Brian Johnson Email & Phone Number

Farmingdale, New York, United States

Farmingdale, New York

• Manages 20+ employees across two operational divisions.• Planner of 2,200+ printed components and 1,000+ consumer goods achieving 3 consecutive years of 95% On-Time and Complete metrics.• Planned and Executed 10-month Printing Operation modernization and relocation project in 2020-2021.• Negotiated $2,000,000 Heidelberg press and peripheral equipment acquisitions. • Creation, maintenance, and refining of printing quality control standards defining in-process job monitoring, and final inspection procedures for Quality Assurance team.• Increased Printing division productivity by 15%, while decreasing overtime by 20%• Increased overall volume of inhouse items by 24% to maximize quality, consistency, and gain greater control over inventory volume and cost variances.• Prepares, negotiates, and awards all external print conversion and finishing work.• Planned and executed successful relocation efforts of Texas, and NY manufacturing operations with 0% impact to on-time and complete metrics.• Designed and Project Managed Warehousing Consolidation Project creating a campus wide distribution center of materials to each value stream.• Presents weekly status updates and reporting to cross functional team of Business Unit members including representatives from Finance, Quality, Product Management, Engineering, Inventory, Purchasing, and Executives teams.

• Specialist / Managerial responsibilities for company’s largest brand including research and development, product strategy, project tracking, consumer and trade marketing, competitive SWOT, portfolio monitoring and analysis, and vendor, customer, and consumer relationship support.• Lead trainer and mentor to Product Management specialists and managers.• Responsible for all new product and organic growth forecasting for largest Business Unit.• Led and reported on weekly development sprint meeting with 20+ participants.• Completed development and managed product launch cycles of over three hundred consumer items with consistent sales of $9 Million gross yearly.• Executed launches of 1,000+ items with average yearly sales of $19.2 Million• Executed company re-branding guidelines initiative on 1,400+ items in 2 years.• Coordinated, planned, and attended Consumer and Industry Trade shows.• Managed and assisted design with 2-year project launching StringTensionPro.com, collaborating with multi-faceted team inclusive of marketing, creative, operations, IT, and engineering members.

• Power user, official systems trainer, and IT liaison for Product Management team• Worked with legal department on the establishment, and enforcement of trademarks in APAC and Latin America regions. • Established anti-counterfeit enforcement initiative with large on-line retailers, and on-boarded and maintained relationship of MarkMonitor Brand Protection Agency• Managed POP budgeting, forecasting, inventory, and development for all brands• Marketing, product, and customer service support functions for all Brands• Site building and maintenance for all brand sites, and Gbase.com and Guitar.com