Leadership Team @ Garden City Plastics Equipment, Plastics Packaging Concepts, & Distec Printing Co.

• Jan 2011 - Present

Functioning in all facets of our family owned businesses; from marketing and sales to maintenance and quality control.

General Manager

• 2018 - Sep 2020

Management Team

• Jan 2011 - Jan 2011

Oversee the daily operations for equipment unloading, loading, testing, reconditioning, repair, and shipping preparation. Provide quotations on parts and equipment for clients, add items to our website inventory, design and send email marketing campaigns to clients and potential clients hi-lighting items we have available, meet with clients to show them equipment, travel to view surplus equipment at clients' manufacturing facilities, purchase good pre-owned equipment and parts, arrange shipments for inbound/outbound goods, procure required parts when repairing equipment, etc.

Leadership Team

• Jan 2011 - Jan 2011

Utilizing the skills I've gained in leadership roles to keep our family owned businesses growing into the future.

Sales & Marketing Manager

• Jul 2013 - Present

Distec is a custom pad and container screen printing facility that has been in operation since 1983. We currently print bottles produced by our parent company Plastic Packaging Concepts of Garden City, MO. We also print parts for a local injection molder, and many miscellaneous promotional items. Distec is known for great customer service as well as tackling tough printing jobs which is how we are positioned for growth. If they say it can't be printed, Distec will find a way.

Management Team Member

• Jul 2013 - Sep 2020

Process Improvement Team Leader

• Jun 2006 - Dec 2010

Acted as the "change agent" for the management team while striving to eliminate failures in the process and establish new standards of excellence in the organization. Acted as the "change agent" for the management team while striving to eliminate failures in the process and establish new standards of excellence in the organization.

Customer Service, Estimator, Die designer, QC tech.

• Apr 2003 - Jun 2006

Provided estimates to clients on new cutting dies and on reworking existing dies, performed final QC inspections on dies prior to shipment, designed die layouts in CAD for clients, and supervised the other designers. Provided estimates to clients on new cutting dies and on reworking existing dies, performed final QC inspections on dies prior to shipment, designed die layouts in CAD for clients, and supervised the other designers.