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• Corrugated

• Folding Carton

• Flexible

• Ink

• Labels

• Printing

• Protective

• Sustainability

• Supplies

• Machinery

• Executive

• Sales

• Production

• Engineering

• Customer Service

• Design

• Graphics

Pennsylvania Area Candidates

To speak with any of these candidates contact Kimberlee McBride at ext. 30

Email kmcbride@swiftrecruiters.com

24940  Account Executive – Candidate marketed offset and digital sheet fed commercial printing and direct mail fulfillment to print distributors and end user accounts in Mid-Atlantic states

This person has a strong track record of successful profit-driven sales and territory management.  He possesses proven experience in opening new accounts, building customer loyalty, introducing new product lines and creating significant market penetration.  He has marketed integrated labels/cards, business documents, direct mail solutions, pressure seal forms and machines, multi-part mailers, promotional print, commercial print and label/forms to distributors in NY, NJ, PA, MD, DE, OH, MI, New England and Canada.

40639 Regional Sales Director – Candidate is a high-caliber sales executive with over 20 years of experience building and leading integrated sales operations for major companies

• Self-directed and self-motivated with excellent background in client relations, business development and leadership skills
• Dynamic leader with vision, organizational skills and record of accomplishments built upon the ability to create relationships, produce results and bottom-line growth
• Proven track record of exceeding company expectations with a straight and steady career path
• Ability to formulate short and long-range growth plans that are responsive to new and rapidly changing markets
• Nationwide network of contacts in both foodservice and janitorial/sanitation distribution channels

43795 Customer Service/Sales Account Representative – Candidate with 14 years of packaging industry experience who is currently servicing northwestern Pennsylvania and northeastern to central Ohio is available

Candidate built and maintained customer relationships, aided in design, specified cartons and die cuts, made production layouts, processed orders, purchased distributed items and material for jobs (foam, special hot melt, corrugated plastic, etc.) and worked with farm out job vendors.  This person performed customer service for top salesperson and handled distributor accounts that accounted for approximately 75% of the company’s business.

43768 Inside Sales Coordinator – Candidate worked for an industrial machine manufacturer, and was responsible for compiling all corporate numbers for bookings and quotes for all product line sales for the company divisions on a daily and monthly basis.

This candidate has extensive experience with all levels of management in all types of backgrounds such as mechanical, industrial, architectural, engineering, operations, manufacturing, accounting, sales and purchasing.  She has knowledge and experience with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Money and Access), One-Write Plus, Peachtree Accounting, Harvard Graphics, Lotus 1-2-3, and ACT! software packages and has worked with a few in-house database programs.

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

29837  Plant Manager – Candidate works for a custom manufacturer of plastic thermoformed product

Major Strengths:

• Excellent leadership skills

• Analytical problem solving ability

• Participative management style

• Diverse technical background

• Union and non-union experience

• 20 years of plant management experience

• Plant turnaround experience

• Lean manufacturing experience

Practical Experience In:

• Tooling for canning

• Aerospace

• Machine building

• Surface mount robots

• Medical devices

• Plastic molding and thermoforming

• Consumer products

40967 Senior Account Manager – Director of all sales and business development functions for the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic US, including key account management, customer relationship development, contract negotiations and order fulfillment

Candidate is a dynamic, results-oriented senior account/business development management professional with an extensive history of creating new business and consistently exceeding sales goals.  He is a strategic thinker known for promoting products across multiple market segments, including chemical, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, diagnostics, generic and contract manufacturing.  He is a provider of a solutions-based approach to sales that focuses on resolving client needs and creating strong relationships.  He is a creative problem solver who specializes in effectively positioning products regardless of economic or business climate and is recognized as a complete team player who understands the importance of strong internal and external strategic partnerships.

44099 Technical Associate – This candidate is an experienced laboratory technician/chemist

• Assures/controls quality of materials produced on five machines by a six-person workforce and maintains related databases
• Researches and develops new products
• Sets up and oversees production trials
• Technical service

43896 Operations Manager, Printing Industry – This person is a senior level operations manager with an accomplished career in leading employees and leaders in the printing industry; he has been recognized as a leader of innovation and featured in industry publication on print automation, and also has been retained by a Central Michigan University instructor as a speaker to discuss leadership to HR students.

• Manages day-to-day business operations in bindery, mailing and digital press departments, with budgets exceeding $7M
• Establishes and maintains the annual strategic plans for all three areas
• Communicates regularly via tool box discussions, shift meetings and department meetings
• Directly manages and leads six supervisors
• Indirectly manages and leads over 200 hourly employees
• Interviews and hires both hourly and leadership staff in my respective areas
• Spends at least two hours of day on production floor mingling with employees

Offers a hands-on approach to the following areas of business management:

• P&L/financial management
• Budget planning and control
• Relationship building
• Leadership/employee development
• Project management
• Building and sustaining strong cohesive teams
• HR related staff recruitment and training
• Work schedules
• Customer relations
• Lean manufacturing
• Quality assurance
• Safety initiatives and 5S
• Cost control
• Staffing analysis

41137 Senior Designer – Candidate is a multi-disciplined designer with the support of nearly 20 years of creative experience in consumer goods

Specializing in graphic design, package design and structure, creative management and exhibits, he has garnered winning solutions while nurturing creative development within a strong team environment.  He is an experienced senior designer who is able to lead a department to a position of industry excellence and increased profitability.  Skills include:

• Package innovation
• New product conception
• Package design fulfillment
• Process compliance
• International relations
• Project management
• Exhibits
• Packaging structure
• POS displays
• 3D rendering
• Production management
• Technology director
• Relocation manager
• Operations
• Departmental budgeting

37965 Sales Manager – Candidate is experienced in flexible packaging, printed components (inserts, labels, cartons) and full service contract packaging, mainly within the healthcare market

This candidate has had great success in career to date, starting with materials converting and printing for healthcare packaging, moving over to healthcare contract packaging/services industry.  He has strong knowledge of most packaging components, printed components, converted products and full turnkey services for contract packaging.  He developed a very large pipeline/sales funnel in a very short timeline realizing success, new business and contract awards.

21552  Senior Level Sales – This person is a new business development and marketing professional for a printer/converter company

• Intimate understanding of the packaging graphics needs of consumer goods companies

• Strong relationship with packaging printers/converters

• Litho, flexo and gravure experience

• Rank among the top sales people in the industry

• 25 years of experience in sales, marketing and sales management

• Won and managed global accounts

• Pioneered sales of technology solutions for brand equity management

• Extensive industry contacts

38030  Account Manager – Candidate sells pressure sensitive tapes for surface protection and graphics applications in the Southeastern USA

• Secured $1.6 MM in annualized new business by opening eight new accounts and recovering two lost accounts

• Developed and implemented project management tool with key accounts

• Led sales efforts targeting market penetration of low-defect films for flat panel display industry

• Implemented sales opportunity pipeline reporting method

• Implemented regional sales force automation module

• Business unit led company in new customer acquisition

21886 Sales Manager, Eastern Region – Candidate is a proven sales leader who delivers results; an expert in niche market development and promotion with outstanding business strategy in new and key account acquisition and a pioneer in plastics for supermarkets/bakeries with extensive contacts in the U.S. and Canadian marketplace, with 34 years of sales, management and marketing expertise

• Sought out and hired by CEO due to industry reputation for sales results
• Drove sales from $6 million to $10 million in two years
• Created professional catalogs and sell sheets for trade shows
• Key industry accounts secured and serviced include: Del Monte, Bunzl, Sunnyridge, Cialo, Indianapolis Fruit, Joshen Paper, M. Conley, Mt. Perry Foods, Mercurio Produce, Price Chopper, P & C Supermarkets, Perkins Paper, Jard, Fresh Cuts, Arrow Paper, BJ's Wholesale Club, Penture Packaging