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Candidates from the newsletter of May 25, 2023

 

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

Email ray@swiftrecruiters.com

 

80327 Converting/Production Superintendent – Candidate is looking for a new opportunity in central/south Florida in the corrugated industry

  • Corrugated industry and packaging plant leader with extensive experience managing people, driving bottom-line results through training, people development, goal setting and process improvement
  • Areas of expertise include corrugated board, plant startup, lean manufacturing and team building
  • Uses 5S and kaizen events and systems to help make product improvements
  • Ensures waste minimization
  • Delivers annual performance report to direct employees
  • Supervises employees in the daily production of corrugated boards, including training, planning, assigning and directing work; evaluating employee performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; promoting safety, quality production and teamwork; and resolving conflicts
  • Actively promotes and ensures compliance with safety, quality and other programs
  • Effectively communicates operational information in both oral and written format at all levels: crew members, other supervisors, plant management, office personnel, and outside customers and vendors
  • Leads and motivates employees by setting an example of superior behavior, attitude and performance to work efficiently and effectively, while ensuring a safe work environment and a quality product

63619 Sales Representative – This person has experience in sales of packaging distribution supplies and equipment in southern California

  • Highly loyal and motivated individual with extensive sales and mechanical experience

  • Accomplished sales results-driven representative with 25 years of experience in adopting proven methods of how to nurture client relationships, increase sales dollars and reach target goals

  • Consumable experience includes stretch films, corrugate, tapes, product containers, bags, pouches, labels and protective cushioning

  • Responsible for the sales and project management of automated equipment to the pharmaceutical, ecommerce and food industries

  • Provided layouts and process improvements to increase sales and productivity at a high customer level

  • Averages $2.5M in annual sales

90320 Operations/Production/Plant Management – This management professional experienced in folding cartons is currently located in Illinois but would consider an opportunity in Texas or Illinois

  • Proactive senior management analyst with demonstrated success in helping companies optimize and streamline processes to enable improvements to efficiency, productivity and revenue generation
  • Practiced business consultant with in-depth understanding of all facets from marketing to operations
  • Equipment experience includes 6/c 40” Heidelberg, 64” 6/c-8/c Manroland, Tresu wide web flexo press (roll to roll and w/inline die cutting), Bobst 102, Bobst 106, Bobst 142ER, Bobst 140E, Bobst Expertcut, Thompson die cutter, Ijima die cutter, Heidelberg die cutter w/stripping units, R55 roll fed die cutter, Bobst Media, Kluge gluer, Post and Signature gluers, Jagenberg Diana gluer, Bobst foil stamper w/honeycomb, Auto Bond laminator and embosser
  • Skills include order fulfillment, inventory control, financial planning, training and development, employee management, lean Six Sigma, P&L responsibilities, process management, negotiations, profitability strategies, project management and quality control

63218 Field Service Engineer/Technician – This Kentucky candidate is experienced in HFFS/VFFS fill machinery, vacuum 8600 poultry/pork machinery, rollstock laminate machinery, tray lidding, shrink bags and produce bags, with knowledge of film and sales of food film bags, and wants a regional or national position

  • HFFS/VFFS form fill machinery

  • Vacuum 8600, 8490 poultry/pork packaging machinery
  • Auto loaders 8800/Bl101
  • Rollstock laminate machinery, including semi-rigid, rigid, printed and non-printed forming and non-forming webs
  • Tray lidding, both printed and non-printed machinery
  • Sales experience in shrink bags, produce bags and post-pass bags in food industry
  • Knowledge of film and sales of food films/bags

91628 Field Service/Maintenance Technician – Located in GA, this technician is experienced in VFFS/HFFS, Shanklin, Wolftec, Lantec, conveyors, palletizers, case erectors and Multivac equipment

  • 22 years of industrial maintenance experience
  • 16 years of maintaining, operating and repairing hydraulic, pneumatic and electronic equipment
  • Passed Work Keys tests in applied technology, applied math, reading and location information
  • Quick learner who enjoys challenges
  • Works well under stress
  • Proficient in electrical and mechanical troubleshooting and repair
  • Experience with hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders and control systems

91826 Designer/Design Manager – Candidate has experience in corrugated displays, POP, printing and graphics, Artios, Adobe, Quark, Dreamweaver, Flash and Excel; located in White Plains/Pleasantville area but would relocate

  • Possesses over 20 years of experience in the fields of graphics and packaging, including all facets of graphic design, packaging design, product design and CAD
  • Worked extensively with clients, as well as internal customers, to package and promote a variety of different products for the consumer goods market
  • Experienced in structural design for packaging concepts as well as display work
  • Proficient in most commonly used computer design applications
  • Educated in design and general fine arts
  • Able to communicate well with clients and meet deadlines
  • Designed numerous displays that met with customer requirements
  • Created various packaging concepts for a wide array of customers
  • Able to deal with salesmen from conceptualization to finished product
  • Ran an entire design department for several years

65097 Sales Representative/Business Development – This person located in Jacksonville, FL has experience in packaging distribution and equipment and a current territory from GA line to Daytona

  • Supply chain professional with extensive purchasing and inventory management experience in JIT and lean environments
  • Multiple functions managed include RFQ, RFP, and negotiating of purchases and commodities
  • Over 30 years of experience in procurement, particularly in the fine paper and corrugated packaging industry

  • Extensive and thorough knowledge in managing packaging and inventories to support ongoing end user deliveries

  • Items purchased include fine printing papers (text and cover, bond, index, tag and carbonless papers), corrugated products, whether stock or manufactured, chipboard products, all aspects of poly products (bags, bubble and chemicals, including product lines such as Instapack), tapes (both paper and film types), safety products, strapping (steel, plastics, poly pro and polyesters, plus all the products that go along with strapping such as tools, kits, buckles, seals and carts), kraft and bogus papers, jan-san and chemical systems, and equipment of all types

  • Set up stocking programs with preferred vendors on make and hold inventories to satisfy end user demand for just in time deliveries

  • Handles billing and invoicing from a purchasing aspect, resolving invoicing discrepancies, which includes reconciliation with accounting and vendors

  • Leader on cost savings projects, realized savings of over $500,000

  • Skilled in price negotiations, sourcing and vendor management, resulting in corrugated savings of over $400,000 and overall savings on other product lines of over $100,000

  • Substantial understanding of proposal analysis, finalization of contracts and blanket purchase orders maintenance

  • Expert in vendor negotiations and qualifications

  • Maintained bill of materials to over 1000 inventory part numbers and $8,000,00 inventory spend

  • Implemented purchasing agreements and integration of key suppliers

  • Identified and implemented best practices to other departmental functions

  • Championed reporting capabilities to drive efficiencies in providing pricing market updates, purchasing price variance, purchasing procedure updates, non-conformance recovery and supplier performance status in both quality and service

  • Maintained close relationships with vendors and resolved quality and service issues

  • Managed suppliers in conjunction with all company policies, solved corrective action issues and educated suppliers in compliance with all company standard policies and procedures

83101 General Manager/Operations Director – This person is well experienced in supply chain operations in rigid containers, returnables, chipboard, corrugated, labels, injection molding and pallets, and located in NJ but will relocate

  • Senior level operations manager with expertise in organizational change management holding an eye for detail through lean initiatives
  • Strong ability to work independently and meet important customer and project deadlines
  • Proven solid decision-making aptitude, creative problem-solving orientation, team building skills and the ability to drive proper utilization of resources effectively through waste elimination
  • Directs operations of $580MM multi-site organization
  • Multi-site general management includes EHS, engineering, maintenance, operations, R&D, project management, fulfillment and supply chain through 10+ managers and 325+ direct/indirect reports
  • Manages site improvements and project management across six locations, including construction of new corporate headquarters, multiple warehouse/operations sites, main manufacturing site redesign for additional production equipment/process and new bulk batch plant development
  • Extended supply chain distribution into Canada and assisted early stage development for Germany launch
  • Restructured middle management, integrating key hires for new roles
  • MRP development and integration of batch metrics into operations
  • Integrated procurement SOP into SAP
  • Developed relationships with key vendors to aid in equipment upgrades, installs and support activities

 

65649 Sales Representative – Candidate is experienced in flexible packaging such as pouches, lidding films, rollstock and other plastic bags and located in southern California

 

  • Highly motivated and seasoned sales B2B professional in the packaging industry
  • Knowledgeable, hard worker with 10+ years of experience
  • Significant experience in the sales and distribution of rigid and flexible packaging materials (flexo and rotogravure) in the food and non-food industries, plus plastic containers and packaging machines, calling on a wide range of target markets with a proven track record of increasing organizational revenue, growing million-dollar customers and territories
  • Excellent relationship builder with the ability to match client business goals and needs with appropriate solutions, overcome objections and negotiate the sale
  • Able to organize and motivate people to accomplish goals
  • Skills include sales and marketing, customer service, closing sales, product presentation, creative problem solving, territory management and client relationships
  • Goal-oriented and self-motivated
  • Speaks English, German, Ukrainian and Russian

 

91507 Tool Room Manager – This person has 23 years of experience with plastic/thermoforming tools, CNC programming and model making (SolidWorks, SURFCAM and DMAIC), and is looking for a new opportunity in the Clearwater FL region

 

  • Skilled, passionate and motivated tooling manager, CNC programmer and model maker with 23 years of experience in the field of product development and manufacturing
  • Over the past nine years as tool room manager, enjoyed the challenges of balancing management within a high-paced work environment and getting directly involved within the shop to execute projects
  • Prior to management role, gained a deep understanding in part break up using SolidWorks, CNC programming using SURFCAM and machining on a wide variety of VMCs
  • True collaborator who enjoys working within teams to troubleshoot and solve problems
  • Skills include SolidWorks, SURFCAM, CNC machining, design, welding, metal fabrication, finishing, woodworking, hiring, employee development, project management and outsourcing

 

91797 Supply Chain/Account Manager – Candidate who is experienced in offset folding cartons and uses AS400 order entry in addition to account management is looking for an opportunity in eastern TN, or would also work remotely

 

  • Supply chain and senior account manager with strong organizational, communication and time management skills
  • Able to handle multiple projects with a high degree of accuracy
  • Dependable, self-motivated, career-oriented professional offering 16 years of excellence in customer service specializing in offset folding manufacturing setting
  • Skills include customer service, purchasing, problem solving, interpersonal skills, training and development, and team building
  • Quick learner who is self-motivated and detail oriented
  • Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word
  • Offset folding carton manufacturing

 

82908 Machine Operator – This Atlanta candidate is experienced in Komori, Manroland, Heidelberg, Ryobi, Miller and KBA folding carton equipment

  • Experienced and goal-oriented pressman with a track record of getting the job done quickly and efficiently without wasting company money

  • 30+ years of experience operating Heidelberg, Komori, Miehle, Manroland, Ryobi, Miller, ABDick and KBA equipment

  • Supervisory experience as well as great customer service skills, communicating effectively with customers

  • Vast experience printing on plastic, stock and thin paper up to board stock for various food-sized containers, boxes, pamphlets, magazines, posters, flyers, etc.

  • Training pressman with ink and water balance

  • Obtains color matches on customer press checks

  • Troubleshoots press issues

  • Maximizes the press production while managing low waste

90932 Sales Director/VP of Sales/Business Development – This manager is a global business development, sales and marketing professional with specific expertise in sustainable packaging for agriculture, food processors, CPG, industrial, automotive and luxury products, and is looking for an opportunity working out of El Paso, TX

 

  • Global business development, sales and marketing professional with specific expertise in sustainable packaging for agriculture, food processors, CPG, industrial, automotive, luxury products and fashion industries
  • Successful track record of building, growing, managing and leadership of diversified, high performing business development, sales and marketing teams as a player/coach
  • Skilled at B2B sales, go to market plans, SEO and digital marketing
  • Business development, marketing and sales strategy for startups and turnarounds
  • Vertical segmentation for maximum profitability
  • Tech savvy automation and integration for business development, sales and marketing processes
  • Involved in trade shows, conference speaker, product seminars, industry press, blogging, and social media content and marketing
  • Global negotiation experience, seller and buyer side, global sourcing expertise and cross-cultural business practices
  • Core competencies include analytic data-driven strategy, market targeting and penetration, accurate sales projections and forecasting, collaborative teamwork, development of KPIs, sales operations process and systems development, customer success team and process building, and lead generation and growth
  • Software skills include ZoomInfo, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho, Google Docs, Microsoft Office, 365, Excel, PowerPoint and Dynamics
  • Bi-lingual English/Spanish, plus basic French and Arabic

 

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