91327 Graphic Designer – This designer has worked in POP displays, shrink wrap, folding cartons, pallets and floor stands, with experience in 2D/3D and creative development; relocating to western MI and available in April

• Skills include interpreting client objectives, research, style and mood boards, brainstorming and concept development

• Graphic design: print graphics, digital graphics, layout and design, illustrations and color management

• 3D design: sketching, 3D modeling and rendering, industrial design, environmental design and mock-ups

• Brand stewardship and omni-channel consistency, style guides and toolboxes, identifying branding opportunities, strategy and messaging, and rebranding and brand refreshes

• Print production, materials and processes direction, vendor sourcing and management, approvals management, fabrication, manufacturing and fulfillment management

• Content creation and copywriting, website art direction and editing, PPC advertising, analytics analysis, and social media, email and SMS campaigns

• Team workload and external partner management, digital asset management, new business development, client presentations, on-boarding and mentoring

• 2D design: Figma, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Fresco, Dimension and Acrobat

• 3D Design: Maxon Cinema 4d, Autodesk 3ds Max and Newtek Lightwave 3d

• CMS and CRM: WordPress, HubSpot and Mailchimp

• PowerPoint, Keynote, Google Docs Editors, Excel, Word, monday.com, Trello, Teams and Slack

57508 Sales Representative – This northern NJ candidate has over 25 years of experience in brown box and packaging distribution supplies, currently selling in NJ, NY, CT and eastern PA

25+ years of professional sales experience with increasing responsibilities. Proven record of leading sales organizations, winning awards, and closing large accounts.

• Expanded full line product knowledge for broader understanding of potential customer needs and best solutions to fulfill those needs

• Created comprehensive cold-chained and industry-specific program for national buying group

• Participated in improvement of company website

• Participated in all additional vendor-supplied training that was offered

• Created, built and maintained a $4 million customer base of industrial packaging end users

• Exceeded customers’ expectations while maintaining sales margin with solution-based sales of industrial packaging

• Coordinated vendor training for the New Jersey sales region

• Provided packaging industry-specific guidance to New Jersey regional sales team

55131 Sales Representative/Supply Chain – Cleveland-area candidate is experienced in selling distribution packaging products in Ohio

• Innovative and results-driven engineer with over 20 years of experience managing and executing production improvement projects for corporations

• Strong track record of success leading teams and delivering strategies that lower costs, optimize efficiency and increase productivity
• Subject matter expert in mold design and associated processes with expertise leading implementation and support, specializing in FAT and DMFA
• Adept in all areas of quality control, regulatory compliance, facilities oversight, safety and operational planning
• Able to work cross-functionally with technical, operational, sales and quality leads to achieve organizational targets
• Well-versed in good manufacturing practice (GMP), QMS, ISO standards, lean manufacturing and FDA material regulations

90569 Corrugated Account Manager – This western NY candidate is handling business from Buffalo/Rochester, NY to Akron/Canton, OH

• Highly driven sales and business development professional with extensive selling experience

• Creative and strategic problem solver who is not afraid to work outside comfort zone
• Adept at cultivating and leveraging client relationships, focused on going above and beyond to provide customer solutions
• Motivated team player who consistently aims to push revenue expectations and exceed goals
• Technologically savvy with an accelerated learning ability
• Expertise includes account management, business development, consultative selling, distribution, forecasting, negotiation, prospecting, training and mentoring, market research, strategic planning and Microsoft Dynamics CRM
• Adaptable and articulate, competitive, creative, driven, energetic, effective communicator, hunter attitude, organized, resilient and goal-oriented

91291 Flexible Packaging Production/Converting Supervisor – This supervisor with 25 reports is familiar with Nordmeccanica and Totani machinery in lamination and pouch making and would consider an opportunity towards the East Coast

• 20 years of experience supervising up to 50 workers
• Directs and coordinates the activities of employees engaged in the production or processing of goods such as inspectors, machines setters and fabricators
• Purchases materials and file invoices
• Reads and analyzes charts, work orders and production schedules
• Inspects materials, products or equipment to detect defects or malfunction
• Keeps records of employee's attendance and hours worked, and yearly reviews
• Schedules sub-contractors for and vendors to perform schedule work
• Responsible for company equipment and materials
• Inspected completed work to ensure conformance to specifications, standards and customer satisfaction
• Directed activities of workers who perform duties such as operating pouch machine, packaging finish product and maintaining equipment
• Involved in lean manufacturing cost savings projects with materials and supplies

• Dynamic and performance-driven professional offering extensive experience in directing end-to-end production operations as per defined operational goals
• Well-versed in planning and creating production schedules, evaluating project and resource requirements, and managing budgets
• Adept at developing and implementing strategic plans to achieve organizational objectives
• Possesses strong understanding of print and manufacturing disciplines within POP, corrugated display and packaging industry (folding carton and corrugated)
• Instrumental in ensuring compliance with health and safety standards and procedures
• Expert in establishing, training and administering cross-functional teams to carry out day-to-day production tasks and drive overall performance improvements
• Devises schedules for cyclic maintenance of all plant equipment to ensure seamless production workflow
• Identifies and promptly resolves employee and staff problems to increase overall operational efficiency
• Articulate communicator possessing excellent problem-solving, analytical and decision-making skills and keen attention to detail

• Areas of expertise include operations management, project management, team building and leadership, strategic planning, risk analysis and mitigation, lean manufacturing, cross-functional collaboration, process improvement and excellent communications

• Currently handling account sales for all direct and distribution accounts in mid-central US
• Products include unsaturated polyester resins, vinyl ester resins and gel coats for the composite FRP Industry
• Current territory is Indiana and Kentucky with overall sales volume of $100,000,000

• Maintains existing business
• Consistently adding opportunities in the pipeline by focusing on new customer development
• Focuses on organic growth opportunities within current customer base
• Identifies new opportunities where other suppliers are having quality issues
• Creates a business relationship with each individual account
• Weekly reporting of top three account list
• Quarterly budgeting of existing business
• Monthly conference calls and Zoom meetings
• Conducts six-month business reviews with key accounts
• Previous position’s territory consisted of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin, focusing on the narrow web market for the label industry and the flexible packaging/convertors market for both adhesives and coatings

• Possesses a vast wealth of knowledge in numerous aspects of the industry, having founded and operated a packaging distribution operation in Connecticut for over 20 years, as well as being on the sales end of the business for entire career
• Worked without daily supervision entire outside selling career
• Self-starter who knows the self-discipline that is required to be successful
• Possesses a true passion for building customer relationships
• Extremely energetic and focused individual
• Hired to guide the growth of packaging side of the business
• Shortly after being brought on board the pandemic hit, and due to company having a janitorial division, company got bombarded with calls for PPE products
• Took over handling all that chaos, and despite an enormous workload on top of packaging duties, company was able to not only survive, but to thrive with the massive amount of new PPE business
• On top of this, turned the packaging division into the most profitable it had been in six years

82170 Senior Estimator – This Chicago-area estimator has experience in folding cartons and printing, as well as purchasing and finishing

• Estimates jobs for the print and finishing facility, using knowledge to acquire commercial and folding carton work

• Solicits pricing from current suppliers, and researches and develops relationships with new partners, with the goal of expanding capabilities and increasing value to customers
• Estimated jobs for the finishing facility with complete knowledge of Thompson, Kluge, Bobst and Spanthera die cuttters; Bobst foil stamp/embossing presses; folding and gluing equipment, including Moll Folder, Bobst Vision Fold, Expert Fold and Heidelberg Diana, Vesta and Tamarack windowing equipment; and Pot Devin mounting equipment
• Worked with production and sales to determine best processes and most economical methods before, during and after project work was completed
• Reviewed completed estimates as compared to actual job, reengineering and making adjustments where necessary for accounting and run time accuracy

• National account executive with exceptional leadership abilities and the capability to build cross-functional teams and train and mentor staff, resulting in a highly effective sales force
• Independent strategy development on a national sales level concentrating on B2B plastic film and rigid packaging
• Focus on markets served, product innovation, competitors and sustainability efforts associated with food and dairy, medical, graphics and general purpose applications
• Self-motivated business to business sales professional with a proven ability to deliver results, leverage growth by identifying opportunities that allow for profitability, and expand market share
• New business development, cold call to close and industry networking skills
• Strong interpersonal communication skills, relationship building and customer service
• Project management, strategic planning, critical thinking, training and development
• CRM, report generation, forecasting, negotiations, budgeting and time management
• Thermoforming, rigid plastics, flexible packaging, process applications and systems equipment
• Quality management, cross-functional team building, campaign management and marketing
• Product development, account management, market research and competitor intelligence

• Microsoft Office Suite, Teams, Citrix Workspace and several MRP systems
• Industrial maintenance
• Equipment repair
• Fabrication
• Service technician experience
• Welding
• Electrical experience
• Heavy equipment operation
• Project management
• Warehouse distribution
• Electrical wiring
• Programmable logic controllers
• Manufacturing
• Microsoft Office

• 18+ years of experience in new market penetration, sales leadership and revenue growth for small-scale companies to Fortune 500s within the paper conversion, packaging and printing industries
• Trusted subject matter expert who cut delivery time from four weeks to one, saving 10-15% in unit costs
• Extensive experience in folding cartons, flexible packaging, pressure-sensitive labels, POS displays and in-store graphics (floor and window)
• Innovated and executed a customized color management strategy that leveraged price analysis and cost-effective printing solutions, resulting in a simplified printing process maximizing consistent color from run to run and eliminating plate charges/obsolete inventory
• Game changer and innovator who generated $17.5M in total revenue over seven years
• Revolutionized the corrugated display industry by integrating grand format digital and display printing into major retail chains
• Pioneered and drove a go-to-market strategy that leveraged packaging design and content creation to position company as an industry leader in technology, resulting in increased market share, expedited delivery time and improved graphic/branding value
• Passionate talent development and team leader who improved win ratios from 30% to 40%
• Builds and coaches regional, high-performing sales teams fostering a competitive, focused workplace culture, resulting in increased revenues, reduced silo mentality and new market penetration

• Highly resourceful and strategic professional with experience supporting organizations with adept customer service and sales coordination
• Concrete history of supporting operational efficiency and process improvement by identifying performance gaps and implementing innovative customer service solutions
• Skilled employee with a proven background of supporting high-performing teams, aimed at advancing organization’s mission and meeting strategic objectives
• Comfortable tackling tough projects in health care or manufacturing
• Known to be able to work with the most difficult customers or employees

• Areas of expertise include business development, continuous process improvement, relationship building, strategic planning and execution, oral and written communication skills, and problem solving skills