analytical problem solver
  • Demonstrated persistence over long sales cycles
  • Naturally talented at building relationships
  • Communicates well internally with all departments and levels of responsibility related to sales efforts
  • Delivers compelling and educational presentations
  • Effectively manages a large geographic sales territory

75083 Regional Sales Representative – This sales representative with over 25 years of experience selling narrow, wide web, flexo, gravure and digital products such as roll fed labels, prime labels, folding cartons and commercial printing is located in NC and looking for a position as distributor sales representative

  • Effective in consultative sales, knowledgeable in best practices and skilled in negotiations
  • Defines target accounts/goals, develops action plans, presents positioning proposition, designs and implements plans to achieve action plan goals, and coordinates staff to maximize resources
  • Expertise in lithography, flexography, gravure, digital (toner and liquid POD), silk screen, dye sublimation and in-mold processes
  • Application selling of narrow and wide web constructions, including roll-on labels, overwrap films, laminated structure (pouches, form-fill-seal, etc.), shrink sleeves, prime labels, industrial labels, folded paperboard (cartons and envelopes) and commercial print
  • Market served include food and beverage (regional and nationals brands), contract packagers, ISO 13485, nutraceutical, OEMs and targeted clients in a defined geographic area

31253 Die Cutter Supervisor – This supervisor has over 25 years in folding cartons with seven years as supervisor and the balance operating Bobst die cut machinery, is currently located in NC and will consider a supervisory position in Ohio or something near Wilmington, NC.

  • Extensive experience in folding carton product production as both a machine operator and supervisor
  • 28 years of experience operating, performing maintenance, preventative maintenance, pre-make ready and setup of die cutting machinery, including the Bobst 130 ER, 142 ER, 106 PER and 162 ER, using industry standard size materials from 20 gauge recycled paper to corrugated stock
  • Completed four year apprenticeship program; State certified die cut operator
  • Interbust training for the Bobst Sprinter 106per
  • Former president, Steel Workers Union Chapter
  • Completed multiple kaizen programs
  • Completed lean manufacturing principles training
  • Streamlined production throughout the plant using 5S lean manufacturing

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