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Candidates from the newsletter of May 30, 2018

 

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

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60306 Senior Estimator/Planner/Project Manager – This professional in folding cartons and printing is looking for an opportunity with one hour of Batavia, IL

  • Accomplished and experienced printing professional with an ongoing history of staying up to date with new technologies in a constantly changing field

  • Proficient in a wide variety of software packages with proven success at meeting deadlines and quality expectations

  • Offers superior customer service

  • Self-starter and team builder utilizing lean concepts while consistently maintaining a safe working environment

  • Skills include estimates, layouts, planning sheeting, inks and coatings, prepress, proofing, pressroom plating, direct to plate, embossing, foil stamping, silkscreen die cutting, folding and gluing

79062 Sales Representative – Candidate has 22 years of experience selling packaging supplies and consumable packaging, including shrink/shrink bags, film and tubing, in the Grand Rapids, MI area

  • Experienced sales professional with demonstrated success selling to and servicing various industries, including industrial, automotive, steel, packaging, food, pharmaceutical and office furniture
  • Proven ability to develop, manage and grow corporate/territory sales and marketing efforts at target accounts
  • Team player who works well with clients and associates on all levels
  • Adapts and learns quickly
  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • Expertise includes outside sales, relationship development, account penetration and profit

75269 Production Supervisor/Lead – This southern Californian has 10 years of experience with various Mark Andys, HP Indigo, rotopresses, Arsoma, Comco, Commander, Jetrion, Domino, ABG Digicon, rewinders, splicers and turret equipment and will relocate

  • Directly manages, supervises and works alongside employees on production floor

  • Works across AM/PM shifts based on need

  • Manages schedules, time cards and payroll for over 110 production employees within Kronos time clock system

  • Schedules employees based on need and efficiencies of production workloads

  • Troubleshoots issues on presses, including Mark Andy P5 and P7 platforms, Mark Andy Digital Series Hybrid, Mark Andy 4150, Mark Andy 2200, Comco Commander, Rotoflex, Arsoma EM 280, HP Indigo and Digicon, and subsequent auxiliary/finishing equipment, and runs presses when necessary

  • Prioritizes scheduled workflow to ensure that the production floor can avoid downtime wherever possible

  • Trains and teaches associates on techniques and methods to increase overall press floor knowledge, including explaining processes for individual positions and how they add into a value stream

  • Conducts monthly and quarterly employee performance reviews and wage progression reviews

  • Directly involved in employee coaching and discipline meetings

  • Performs quality control sign offs and works cooperatively with quality department for continued improvement

  • Ensures that products meet specifications as labeled on job ticket and drawdown artwork

  • Follows and employs 6S and lean manufacturing principles through the creation and understanding of reporting

  • Uses and creates metrics/target goals to develop an understanding of proper course of action, and reviews this course of action with management

40961 National Account Manager/Sales Representative – This representative has over 20 years of experience selling films, lamination and trays in food and related industries, and is located in Wisconsin

  • Strategic sales professional specializing in strategic, relationship selling in the flexible packaging and printing markets
  • Dynamic, collaborative, results-driven individual with excellent communication skills and resourceful problem-solving capabilities
  • Strong track record of revenue growth and skillful relationship, account and territory growth
  • Highly trusted individual effective in establishing successful, long-term business relationships
  • Demonstrated exceptional performance in key account/territory management, new business development and forecasting/production planning, with successful account turnaround skills

78239 Sales Representative – Minnesota candidate has five years of experience selling packaging consumables and packaging equipment with additional experience selling corrosion protection and chemicals to the packaging and other industries

  • Responsible for the development and support of industrial packaging, coatings, metal working fluids and rust preventatives as it pertains to asset management/corrosion protection
  • Provided technical and product support to existing and potential customers
  • Prospected and cold called within assigned territory
  • Utilized CRM to manage daily activities
  • Provided written quotes and estimates on total corrosion control
  • Provided on-site product training

78208 Packaging Equipment Repair/Field Service Engineer – This engineer has experience on various products such as palletizers, stretch and shrink wrappers, strapping, carton sealer, flexo folders, Ward, Emba, machinery, conveyors and other machinery, located in California and will consider relocation to Midwest, Southeast or Southwest

  • Strong set of technical and troubleshooting skills along with knowledge of effective managerial strategies to ensure personnel obtain production requirements and goals
  • Experienced with electrical and motor controls as well as programming and repairing PLCs
  • Repairs and maintains extensive variety of packaging systems and production equipment, including palletizing machines, unitizers, strapping and stretch wrap equipment, shrink wrap machines and a wide variety of technical packaging systems
  • Installs, troubleshoots and repairs a variety of electrical components, motor controls and frequency drives
  • Sales involvement of parts and packaging products to ensure plant equipment and operations are meeting capacity objectives, production and cost effectiveness
  • Maintains appropriate repair, maintenance and preventative maintenance records and reports for production managers
  • Consulted in the cost savings of supplies needed to package all manufactured products for shipment
  • Writes, maintains and implements preventative maintenance programs
  • Possesses leadership, supervisory and management skills, along with a proven, successful track record of maintaining a high standard of excellence on duties performed, with a strong mechanical and electrical background

64349 Sales Representative – Candidate has 18 years of experience selling packaging film products in the food industry and three additional years selling thermoform injection molding lids and containers in NE, KS, MN, IA and MO

  • Developed several accounts from over-caps to thermoformed in-mold labeling containers

  • Directly responsible for bringing new business

  • Currently responsible for multiple national accounts

  • Successfully managed a $43MM territory calling on a large meat company

  • Built and maintained excellent relationships at plant and corporate levels

  • Collaborated with marketing and R&D to develop new innovation for client and assisted in bringing the ideas to the market

  • Discovered and implemented cost savings programs

  • Exceeded the forecast more than $1MM four years

77600 Field Service Technician – San Bernardino, CA candidate has12 years of experience in the installation of conveyers, case erectors, wrappers, robotics, assembly lines and various electro-mechanical machinery and tools, and a few years of outside sales in prescription packaging, printers and visual advertising

  • On-site installation, diagnosis and repair of electro-mechanical machinery, ovens, fryers, pan washers, exhaust systems, heat tunnels, wrappers, movable racks, tappers, case erectors, shakers, colorant dispensers, conveyors, assembly lines and pneumatics

  • Called on independent pharmacies throughout northern and southern California, Arizona and Nevada

  • Sold prescription packaging, printers, custom labels and custom visual advertising through trade shows, group presentations and contract negotiations

  • Installation, service and maintenance of production machinery, robotics, conveyor and assembly lines throughout western USA, Canada and Mexico

  • Repair/maintenance of pneumatic hand held nailers, staplers and clipping tools at customers’ manufacturing facilities

  • Sold wire to wire fasteners, staples, nails, production machinery, pneumatic staplers and nailers

71181 Shift Supervisor/Printing Manager/Production/Safety Manager – This North Carolina manager has 25 years of experience in folding cartons, is familiar with KBA, Komori, Heidelberg, Miller, Harris and Marquip equipment, and is willing to relocate

  • 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

78904 Production Supervisor/Press Operator – This person has 30 years of experience running flexo departments that use Nilpeter, Mark Andy, Comco and Webtron in the label industry, looking for a position in the Columbus, OH area

  • Production management, managed three departments
  • Platemaking production
  • Flexographic printing press operator
  • Nilpeter, Mark Andy, Comco, Webtron and Allied
  • Press work – roll to roll, roll to sheet and roll to fanfold
  • Press maintenance and repair
  • Building maintenance
  • Production scheduling
  • Inventory and ordering materials
  • Vendor communication and negotiations
  • Label estimating
  • Shipping and receiving
  • Forklift operator
  • Manage screen department
  • OSHA
  • Microsoft Office: Word, Excel and PowerPoint

47544 Sales Representative – This southwest Pennsylvania sales representative has 20 years of experience selling high graphic corrugated products in PA, OH, MD, NY and WV

  • Accomplished sales professional known for delivering strong and sustainable revenue and profit gains in highly competitive markets
  • 20+ years of sales/new business development with cross-industry experience and accomplishments with leading start-up and high-growth Fortune 1000 and up companies
  • 20+ years of selling and/or managing print, POP/POS packaging, corrugated,  folding carton and fulfillment projects from distribution to end user
  • Strong communicator and team leader with a pulse on ever-changing industry trends, specializing in cross-selling services and product lines
  • Fulfillment expertise in pick and pack and pallet load environments supported by e-commerce and online logistics
  • Strong knowledge of packaging development, including material selection, packaging design and testing requirements
  • Effectively manage a client base of Fortune 500 companies in the sales cycle process from client consultation to closing

69556 Supervisor/Manager – Candidate has 25 years of experience in commercial printing and maintenance supervision, including Web Schribers, Hamlin 3-color, Didde 4-Color, Goebel variable 4-color, sheetfed Hosamoto, Eagle, Indigo, Chiefs and A.B. Dick; located in Georgia but will relocate

  • Supported maintenance with press PMs and repairs
  • Machines include three Harris 954s, two 700s and two 500s
  • Maintained quality with graded press copies and vendor copies
  • Participated in morning meetings on deliveries and press conditions
  • Made printed insert press changes due to delivery demands or time deadlines
  • Maintained plant safety with weekly safety inspections of scheduled inspected locations and chemical compliance
  • Responsible for employee reviews and SOPs
  • Part of an overall manufacturing team with ability to perform all aspects of printing at the highest quality levels
  • Responsible for efficient operation of press and ensured quality product from press to the next operation
  • Provided leadership to the press crew and support team
  • Ensured compliance to safety and GMP requirements

70636 Sales Representative – Candidate has 15 years of experience with large corrugated box company with background in sales of folding/rigid cartons and high end cosmetics and is looking to work for a family-owned/regional-size company; located in PA and has high end folding carton contacts in cosmetics in the NYC area

  • Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Epace and Amtech
  • Knowledge of Word Press
  • Able to train, motivate and supervise customer service employees
  • Experienced in multi-tasking and implementing procedures for efficiency
  • Extensive knowledge of direct mail, commercial print and packaging, including rigid box, folding cartons, APET packaging, litho laminated retail packaging and corrugated
  • Assists clients with developing corrugated shippers, litho laminated and direct print retail packaging
  • Marketing presentations for complete turnkey solutions, including POP displays and fulfillment
  • Coordinates production of samples, pricing and all other critical information
  • Cold calls, prospecting to acquire new customers
  • Assists clients in developing unique folding cartons and rigid box packaging for high end cosmetics while considering budget, timeline and brand standards
  • Travels for monthly meetings to discuss status of existing projects and to aid in development of new projects
  • Attends monthly networking events and seminars in NYC to stay up to date on the most current trends

78814 Production Manager/Die Cutting Manager – This manager has 15 years of experience in the corrugated industry, is located in Ohio and is willing to relocate

  • Point of purchase display facility, 2nd shift supervisor
  • Ensured safety procedures were being followed throughout the entire department
  • Ensured employees were staying on top of their quality control procedures
  • Helped operators and helpers with troubleshooting certain mechanical or operator errors that may occur
  • Enforced a high level of production excellence, making sure every crew met and surpassed MSF goal for the month by continuously and consistently developing a daily plan of execution
  • Kept the cost of waste down
  • Hired on to help the three die cutters bring up productivity; they were averaging 7,000 sheets fed per day, this person took them up to 18,000-20,000 sheets fed per day within two months
  • Operated 7-color rotary die cutter with UV coating and trained a helper without any experience

37088 Production Manager/Die Cutting Manager – Arizona candidate has over 23 years of experience in folding cartons, is looking for a 1st shift position and will relocate for the right opportunity

  • Plans, purchases and inventories operational supplies

  • Recycling program and shipments

  • Labor time posting, monitors, communicates and posts KPIs

  • Scheduling, raw material receiving and inventory control

  • Process improvement – cGMP, AIB, ISO and production reporting

  • Plant safety program (co-safety director)

  • Employee counseling and performance evaluation process

  • SAP implementation team member

  • Finishing – schedules machines, and plans, purchases and inventories operational supplies

  • Plant supervisor – key contact for plant, facilitates schedules and managed recycling program

  • Projects: lean manufacturing, waste reduction, and internal and external process improvement

  • Managed one web press with inline cutting, one gluer

  • QC team, ISO program, internal and external audits

  • Schedules machines and manages other internal departments

  • Schedules machines and controls raw material inventories

  • Raw material planner, inventory control, account manager

  • Assistant scheduler, material planner, inventory control, designed cases and pallet configuration

  • Die maker and Bobst operator

68119 Sales Representative – North Carolina candidate has 26 years of experience in rigid/flexible CPET, PET, PP, PS and rigid containers/trays in Southeast (converted pouches and bags), plus 19 years in folding carton sales

  • Pioneer new business on the East Coast
  • Customers include food processors, supermarkets and distribution
  • Products include filling and sealing equipment, full packaging lines, PET, CPET, PP, PS, printed films, lid stock, pouches and bags
  • Pioneered new business in southeast and south central USA
  • BS in Packaging

71510 Structural Designer – This designer has over 22 years of experience in corrugated/graphic design on Artios, 2-3D Photoshop, Kongsburg, Adobe and Acrobat; he is looking for an opportunity in south to southwest Chicago area

  • Responsible for design, concept development sketching, creating mockups and preflighting files using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
  • Proficient in ArtiosCAD 6 software and operation of Kongsburg XL 22 cutting table
  • Designs instruction sheets that are used at retail level for assisting in display setups
  • Packaging production, design and 2D illustrations
  • Lead production designer for dog and cat food redesign (approx. 65 SKUs)
  • Responsible for design, concept development and 3D renderings using Adobe Photoshop, and full size prototypes of corrugated temporary displays and structures, including all sketching, concepting and graphic design elements
  • Principle structural designer for makeup merchandising displays
  • Skills include Esko ArtiosCAD, Esko Deskpack Preflight, Autodesk Maya, Cinema 4D, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Office

78898 Shift Supervisor/Floor Supervisor/Flexo Lead – This master printer with 16 years of experience in press printing operates Mark Andys in labels, sheets and tags, and is looking for a 1st shift position in the Knoxville, TN area

  • Master printer, with 16+ years of experience in flexographic press printing, operating Mark Andy presses from the 2100 series all the way up to the P5, 10” to 20” webs
  • Experienced in simple print layouts to extremely complex 4-color process to 10-color print designs
  • Proven department and team lead, with supervision experience over an entire shift of 30+ people
  • Years of experience in multiple output formats, such as fanfold, sheet-fed and turret
  • Strong knowledge of pressure sensitive die cutting and printing on a wide variety of substrates and complexities, using UV and film/water-based inks, and color matching with the use of a spectrometer (XRite)
  • Knowledgeable in multiple production software platforms that track good and bad production numbers
  • Extensive background in customer service and vendor relations
  • Broad experience in operating commercial trucks and warehouse vehicles, including various lift and clamp trucks
  • Bilingual in conversational Spanish, also some German comprehension
  • Proven communication skills, enhanced by solid computer experience with Microsoft Office, the Internet and website building

67729 Purchasing/Buyer/Account Manager – This person has over 25 years of experience in packaging distribution supplies/equipment of all types with strong customer service background and is looking for an opportunity in northern NJ

  • Developed strong partnerships with new and existing customers and suppliers

  • Led negotiations with customers and suppliers on price, delivery and terms

  • Initiated RFQs to suppliers and evaluate suppliers’ costs

  • Requested and approved customer-specific CAD drawings

  • Assisted in redesigning customer packaging needs for cost savings

  • Managed key accounts

  • Provided customer support for VP of sales/owner

  • Inside support, customer service and purchasing for $17MM in sales

  • Oversaw profitably and margins

  • Managed two direct reports

 

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