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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

  • Sales operational management
  • Strategic planning and direction
  • New market development
  • Rapid business expansion
  • Operational improvement
  • Market trend research and assessment
  • New product and service development
  • Financial analysis and modeling
  • Cash flow and cost management
  • Profit and loss management
  • Million-dollar contract negotiations
  • Mergers and acquisition
  • Project oversight
  • Cross-functional team leadership
  • 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

  • Successful and productive 24-year career in sales/operations, laser focused on relationships and team building to grow revenue and profitability
  • Leader with a demonstrated ability and passion for hiring, mentoring and training a sales staff
  • 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
  • Relationship building and collaboration have been keystones of career
  • 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

  • 10+ years of manufacturing sector experience performing and supervising preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, operation and repair of mechanical, hydraulic, electrical and pneumatic systems
  • Recognized for strong technical skills and on-site troubleshooting, and creating improvements to safety, productivity and regulatory compliance
  • Industrial machine maintenance
  • Blueprints, schematics and technical diagrams
  • Equipment upgrades and installations
  • Automation, PLCs and AC/DC drives
  • Mechanical and electrical diagnosis
  • Codes, regulations and safety standards
  • Welding, pipefitting and fabrication
  • 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

  • Primary goal is to support customers and sales representatives
  • Strives for accuracy and efficiency with frequent and urgent changes and priorities
  • Possesses high standards in profits and productivity
  • Gains trust and growth with established customers and oncoming ones as well
  • Manages inventory, purchasing of raw material, customer and sales requests, shipping and logistics
  • Forecasts customer needs and trends
  • Onboards new customers and manages house accounts
  • Spec building, estimating and pricing, following processes and procedures
  • Adept knowledge using Amtech Imaginera or Encore
  • Evaluates and monitors escalation of customer complaints and nonconforming products
  • Handles diversity and inclusion training to strengthen relationships and communication skills
  • Trains new employees in multiple areas
  • 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

  • Very successful in managing multiple territories in many states
  • Solid and focused on generating new business and providing superior client relations
  • Very personable with all personality types
  • Picked up accounts that exceeded $2 million in annual sales
  • Thrives on cold calling and enjoys knocking on new doors as it sets up new challenges
  • Has all the necessary communication skills to call on any size company and at any level of management, including the CEO
  • Responsible for selling commercial sheetfed and packaging printing as well as large format digital printing
  • 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
  • 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

  • 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
  • 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
  • Experienced in sheetfed offset, flexographic, inkjet, digital and gravure printing processes
  • Provides total solutions and value-added strategies to very diverse consumer products companies
  • Outstanding leadership and training abilities, motivating teams to reach maximum productivity
  • Superb prospecting, cold calling, presenting and closing skills
  • Exceptional communication skills
  • 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

  • In charge of three facilities – corrugated, wood and foam
  • Managed 125 employees within those three facilities
  • Held weekly meetings with managers at all facilities
  • Assisted in buying machinery for two of the facilities, corrugated and wood
  • Assisted in implementing new computer software to increase production
  • Managed four salaried supervisors, 50 hourly employees and 15 machines in a 200,000 sq. ft. facility
  • Oversaw monthly budget goals
  • In charge of hiring all hourly personnel
  • Checked all new items for routing and cost efficiency
  • Held monthly OSHA safety trainings and safety committee meetings
  • In charge of maintenance work orders and monthly budgets for parts and outside contractors
  • R&A reduced by 50% through weekly quality meetings with all employees
  • Achieved zero accidents in the past year by holding daily safety meetings with all employees
  • 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

  • Background in manufacturing operations, primarily printing and corrugating, with managerial, supervisory and operator experience
  • Skilled in fast-paced, customer-driven, lean manufacturing team environments, both union and non-union
  • 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

  • Developed new business throughout North America with custom and stock packaging items
  • Focused on growing business through supermarkets, processors, multi-unit foodservice operators and consumer packaging companies
  • Responsibilities included budgeting, sales forecasting, data analysis and developing strategic insights
  • Increased sales by 210% while generating double digit sales growth year over year through identifying, prospecting, targeting and closing new customers
  • Strengthened top-tier customer relationships, generating advocacy and new business, and eliminating competitive threats
  • Developed new items based on market trends
  • 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

  • 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
  • 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
  • Designed work for both customer and internal corporate projects which required knowledge of graphic arts
  • Expertise in concept design, visualization, packaging design, rendering, CAD, product design, thermoforming, prepress, printing, image retouching and graphic arts
  • 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

  • OSHA hazard standard communication and compliance

  • Word, Excel and PowerPoint

  • Business VantagePoint

  • Job hazard analysis

  • HRMS and quality windows

  • CPR and First Aid

  • Project management

  • ADP reporting

  • Kronos timekeeping

  • Cost control

  • Factory floor, Kiwi reporting and analysis

  • Flexo press

  • Plant and production management

  • Lean manufacturing

  • Layout design

  • 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

  • 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
  • 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
  • Aided in hiring and mentorship of new packaging engineer
  • Created cross-divisional support network for packaging engineers in other divisions
  • Prevented loss of $20 million in revenue through conversion of coated lidstock
  • Created novel package design for vascular catheter portfolio and submitted to patent review board for consideration
  • Provided front room package engineering audit support, assisting in 12+ corporate and regulatory body audits in five years
  • Assisted in delivering a 3.8% increased speed metric by delivering a new product development project in seven months from charter date
  • 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
  • Authored packaging development procedures for collections and replacement component packaging processes
  • Drove procedural updates and rewrites to division inspection and packaging design and development procedures
  • Developed three new sustainable raw device inventory collection packaging systems that would save $2-4 per returned device
  • 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

 

  • 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

  • Results-driven business professional with extensive experience in business-to-business sales, account management and customer relations at C-levels
  • Proven track record of driving revenue growth and exceeding sales targets
  • Committed to supporting the goals and values of the company by ensuring positive customer experiences and identifying talent acquisition
  • Hired as sole sales representative for corrugated packaging operations in new expansion territory
  • Conducted market research on pulp and paper industry trends and competitor activities
  • Identified and developed business opportunities resulting in a 16% business growth within six months
  • Consistently maintained prospect pipeline and sales stage progress

 

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