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Candidates from the newsletter of
June 19, 2024
To speak with any of these candidates
contact Ray Swiatecki at 800-548-3506 ext. 3275 or
Email ray@swiftrecruiters.com
82081 Regional/National Sales Director
This candidate is experienced in corrugated in the agricultural
and industrial markets, and is in Florida but will consider
relocation
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Sales operational management
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Strategic planning and direction
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New market development
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Rapid business expansion
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Operational improvement
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Market trend research and assessment
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New product and service development
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Financial analysis and modeling
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Cash flow and cost management
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Profit and loss management
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Million-dollar contract negotiations
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Mergers and acquisition
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Project oversight
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Cross-functional team leadership
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Team building and mentoring
62760 Director of Sales/Business Development
This sales professional experienced in contract
packaging/co-packing and background management of staff and sales
representatives in distribution packaging is located in northeast
Ohio but will work remotely
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Successful and productive 24-year career in
sales/operations, laser focused on relationships and team
building to grow revenue and profitability
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Leader with a demonstrated ability and passion
for hiring, mentoring and training a sales staff
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Possesses effective communication skills to
present and concisely share ideas and concepts with both
customers and senior execs and peers in marketing, operations
and finance
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Relationship building and collaboration have been
keystones of career
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Working remotely, used contacts and brought
opportunities to employer with major CPGs and manufacturers
93638 Master Mechanic
Currently working in corrugated, he installs and repairs
production line equipment and building systems, repairs AC/DC motors
and PLCs, and is looking for a next step opportunity in south side
Chicago/Bolingbrook/Joliet/NE Indiana
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10+ years of manufacturing sector experience
performing and supervising preventive maintenance,
troubleshooting, operation and repair of mechanical, hydraulic,
electrical and pneumatic systems
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Recognized for strong technical skills and
on-site troubleshooting, and creating improvements to safety,
productivity and regulatory compliance
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Industrial machine maintenance
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Blueprints, schematics and technical diagrams
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Equipment upgrades and installations
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Automation, PLCs and AC/DC drives
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Mechanical and electrical diagnosis
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Codes, regulations and safety standards
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Welding, pipefitting and fabrication
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Using hand/power tools and measuring devices
93517 Customer Service Representative
This person in the corrugated industry is experienced in Amtech
Imaginera and Encore and willing to lean new programs; currently
located in Michigan but would relocate, preferably to a mountain
state location but will consider others
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Primary goal is to support customers and sales
representatives
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Strives for accuracy and efficiency with frequent
and urgent changes and priorities
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Possesses high standards in profits and
productivity
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Gains trust and growth with established customers
and oncoming ones as well
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Manages inventory, purchasing of raw material,
customer and sales requests, shipping and logistics
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Forecasts customer needs and trends
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Onboards new customers and
manages house accounts
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Spec building, estimating and pricing, following
processes and procedures
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Adept knowledge using Amtech Imaginera or Encore
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Evaluates and monitors escalation of customer
complaints and nonconforming products
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Handles diversity and inclusion training to
strengthen relationships and communication skills
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Trains new employees in multiple areas
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Ensures safety across all areas encountered for
self and others
40698 Sales Representative
This NW Iowa candidate is experienced in the printing industry
with digital and large format, commercial printing inks, flexo ink,
AQ and UV coatings and pressroom consumables, and is willing to take
on other product even with a learning curve in other packaging
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Very successful in managing multiple territories
in many states
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Solid and focused on generating new business and
providing superior client relations
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Very personable with all personality types
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Picked up accounts that exceeded $2 million in
annual sales
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Thrives on cold calling and enjoys knocking on
new doors as it sets up new challenges
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Has all the necessary communication skills to
call on any size company and at any level of management,
including the CEO
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Responsible for selling commercial sheetfed and
packaging printing as well as large format digital printing
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UV flatbed printing directly on multiple substrates,
back-lit signage, retractable banners, wall graphics and coverings,
promotional graphics, floor graphics, window clings, menus and menu
boards, POP displays, vehicle graphics, high resolution printing
with laminates and small documentation printing
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Covered the Dallas/Ft. Worth area
68883 Sales Representative/Account Manager
This Houston-area person is experienced in folding cartons, litho
lam paperboard, films and pressure sensitive labels
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Highly accomplished and results driven sales
executive/regional sales director with years of experience
leading consultative sales efforts to meet ambitious goals in
print packaging, label and POP display industries
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Experienced in paperboard, rigid, foam,
thermoformed plastic, litho-laminated packaging, cut/stack
labels, pressure sensitive labels, shrink sleeve labels,
flexible packaging/bags, POP displays/window/floor graphics and
more
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Experienced in sheetfed offset, flexographic,
inkjet, digital and gravure printing processes
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Provides total solutions and value-added
strategies to very diverse consumer products companies
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Outstanding leadership and training abilities,
motivating teams to reach maximum productivity
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Superb prospecting, cold calling, presenting and
closing skills
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Exceptional communication skills
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Computer skills: MS Office Professional
(Word/Excel/Outlook/PowerPoint), ACT! contact manager, Windows
and Mac operating systems, CRM software and LAMP stack
92452 Plant/Operations Manager
This person is experienced in corrugated, wood and foam, and would
relocate from Florida in FL/PA/GA/NC/SC
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In charge of three facilities corrugated, wood
and foam
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Managed 125 employees within those three
facilities
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Held weekly meetings with managers at all facilities
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Assisted in buying machinery for two of the
facilities, corrugated and
wood
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Assisted in implementing
new computer software to increase production
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Managed four salaried supervisors, 50 hourly
employees and 15 machines in a 200,000 sq. ft. facility
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Oversaw monthly budget goals
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In charge of hiring all hourly personnel
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Checked all new items for routing and cost efficiency
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Held monthly OSHA safety trainings and safety
committee meetings
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In charge of maintenance work orders and monthly
budgets for parts and outside contractors
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R&A reduced by 50% through weekly quality meetings
with all employees
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Achieved zero accidents in the past year by holding
daily safety meetings with all employees
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Implemented 5S on all machinery and started upgrading
machinery
63152 Superintendent
Candidate is experienced in the corrugated and printing industries
and located North Carolina but would consider relocation anywhere
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Background in manufacturing operations, primarily
printing and corrugating, with managerial, supervisory and
operator experience
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Skilled in fast-paced, customer-driven, lean
manufacturing team environments, both union and non-union
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Proficient with numerous operating systems, including
SAP, KIWI, CTI, Kronos, Titan, Workbrain, BPMS and SFES
83187 Sales Representative
This person in Oregon sells plastic packaging in the food industry
throughout the western states and nationally
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Developed new business throughout North America
with custom and stock packaging items
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Focused on growing business through supermarkets,
processors, multi-unit foodservice operators and consumer
packaging companies
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Responsibilities included budgeting, sales
forecasting, data analysis and developing strategic insights
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Increased sales by 210% while generating double
digit sales growth year over year through identifying,
prospecting, targeting and closing new customers
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Strengthened top-tier customer relationships,
generating advocacy and new business, and eliminating
competitive threats
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Developed new items based on market trends
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Worked closely with customers, design,
engineering and manufacturing teams to develop custom items to
solve customers problems and meet their needs through custom
solutions
68064 Designer
This person has plastic packaging experience in the food industry,
working with CAD, 3D modeling, graphics and prepress/printing;
located in Michigan but would consider relocation or remote position
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Possesses a unique blend of creative and
technical skills and years of knowledge in the graphics arts and
printing fields, and at his best when bringing all of those
together
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Has both the creativity to create new packaging
designs and technical skill to use CAD and rendering tools to
design, engineer and render the packaging concepts
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Designed work for both customer and internal
corporate projects which required knowledge of graphic arts
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Expertise in concept design, visualization, packaging
design, rendering, CAD, product design, thermoforming, prepress,
printing, image retouching and graphic arts
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Software skills include Fusion 360, Photoshop, Rhino
3D, Illustrator, SolidWorks, InDesign, Blender, Acrobat, ZBrush,
Microsoft Office, 3D Coat, Apple OS, Keyshot and Windows OS
93651 Plant Superintendent/Operations Manager
This person experienced in the corrugated industry is currently in
Indiana and willing to consider relocation
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OSHA hazard standard communication and compliance
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Word, Excel and PowerPoint
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Business VantagePoint
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Job hazard analysis
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HRMS and quality windows
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CPR and First Aid
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Project management
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ADP reporting
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Kronos timekeeping
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Cost control
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Factory floor, Kiwi reporting and analysis
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Flexo press
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Plant and production management
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Lean manufacturing
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Layout design
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OSHA 30
63184 Packaging Engineer
Candidate is looking for a new opportunity in medical device or
personal care industry with preference for Carolinas, Colorado,
Illinois, Michigan, Oregon or Washington, may consider others depending
on opportunity
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Provided lead packaging and division process
owner support for headquarters site, performing all verification
and validation activities for packaging as required for new
product development
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Worked closely with cross-functional teams
consisting of project management, sourcing, marketing, device
R&D, advanced quality engineering and advanced operations to
launch new product and packaging combinations
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Aided in hiring and mentorship of new packaging
engineer
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Created cross-divisional support network for
packaging engineers in other divisions
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Prevented loss of $20 million in revenue through
conversion of coated lidstock
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Created novel package design for vascular catheter
portfolio and submitted to patent review board for consideration
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Provided front room package engineering audit
support, assisting in 12+ corporate and regulatory body audits in
five years
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Assisted in delivering a 3.8% increased speed metric
by delivering a new product development project in seven months from
charter date
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Launched new surgical device to market using legacy
packaging, ensuring package was fit for use and documented
correctly, delivering $23.4 million in revenue annually
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Authored packaging development procedures for
collections and replacement component packaging processes
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Drove procedural updates and rewrites to division
inspection and packaging design and development procedures
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Developed three new sustainable raw device inventory
collection packaging systems that would save $2-4 per returned
device
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Provided manufacturing support for quality problems
with released product involving non-conformances, continuing
actions, preventative actions and customer complaints involving
packaging
93464 Production Supervisor
Candidate has 18 years of experience in corrugated and has also
managed multiple warehouses as a shipping and logistics manager;
located in Washington but would consider relocation
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Constant monitoring of emails for better
understanding of daily activities going on within the plant
Led teams
of 15-20 employees to meet daily, weekly and monthly goals in the
converting department
Collaborates with team for best run efficiency during shift
closely monitoring production trends on each machine center and
addressing issues causing delay in achievement to metrics, including
maintenance, sheet quality, personnel and other issues
Improves
vendor procedures to lower inventory counts, saving cost
Led machine
efficiency project to find opportunities of improvement
continuously monitors opportunities throughout the department and
collaborated with operators and other supervisors on where they can
make improvements, including resolving outstanding maintenance
issues, pushing for the purchase and installation of new machinery
parts/sections, calling in a 3rd party or OEM technician
to provide training on operational/reliability focused maintenance,
etc.
Provides
coverage in both converting and corrugator supervisor roles as
needed maintaining very consistent communication with corrugation
department as an internal customer of theirs to discuss and align on
production needs, quality claims, and ensuring both leadership teams
are in sync with needs of the business
Maintains
accuracy of daily, weekly and monthly reports for machines
Communicates with production scheduler about inventory reduction
opportunities to more closely monitor both material/inventory costs
as well as on-hand quantities based on needs
93431 Sales Representative
This corrugated salesperson is looking for any new opportunity in
packaging; located in Tennessee but would consider Southwest, Southeast
or Midwest with relocation help
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Results-driven business professional with
extensive experience in business-to-business sales, account
management and customer relations at C-levels
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Proven track record of driving revenue growth and
exceeding sales targets
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Committed to supporting the goals and values of the
company by ensuring positive customer experiences and identifying
talent acquisition
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Hired as sole sales representative for corrugated
packaging operations in new expansion territory
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Conducted market research on pulp and paper industry
trends and competitor activities
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Identified and developed business opportunities
resulting in a 16% business growth within six months
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Consistently maintained prospect pipeline and sales
stage progress
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