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Candidates from the newsletter of July 24, 2019

 

To speak with any of these candidates contact Doug Swiatecki at 800-548-3506 ext. 3278 or

Email  doug@swiftrecruiters.com

70905 Maintenance Electrician – This Chicagoland candidate has experience with injection molding equipment maintenance, including Husky, Krauss Maffei, Sumitomo, Engel and others, plus pneumatics, hydraulics, PLC, VSDs, electrical, 24v-280v, instrumentation and more, and will consider a field service position as well

  • Troubleshoots and installs plastic injection and thermoforming machinery, MAAC rotary thermoforming presses, Husky and Arburg plastic injection presses, 90-1000 ton
  • Troubleshoots Motan and Conair material handling
  • Preventive maintenance of chillers, themolators, conveyors and all secondary machines
  • Reads prints: electrical, hydraulic and pneumatics
  • Installs and programs drives, encoders, sensors and safety equipment
  • Troubleshot DVD insertion equipment, which consisted of PLCs, Wago Profibuss networking, Ixiris vision system, SMC vacuum and pneumatics, manifold packs, photo eyes, proxes, cams and followers
  • Installed and troubleshot automated machinery such as DDS, Fanuc and CBW robotic machinery, and Husky and Engel plastic injection presses

61934 Corrugated Sales Representative – This salesperson has experience selling boxes and box making equipment in the Midwest

  • Versatile and motivated sales professional with the ability to lead, direct and contribute to innovative sales, product promotion, account management and service initiatives
  • Extensive experience and demonstrated success in marketing and selling a diverse range of premium products in both direct and distributor sales environments
  • Provides continuous contributions to enhance revenues in record-holding regions
  • Sound understanding of the sales process from budgeting, specification writing and material handling through pre-engineering and final product delivery
  • Experience working in both domestic and international environments
  • Serves as an effective and approachable leader while hiring and supervising employees
  • Clear, articulate communicator able to work professionally with a wide range of individuals, including executives, vendors, co-workers and clients
  • Energetic and task-oriented to aggressively seek out and secure profitable business opportunities
  • Exceptional ability to generate continued growth with the consistent addition of new clients

80965 Sales Manager – This Pacific Northwest sales manager has experience directing, training and leading sales teams in plastics and handles, and has focused on developing excellent customer relationships and effective strategic plans with growth of new clientele in focus

  • Director of sales and marketing with a proven track record of delivering results in national and international markets
  • Focused on strategic planning and implementation, key customer relationship management and team development
  • Extensive experience in business to business and business to consumer markets
  • Innovative strategist, highly effective at training sales personnel on how to identify new business opportunities and then acquire, develop and retain medium and large accounts by developing long-term, mutually beneficial business environments
  • Excellent track record of consistent sales growth at target margins, regardless of market conditions
  • Directs, trains and leads business units and sales/marketing teams by example
  • Develops and implements metric-based plans and incentives to achieve performance, productivity and customer satisfaction targets and reach company’s profit goals
  • Develops effective new product launch strategy and implementation
  • Develops and communicates effective strategic plans to senior management
  • Develops and manages strong customer relationships to improve retention and maximize growth
  • Recruits, develops, trains and motivates sales and marketing teams
  • Establishes industry partnerships and alliances that create win/win scenarios and foster long-term relationships
  • Collaborative leadership across all functional areas
  • Utilizes latest technology and metrics to drive efficiency, reduce costs and increase customer satisfaction

82171 Folding Carton Folder/Gluer Lead – This folder/gluer lead has set up and operated Jagenberg, Kama, Bobst and Signature machinery, among others, and is seeking an opportunity in the Midwest

  • Operates and sets up a Kama ProCut press that die cuts sheets to cartons and runs finishing equipment (folder/gluers) as needed
  • Performs weekly and monthly maintenance
  • Strives to exceed all production and quality goals
  • Instructs co-workers on crew (feeder/takeoff)
  • Operated and set up Jagenberg, Bobst Alpina and Signature folder/gluers
  • Ordered and maintained parts for machines
  • Performed scheduled maintenance on all machinery listed above
  • Coordinated schedule with management to meet production goals

62723 Label Sales Representative – This Southeastern sales professional experienced at acquiring and managing new client accounts for custom printed labels has extensive knowledge of prime label films and past experience selling adhesive coated materials to label companies, with contacts on both side of the equation

  • Business development professional experienced in account management and business expansion
  • Extensive knowledge of roll label converting industry, prime films, papers and printing
  • Customer-centric relationship focus leading to profitable business partnerships
  • Strategic prospecting in highly competitive, multi-state territories
  • Effective sales presentations and follow up
  • Proficient with CRMs and Microsoft Office
  • History of top sales performance exceeding corporate objectives
  • Industry specialties include papers, films, printing technologies and pressure sensitive adhesives
  • Sales skills include territory analysis, sales forecasting, effective negotiating and intuitive closer
  • Resilient, self-motivated, solution-oriented, active listener and determined

62774 Packaging Equipment Sales – This candidate has experience selling equipment for in-box, protective, paper and air pillows in a Midwest and Upper Midwestern territory

  • Managed a $2.3 million territory
  • Grew territory by 6% in 2018
  • Worked closely with packaging distributors to ensure mutual success
  • Used vast sales management experience to ensure optimal territory development
  • Used extensive cold calling techniques to optimize territory growth
  • Led training seminars to introduce new products
  • Established and cultivated relationships with end users and distributors to maintain long-term growth
  • Well versed in extensive array of packaging
  • Opened numerous new accounts and grew existing accounts
  • Cultivated relationships to ensure business
  • Called on a diverse collection of manufacturing companies
  • Found solutions to complex packaging situation to ensure the best and most cost effective packaging products were used
  • Worked independently from a home office with a high degree of efficiency
  • Attended training course for numerous products
  • Worked closely with various manufacturing representatives, such as 3M, Ranpak, Sealed Air, etc. to provide proper packaging solutions

82154 Rigid Plastics Sales Representative – Candidate has experience as a CSR and as a sales representative selling rigid plastics throughout the US and Canada, and will relocate

  • Accomplished sales professional with extensive experience handling pricing negotiations, monitoring contract compliance, and in pipeline management
  • Skilled at managing multiple priorities within a dynamic outside sales environment
  • Adept at coordinating sales data for monthly reports and forecasting for proven sales results
  • Areas of expertise include project management, communication, customer service, purchase orders, report creation         , financial analysis, time management, SAP, Microsoft Office suite, Quote Builder app, Salesforce, PMDB, BW, Business Solutions, Oracle and SharePoint

82213 Production Supervisor – This person has run a large crew in the production of folding cartons, with experience including overseeing personnel making 4-corner, 6-corner, straight line and other containers, and responsibility for cost control, high-speed packaging and lean manufacturing; looking for an opportunity in the West

  • Over 15 years of operations and field service leadership positions with a consistent record of exceeding goals and targets
  • Possesses leadership in programs to increase quality, reliability and throughput
  • Recognized for strong adherence to safety
  • Distribution center operations cross-functional experience
  • Builds and motivates strong teams that perform
  • Experience with Kronos, JD Edwards software and much more
  • Core competencies include quality control, personnel oversight, process reengineering, organization reconstruction, analysis, safety compliance, project development, preventative maintenance, problem solving, programming, cost controls and setting focal points

81981 Injection Molding and Custom Plastics Molding SME – Candidate has experience with injection molding machinery 50-5000 tons, has implemented projects from start to finish, is considered an expert in tooling and is experienced with Pro-E and Mold Flow software

  • Served as SME supporting manufacturing, quality, purchasing and engineering for many multi-million dollar new product launch introduction programs, focusing on tooling quality and cost savings while driving component cost utilizing injection and insert molded plastics
  • Previous 15 years of experience includes serving as quality, purchasing and general manager for a custom plastics molder
  • Top skills are attention to detail and on-time delivery of programs
  • Excellent skills using MS Office, including 2D and 3D CAD software programs
  • Proven project management and process improvement skills
  • Extensive knowledge of part and tool design for metal stamping, die cast, thixomolding and injection molding
  • System competencies include Pro-E Wildfire and Autodesk Inventor: AutoCAD Moldflow Insight
  • Well organized and detailed self-starter with strong analytical, interpersonal, problem solving, and verbal and written communication skills
  • Worked with staff, vendors, suppliers and all personnel from conception to approval to implementation
  • Additional experience with the sales process

 

81753 Cold Chain and Packaging Sales Representative/Sales Manager –Candidate has experience with protective packaging, folding cartons, corrugate and more, and is seeking a new opportunity in the Midwest

 

  • Top-performing sales manager with demonstrated experience driving profitability and business growth
  • Innovative, customer-focused business leader who provides customized solutions to meet customer needs and remain competitive in the market
  • Brings a wide range of industry knowledge and expertise, having worked with leading contract packing companies, distributors and packaging manufacturers, as well as several major pharmaceutical corporations
  • Adds value through a commitment to delivering superior quality and service to customers to improve brand recognition, customer retention and referral rates
  • As a sales manager, produced the four highest sales months in the history of a 35-year-old organization
  • Increased customer retention from 20% to 82% by training sales representatives to qualify leads prior to working on projects
  • Established an inside sales team to sell at higher margins, increasing gross profits an average of 67%
  • Recruited back to an employer to turn around sales operations, successfully growing territory >3% YOY

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