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Fortune 500 company in chemical cleaning supplies and specialty chemical products with 10,000+ employees; Managed work flow, staffing department, as well as internal communication between sales, customer service, regulatory and production departments on various production teams. Additional responsibilities in vendor / business unit relationships as liaison between both parties, providing communication and updates to customers and internal departments for continuous support of sales efforts. * Implemented process improvement strategies to improve project turnaround time from a month long time line to two to three day turnaround. * An estimated $30,000.00 annual savings made by reducing need for outsourced design services. Productivity increased 30% through process improvement which also reduced errors for EPA and FDA product labeling. * Managed packaging, literature, website maintenance and design with customer base of 200+ domestic and international accounts with over 2,000 SKU's in supplying custom private label packaging and marketing solutions.* Saved $10,000.00 annually by negotiating pricing and incentive programs with vendors while maintaining excellent vendor relationships.* Improved system procedures to eliminate need for third party label management company. Process was internally absorbed and managed within the company minimizing overstocking problems and eliminating the expense of the outside management company. * Served on numerous intercompany process improvement teams, change control boards and appointed communication team leader for company with results of reducing errors through good manufacturing practices and communication.

Worked in pre-press department prepping digital files for print. Introduced design capabilities into print shop setting, resulting in additional sales in design opportunities.

Managed work load, staff designers and customer relations. Supplied national retail chain of sports apparel stores with collegiate sports wear in original design work.

Bfa

Associate, Liberal Arts