With over 19 years of expertise in Industrial Staffing, our team of seasoned professionals provide a service, along with industry knowledge that is simply unmatched. We service clients in a wide array of industries including: food and beverage manufacturing, plastics, packaging, pharmaceuticals, aerospace, medical device manufacturing and many more.At Catalyst Innovative Solutions, we take pride in providing our clients with top-tier industry talent paired with a professional, courteous level of service, and strive to provide our candidates with a high-level of professionalism so they always feel like they are in good hands.

IRG’s story.We began our venture in 2009 with the goal of creating relationships in the manufacturing sector through our unique approach to the recruiting process. From the outset, our ambition has always been to provide the best overall experience in the industry. We achieve this by hiring recruiters with the highest levels of passion, professionalism, and integrity, whose focus is not on their next placement, but rather on the long-term success of our candidates and client companies alike. Although the company has grown and evolved over the years, our core foundation of respect for all individuals involved in the recruiting process will never change.Today, we connect supervisors, managers, engineers and executives with companies ranging from small, local manufacturing facilities to successful Fortune 100 companies.Facts about Industrial Resource Group:• Specialize in distribution and manufacturing• Focus on direct hire professional placement• Serve the entire U.S. and Canada• Founded and based in Irvine, CA• Food and beverage industry-exclusive business unit formed in 2011• Metal Fabrication industry-exclusive business unit formed in 2016Mission:Building long-lasting relationships with both our clients and candidates by providing a unique service that is characterized by honesty and integrity.IRG Values:1. Make Every Interaction Legendary2. Be Respectful to Candidates, Clients and Internal Staff3. Approach Each Day with Honesty and Integrity4. Bring the Best and Be the Best

Contract position with a start-up educational robotics distribution company based in Atlanta, GA. Responsible for negotiating contract agreements with vendors and distributors to carry our tier of educational products nationwide.Conduct presentations via face to face and Skype with key decision makers in an effort to get our products in vendor catalogs for the calendar year.Attended trade shows, seminars and networking events with top professionals in the educational sales market.Responsible for hiring, training, and development of sales professionals throughout the direct and enterprise sales channels.

Managed consultative, strategic and solution sales on WebVisible’s Software as a Service (SaaS) platform to national accounts, as well as small to medium-sized businesses (SMB's).Worked with retail accounts on implementing effective solutions for their day to day business transactions, expanding client GP and company revenue in assigned geographic market through aggressive cold callingFacilitated data integration and systems analysis with developers to complete software sale for clientsMaintained an annual revenue goal of $225,000Consistently met and exceeded individual goals, team training bench marks and company requirements

Generated new business via cold calling, prospecting, referrals, B2B and outside sales strategies. Responsible for the development and growth of clientele within the organization.Wrote and developed sales scripts, pitches and rebuttals for overcoming objections with customers.Was responsible for recruiting, training and development of new sales reps in the organization.

Started as a Senior Account Executive/Corporate Recruiter and promoted to Sales Manager for a large, privately-held staffing firm in Southern California.Trained, coached and developed new hires on the sales and marketing processes and procedures that fit our company model.Promoted to manage a Maintenance and Engineering division for our Commerce, CA location. Responsible for hiring and training full-desk recruiters and sales professionals for both inside and outside sales.Maintained status as a top producer within the organization.Worked in a fast-paced, high pressure niche sales market with an emphasis on staffing manufacturing and production personnel (i.e. mechanics, engineers, electricians, etc.)Received two service awards during my tenure.Maintained an average weekly billing of $30,000/week allowing me to generate a weekly gross margin within the top percentile of all producers within the company.Attended several sales trainings, weekly, monthly and quarterly sales meetings to develop new marketing and sales strategies and techniques via role playing, moderating weekly/monthly sales contests, providing sales projections, hands-on training, weekly forecasts, and monthly/yearly sales goals.