Experience

Kennickell Group

• United States
• Printing Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Wide Format

  • Jun 2016 - Present

  • Corporate advocate and team player effectively working with multiple levels of the organization • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with deep experience in management. • Responsible for operations of $2.5+ Million division and team of10 individuals. • Marketing and content strategist with extensive expertise in the printing and visual communication fields. • Strategic thinker and developer of innovative solutions. • Corporate advocate and team player effectively working with multiple levels of the organization • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with deep experience in management. • Responsible for operations of $2.5+ Million division and team of10 individuals. • Marketing and content strategist with extensive expertise in the printing and visual communication fields. • Strategic thinker and developer of innovative solutions.



PANAPRINT, Inc.

• United States
• Printing Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Continuous Improvement

  • Mar 2015 - Jun 2016

  • Actively promoted Continuous Improvement - identifying improvement opportunities and coaching employees on how to work more efficiently • Presented, facilitated and lead assigned process improvement events using methods of culture-appropriate team building, team energizing, data gathering and analysis, problem solving, project management and state of the art presentation and platform skills • Monitored the progress of planned improvement implementation to assure timely action, appropriate support, and achievement of expected benefits • Prepared purchase information for departmental management review to identify materials, software and other resources • Practiced forms of project management rooted in one of several different approaches to quality improvement – Lean Enterprise, Six Sigma and other home-grown methodologies • Focused on improving the outcomes of various processes so that, by mapping all the inputs and outputs of a defined business process in an effort to recommend ways to improve efficiency, reduce cost or increase customer satisfaction



Southeastern Printing

• United States
• Printing Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Client Services Manager

  • Nov 2013 - Feb 2015

  • Managed inside operations: Client Services, Scheduling, Planning and Prepress departments • Collaborate with other team members to achieve client satisfaction on a timely and cost-effective basis • Proactively use business experience and skills to identify new opportunities to enhance or extend relationship with client by providing additional solutions or services • Establish department goals, objectives and institute departmental procedures • Oversee departmental budgets, overtime and shift schedules • Supports and encourages employee growth and training • Attract and provide timely and effective feedback to staff regarding performance, responsibilities, department goals and objectives • Develops and maintains effective quality control procedures for new and existing processes • Strong leadership and communication skills • Strategic thinker and effective communicator • Promotes a safe, clean and healthy workplace



Quad

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lead Plant Scheduler

  • Aug 2011 - Oct 2013

  • Identify needs of customer and market appropriate products and services.• Strategic Planning and Resource leveling of a 652,000sqft facility employing 430 individuals.• Project Management and post-mortem analysis • Proficient in reading specs for print production gravure, sheetfed, digital and offset processes.

• Corporate Integration Team/Scheduler

  • Dec 2010 - Aug 2011

  • Member of a cross functional team set out to streamline internal processes and define best practices during the acquisition of competing companies.• Provided training and mentoring across various departments and facilities domestic and internationally.

• Plant Scheduler

  • Jan 2008 - Dec 2010

  • Responsible for the scheduling and prioritizing of all projects, long and short term, through production areas of a 1,700,000sqft/2,175 employee facility.• Provided daily job status updates to appropriate teams.• Assisted in preparing contracts and sales proposals for customers.• Established reports to track labor efficiencies between five facilities in Wisconsin.

• Corporate Trainee

  • Sep 2005 - Jan 2008

  • Hired into the company’s highly competitive training program to travel around the country and work in various departments in order to build the skills necessary in becoming a future leader.• 3-6 month increments spent in Production areas, Quality, Postal Services, Data Solutions, Direct Marketing, Customer Service, Event Planning, Sales, Imaging and Scheduling.• Continuous Education courses in Leadership, Coaching, Presentation Skills, Printing Industry, Company Culture and Values, Safety, Ink on Paper, Color Theory, Job Communication, Effective Feedback, and the Paper Market