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• Folding Carton

• Flexible

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• Printing

• Protective

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• Supplies

• Machinery

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New York / New Jersey Area Candidates

To speak with any of these candidates contact Cesar Rosario at ext. 19

Email crosario@swiftrecruiters.com

27756  Technical Sales/Marketing/Program Management – Candidate established worldwide customer service and quality control program in concert with Pacific Rim suppliers that resulted in increased on-time product deliveries and decreased quality-based product rejections

This person is a senior level executive experienced in technical sales/marketing/program management, P&L management, strategic/tactical planning, forecast/budget planning, and start-up companies.  He is a skilled negotiator with a track record of forging worldwide corporate-level strategic partnerships designed to drive long-term business growth.  He is a results-oriented leader who consistently surpassed annual sales and growth objectives, and an adept strategist with keen market sense and proven ability to resolve complex problems and achieve record sales on an annual basis.

43761 Corporate Operations/Sales/Service/Quality Executive – Candidate has 15 years of experience covering  quality control, customers, suppliers, sales and plant communication

This person is successful at managing large retail customer accounts and coordinating multiple plant operations to ensure high quality results that add value in an efficient and cost effective manner.  Candidate serves as key company contact with major retail customers including Wal-Mart, CVS, Lowe’s and Bed Bath & Beyond.  He travels extensively across the U.S. to customer headquarters and 19 plant locations.  He possesses strong technical and management skills in the printing, retail and manufacturing sectors, and a Bachelor of Science from Rochester Institute of Technology.

28596 Art Director/Designer – This person has an extensive creative art direction/graphic design and creative management background

Candidate is experienced in management and administration, mentoring of art directors, graphic designers, copywriters, account managers and coordinators, photographers and support staff.  He supervises and executes design of creative projects, concepts, presentations, layout and graphic design, and photography through final production of advertising assignments.

• Sales promotion and marketing
• Retail and advertising design
• Direct mail and direct response marketing
• Catalogs, brochures and collateral
• Editorial design
• National and private branding
• Packaging and point of purchase display
• Logo and typography design
• Project management and production
• Print production and color separation expertise
• Website and multimedia design

43769 Account Manager – This person possesses over 18 years of successful national and international key account, sales and management experience, with experience in healthcare, thermal films, OEM and distribution accounts

• Executive/client relationship building

• Territory management

• Strategic new business development

• Contract negotiation

• Multi-functional team leadership

• Project management

• ROI and margin orientation

• New product rollout

43628 National Sales Representative – This sales rep successfully generated sales for a print, packaging and direct mail company, selling a wide range of products including eight different types of printing technologies as well as services including collating, shrink-wrapping, personalization and mailing

Candidate is a driven professional with an accomplished career that reflects a thorough understanding of every aspect of the industry.  He delivers significant contributions to clients and associates through a comprehensive knowledge of quality factors and solid understanding of pricing models and financial analysis.  He is effective in managing multiple initiatives through an understanding of technology, infrastructure and scheduling issues as well as industry forces.  He is a natural communicator, skilled negotiator and fearless cold caller who possesses expertise in coordinating large-scale, long term sales contracts.  He is experienced at developing initiatives to augment fiscal efficiency and maximize operational productivity. 

41183 Regional Sales Manager – This person is the Atlantic region sales manager one of the oldest packaging distributors in the United States, selling precision made glass and plastic packaging (plastic bottles and closures, glass vials and custom droppers) to the pharmaceutical, cosmaceutical and cosmetic marketplace

Candidate managed expansion into a new region, bringing in five new customers in the first three months, with sales exceeding $220K, and a pipeline of over $48,000,000 in new business opportunities.  His experience includes selling precision made glass and plastic packaging (plastic bottles and closures, glass vials and custom droppers) to the pharmaceutical, cosmaceutical and cosmetic marketplace, as well as heavy experience in PET.

24839 Senior Account Executive – Candidate is a 20 year sales professional with experience in the print, folding cartons, litho-laminate packaging and plastics, and corrugated industries

• Specialized in value added packaging such as litho laminate and folding cartons
• Opened and successfully sold a top five account
• Sales in excess of $2,000,000 per year
• Successful achievement of yearly sales goals and budgets
• Additional business in POP displays and corrugated packaging
• Independent self-starter able to work from home office

42757  Vice President – This printing management professional is an innovative, results-driven executive with extensive experience and demonstrated success in operations, sales and general management.  This candidate is a strategic and creative thinker who can increase profits, grow revenue and control costs in highly competitive environments.  He is a change leader with strong managerial and negotiating skills, and proven results in P&L execution. 

Senior Management and Operational Leadership – Proven record in leading organizations through critical start-up, asset acquisitions and turnaround situations, including:

• Selected to lead the organizational and operations strategy for an organizational start-up, increasing revenues from $9 million to $89 million in four years

• Participated as a key member of acquisition teams accountable for evaluation and synergy strategies, and for managing integration plan execution

• Integrated six acquired organizations with multiple manufacturing sites within a two-year period

• Developed and executed a strategy to reduce the number of facilities from 18 to six, while growing the revenue base, increasing efficiencies and maintaining or improving service levels

• Developed and implemented the integration of offset and digital operations to a distributive printing platform supporting new service offerings and driving synergy savings

• Led change by organizing and motivating personnel, including increased production, and by introducing new technologies and management/leadership practices

• Drove planning and implementation changes across multiple sites to leverage key individuals and critical resources, and increase people and equipment utilization

• Directed organizational P&L and oversaw the processes for estimating, vendor negotiations and new technology development

• Sponsored employee teams and programs to align and standardize manufacturing processes, and developed total quality management programs through planning to execution

• Reduced costs through vendor negotiations and secured equipment procurement which increased market share and opened critical new markets

• Introduced and implemented lean concepts into the manufacturing processes

Sales Leadership – Successful and profitable oversight of commercial sales organization, including:

• Introduced new business and increased existing business while strengthening morale and cohesiveness within the sales force

• Developed a sales goal process and improved manufacturing responsiveness, creating a partnered approach to selling

• Increased client confidence allowing the company to enter new markets

35399  Packaging Engineer – Candidate is experienced with fine jewelry packaging and promotional materials including brochures and company logo, and also is experienced with shrink/stretch machinery, heat sealing and other packaging equipment.

Other qualifications include:

• Proficient in the use of the Internet, Microsoft Office, SolidWorks, CAPEPACK, Adobe Illustrator 10.0, ArtiosCAD and HARMS software

• Provides excellent customer service and communicates well

• Works extremely effectively as a leader, member of a team, or independently

• Focused and prioritizes tasks, goal-oriented, especially skilled at multi-tasking in a fast paced environment

• Professional, positive, reliable, fresh and determined attitude

39790  Packaging Engineer – This engineer is a results-driven leader with extensive experience in packaging design in both manufacturing and R&D environments.  Key skills include package design and test development as they apply to design-for-manufacture, efficiency improvements and cost reduction; specification writing; customer service; supply chain and procurement; application of packaging design principles to support a successful lean enterprise; computer hardware and software technical support.

Candidate led specification development for consumer product primary and secondary packaging, supporting over 50 departments.  He also served as single point of contact for all facets of internal customer and supplier communication, supplier qualification, specification database management as well as technical liaison with purchasing.  Created/changed/obsoleted 1,200-1,400 individual specifications per year.  Designed 200-300 new packages per year.

• Managed migration of mainframe-based packaging specification system to graphical-based system on Lotus Notes; new system went to 24-hour availability over the Internet, saving $50,000 annually in licensing, duplicating and mailing fees as well reducing bid cycle time by 50%

• Designed and implemented an electronic specification request form that reduced specification cycle time by 50% over the existing paper based form

• Designed a highly reusable, cost effective shipping case for a silver recovery program; the cases had a 50+ round trip life cycle and removed 250,000 lbs. of silver a year from the waste stream with an estimated annual cost savings of $12 million

28629 Global Marketing Professional – Candidate is a senior marketing professional with a proven ability to develop compelling brand experiences; broad Americas and global background across B2B and B2C with retail focus

This person is a results-oriented specialist combining strategic thinking, product/program development, change management and consumer packaging expertise with exceptional cross functional/cultural leadership skills.  He developed the strategic packaging and procurement plan across worldwide market spaces ($3.7 billion) ensuring the marketing potential of packaging is fully optimized and lean manufacturing efficiencies are realized.

40572 Account Manager – Candidate is experienced in industrial thermoplastic and resin based adhesive conditioning, metering and speed compensating application systems

This person is a technical oriented sales, marketing and business development professional with end user, OEM, corporate account and management experience.  He has a strong background in evaluating sales and product development opportunities, working with engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, sales, marketing and upper level management to develop and introduce new products.  He has an outstanding track record of increasing sales and profits, reducing cost, improving quality by understanding organizational objectives and capabilities, conducting market research and developing creative sales and marketing strategies.  He is experienced with national accounts, OEMs, direct sales, service organizations and third party distribution.  He has achieved exceptional success penetrating new markets and establishing genuine rapport.

30442 Industrial Sales – This person is a creative and detail-oriented professional with 20 years of comprehensive experience in sales, strategic planning, marketing, production management, staff training and development, and customer relations, with special expertise in the paper and packaging industry.

Candidate operates efficiently and productively in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment.  He possesses excellent decision-making and troubleshooting skills, and the ability to think and react quickly to new ideas.  He is a strong team leader with the ability to initiate and develop independent projects.  He communicates effectively with all levels of management, staff and clients, and has strong presentation skills.  Overall product experience:

• Polyethylene products - bags and envelopes

• Laminated films

• Paper products           
• Static control products
• Corrugated
• Hazardous material packaging
• Protective packaging/custom packaging
• Flexographic printing
• Corrosion protective films
• Mil-spec packaging

31438 Sales Representative – Candidate manages key portfolio of 60 accounts with established packaging and janitorial supplies company

This person is a territory manager with expertise in driving sales, market share and revenue growth in highly competitive markets within the food industry.  She is a positive, results-oriented leader offering proven success launching long-term presence in markets, discovering and pursuing new growth opportunities and forging strategic business relationships.  She has an exceptional commitment to customer service and an ability to champion innovative marketing, promotional and rebate solutions.  She has strong time and resource management skills, and is a dynamic, focused, engaging and loyal professional.

38137  Eastern Regional Sales & New Business Development Manager – Sales and business/market development for manufacturer of converted flexible packaging available.  Emphasis is on establishing new accounts and selling both consumables and contract packaging services.

Candidate is a committed, proven sales professional with extensive experience in territory sales development, system contract sales and progressively larger account management.

• B to B sales experience to all customer and management levels

• Team player with the proven ability to operate with a minimum of supervision

• Demonstrated ability to learn the newest technologies and apply in problem solving

• Demonstrated in-depth sales training experience including cold-calling

• Quick, effective, concise verbal and written communication skills

• Proficient in MS Office applications 

39681 Packaging Analyst/Engineer – Candidate’s experience includes medical, cosmetics, furniture and appliance industries, utilizing standard test procedures to perform physical and functional evaluations and tests of packaging components and materials

This engineer interpreted results, advised the global packaging groups of the suitability of tested components for their intended use and recommended changes necessary to make components available.  He designed and constructed environmentally friendly prototype packaging using bio-based green cell foam for industrial- and consumer-based applications.  He is a 2008 graduate of the University of Michigan School of Packaging, with a Bachelor of Science Degree.  Packaging electives included RFID Technology, Hazardous Materials and Independent Study – Child Resistant Packaging.